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Galatians Teaches Flesh and Spirit Galatians 5:16-26. Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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Galatians Teaches Flesh and Spirit Galatians 5:16-26
Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
John 16:13a When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, … 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
Galatians 5:17a For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit,
Galatians 5:21b I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
“The death of the flesh is the life of the Spirit.” John Calvin
CRUCIFIXION OF FLESH Galatians 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
CRUCIFIXION OF FLESH “If besetting sins persistently plague us, it is either because we have never truly repented, or because, having repented, we have not maintained our repentance. It is as if, having nailed our old nature to the cross, we keep wistfully returning to the scene of its execution. We begin to fondle it, to caress it, to long for its release, even to try to take it down again from the cross.” John Stott
CRUCIFIXION OF FLESH “When it comes to eliminating sin, there are no shortcuts, only a long, slow, painful death!” Pastor Philip Ryken
CULTIVATION OF FRUIT Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
CULTIVATION OF FRUIT John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.”
CULTIVATION OF FRUIT “Habit forming is the Holy Spirit’s ordinary way of leading us on in holiness.” J.I. Packer