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Walking by the Spirit to Avoid Fleshly Desires (39
- 2. Our Text But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 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 Galatians 5:16–26 2
- 3. Our Text each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, Galatians 5:16–26 3
- 4. Our Text idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such Galatians 5:16–26 4
- 5. Our Text things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self- control; against such things there is no law. And Galatians 5:16–26 5
- 6. Our Text those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:16–26 6
- 8. Key Concept If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit 8
- 9. Slight Backtrack For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is Galatians 5:13–15 9
- 10. Slight Backtrack fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:13–15 10
- 11. Completes & Begins Freedom is for love Not self-serving 2nd Greatest Stop infighting 11
- 12. Freedom from restraint, if it is to be of any use, must be matched by a sense of freedom for a particular purpose. Radcliffe Camera 12
- 13. A choice and a command But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 13
- 14. How’s that done? …Having begun by the Spirit… 14
- 15. Realize Not dependent on you Not a rite or ritual Cooperation with the Spirit 15
- 16. A detour to Ephesus I…urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing Ephesians 4:1–3 16
- 17. A detour to Ephesus with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1–3 17
- 18. Decide to do these Humility Gentleness Caring Unity Peace 18
- 19. Still in Ephesus Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. Ephesians 4:17 19
- 20. Tall order Change of habits Change of mind 20
- 21. Still in Ephesus And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2 21
- 22. Love Like Jesus Sacrificial Love 22
- 23. Last stop in Ephesus Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but Ephesians 5:15–18 23
- 24. Last stop in Ephesus understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians 5:15–18 24
- 25. Be careful Use wisdom Be efficient Understand God’s will Be filled with the Spirit 25
- 26. Back to Galatia 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 Galatians 5:17–18 26
- 27. Back to Galatia each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:17–18 27
- 28. News Flash! The Spirit and the flesh are at odds with each other 28
- 29. Works of the Flesh (Children’s Bible) The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: being sexually unfaithful, not being pure, taking part in sexual sins, worshiping gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making Gal. 5:19–21 (NCV) 29
- 30. Works of the Flesh (Children’s Bible) trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and Gal. 5:19–21 (NCV) 30
- 31. Works of the Flesh (Children’s Bible) wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not inherit God’s kingdom. Gal. 5:19–21 (NCV) 31
- 32. In the Galatian churches Most of these are not an addressed problem Most relate to former pagan life-style Problems are related to mixing the Way with Judaism 32
- 33. Buried within the list hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy 33
- 34. The prequel But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:15 34
- 35. Buried within the list Making Trouble Jealousy Angry Selfish Making people angry with each other. Causing divisions among people. Envious 35
- 36. The footnote to the works of the flesh Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:26 36
- 37. Warned and Forewarned …that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:21b 37
- 38. Practice 1 John 3:4…Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 1 John 3:8…Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 38
- 39. The Good List But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–23 39
- 40. The Context of the fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:13–14 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 40
- 41. A Spirit Led Walk I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit… John 15:5 41
- 42. Our Part And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians 5:24 42
- 43. Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Matthew 16:24 Jesus-If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me Ephesians 4:22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, Walking in the Spirit is crucifying the flesh 43
- 44. Summarizes the whole chapter If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 44
- 45. Final Thoughts 1. Are you resisting the Spirit? 2. Where do you need extra grace? 3. Are you serving? 45
Editor's Notes
- Galatians 5:16–26
- Galatians 5:16–26 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 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. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
- idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such
- things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And
- those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
- Galatians 5:16–26
- If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit
- Galatians 5:13–15 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is
- fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
- Freedom is for love Not self-serving Second Greatest commandment Stop infighting If you accept Jewish law you will be emphasizing the flesh and the flesh is what you’ll get. What matters, though, is that your identity is that of a true child of God, indwelt by the spirit, without needing the Jewish law, and particularly its requirement of circumcision, as your badge of membership. If you’re free of that, the spirit’s motivation and power mean that you will also remain free from the snares of paganism, and the behaviors that goes with it. Free from the law, free from paganism, one is then free for God, and free to love one’s neighbor.
- This little tale is all about the use and abuse of freedom. It is one thing to be set free from prison or slavery, and quite another to decide what to do with your freedom when you’ve got it. This is the issue faced by every criminal when released from prison: shall I use my new-found freedom to go and commit more crimes? The fact that you are, in one sense, free to walk on, and even ruin, the grass round a beautiful building doesn’t mean that that is the right thing to do. Freedom from restraint, if it is to be of any use, must be matched by a sense of freedom for a particular purpose.
- Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. God’s Spirit is the giver of life.
- Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Our spiritual life was a the work of the Holy Spirit. He begins us and He guides us.
- Not dependent on you…it’s a work of the Spirit Not a rite or ritual- not the keeping of works of the Law, kosher, circumcision or water baptism. Cooperation with the Spirit- the indwelling Spirit will change you. What does that look like? What does this look like in practice?
- Ephesians 4:1–3 I…urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing
- with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Walking in the spirit is not about the avoidance of sin but the walking in righteousness. In the choosing to do what is holy the possibility of doing sin is lessened Humility Gentleness Caring Love Unity Peace
- Ephesians 4:17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
- Change of habit Change of mind- learn about who Jesus is, what he expects and how he modeled behavior Paul uses learn about Jesus.
- Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Sacrificial Love
- Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but
- understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Use wisdom Efficient Understand God’s will Be filled with the Spirit
- Galatians 5:17–18 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. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- The Spirit and the flesh are at odds with each other The Law’s relation to the flesh is that it defines sin I would add that this same tension exists between the son of the flesh Ishmael and the son of the promise Isaac. As in Galatians 1:4, the Messiah’s death, “giving himself for our sins,” has “rescued us from the present evil age.”
- The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: being sexually unfaithful, not being pure, taking part in sexual sins, worshiping gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making
- trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and
- wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not inherit God’s kingdom.
- I believe we are able to resist the works of the flesh because we are not under the Law. However, Most of these are not an addressed problem Most relate to former pagan life-style Problems are related to mixing the Way with Judaism
- hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy
- To the works of the flesh- Galatians 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
- hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy. These are the ones that they are struggling with. These are unity stoppers, Spirit grieving works. The Works plural come from the deep recesses of our natural man. Can be manifested singularly or plurally. But these feed off one another
- Galatians 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. This is found at the end of the chapter.
- Galatians 5:21b …that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 John 3:4…Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 1 John 3:8…Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
- Galatians 5:22–23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Notice fruit is singular. It’s a package deal.
- Galatians 5:13–14 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The activation of fruit is serving one another Loving our neighbor is the catalyst for a fruitful walk
- 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. Jesus even said if you don’t bear fruit you are in danger of being cut off from the vine and burned by the vinedresser who is God.
- Galatians 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Matthew 16:24 Jesus-If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me Ephesians 4:22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
- Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. What is the Spirit trying to do in your life? Personal What is the Spirit trying to do in your marriage? Relational What is the Spirit trying to do in our church? Corporately
- Are you resisting the Spirit? Where do you need extra grace? Are you serving?
- Prayer