Life in the Spirit (7 of 10)
Series: No Other Gospel
Galatians 5:16-18, 25
INTRODUCTION: In the Scriptures, particularly in the NT, there is often a contrast between two ways of living. Two roads. Two gates. Two paths. One path leads to life. The other to destruction.
Matthew 7 [13] ''Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. [14] For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Galatians 5 - Our passage this morning.
[16] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. [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. [18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law . . .
Not skipping 19-24. We'll study these verses next week.
[25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Jesus calls it two gates... Two paths.
Paul calls it ''Life in the Spirit'' versus ''Life in the Flesh.''
So many of us are walking through life unsure of which path we are on. Which gates we are walking through when we wake up every morning.
We read the Scriptures. Memorize the verses. We're told that life in the Spirit is infinitely greater than life in the flesh.
- But if we're honest, we're often unsure what that means. It often sounds like Christianese.
- We know that we keep doing the things we don't want to do. But why do we?
- Why do we continually fail to walk on the path to life, and keep stumbling back on the old path?
Paul diagnoses the problem - ''Life in the flesh.''
- It is a chronic disease.
- Feels natural, but it is it is killing you.
- If you don't kill it... It will kill you... But how do we?
So, I want to be practical today. Three questions that I think will help us:
1. What ...
Series: No Other Gospel
Galatians 5:16-18, 25
INTRODUCTION: In the Scriptures, particularly in the NT, there is often a contrast between two ways of living. Two roads. Two gates. Two paths. One path leads to life. The other to destruction.
Matthew 7 [13] ''Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. [14] For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Galatians 5 - Our passage this morning.
[16] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. [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. [18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law . . .
Not skipping 19-24. We'll study these verses next week.
[25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Jesus calls it two gates... Two paths.
Paul calls it ''Life in the Spirit'' versus ''Life in the Flesh.''
So many of us are walking through life unsure of which path we are on. Which gates we are walking through when we wake up every morning.
We read the Scriptures. Memorize the verses. We're told that life in the Spirit is infinitely greater than life in the flesh.
- But if we're honest, we're often unsure what that means. It often sounds like Christianese.
- We know that we keep doing the things we don't want to do. But why do we?
- Why do we continually fail to walk on the path to life, and keep stumbling back on the old path?
Paul diagnoses the problem - ''Life in the flesh.''
- It is a chronic disease.
- Feels natural, but it is it is killing you.
- If you don't kill it... It will kill you... But how do we?
So, I want to be practical today. Three questions that I think will help us:
1. What ...
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