Walk by the Spirit – Galatians 5:16
As a believer, do you walk by the Spirit, or to satisfy your own desires? When you walk by the Spirit, his fruit will be produced.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
Studies from Paul’s letter to the Galatian churches
As a believer, do you walk by the Spirit, or to satisfy your own desires? When you walk by the Spirit, his fruit will be produced.
My natural tendency is to compare myself with other people. But it is much better to test your life and actions against God’s calling for you.
Paul makes it clear that the gospel he proclaimed was not a human invention. Rather, he had received it by a direct revelation from Jesus.
Abraham’s children include all of those who have faith in the Lord Jesus. It is not a matter of physical descent, but of faith.
Who are Abraham’s seed, children of the promise? All who are in Christ, regardless our ethnic background, inherit the promises made to him.
We have been set free from the law. But not to do whatever we want. Instead, we have been set free so that we can humbly serve one another in love.
We are not saved by our works. But as those who are saved, we are called to do good to all people. Especially within the community of faith.
Scripture repeatedly warns against causing division with the body of Christ. Instead, we should seek to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit.
How do you respond to the brother or sister who has gotten caught up in sin? Paul calls on us to carefully seek to restore the fallen.
Exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit is only possible when we walk with the Spirit and let him work them out within our lives.
We are not saved by anything we could possibly do, it is a work of God received by faith. A faith that expresses itself through love.
Waiting can be hard. But God is not like us. He waited until the time was right before Jesus came into the world to redeem us.