![]() ![]() We must put on the full armor of God (Eph. When the devil comes to accuse you, remind him you are in super-tight with the God who made him. ![]() The devil = If you give the devil cereal, he's going to want a glass of milk. Each one of us has a fallen humanness (see Romans 7) that must be put to death the deeds of the flesh. Must aggressively crucify our own flesh.ġ Corinthians 9:27 "But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." ![]() The flesh = Living by the flesh is like sweatin' to pay back a dude who owes you money. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." We are to enjoy the world God has given us, to be sure. But we are to avoid the evil empire that is behind the realms of this world.ġ John 2:15 "Do not love the world or the things in the world. The world = the evil world system that dominates the world as we know it. The things of the world don't seem expendable because we haven't found Christ supremely valuable. They're called "the fruit" of the Sprit, not "the fruits." #6 - Resist the world, the flesh, and the devil. We can't take or leave certain fruit of the Holy Spirit. You can get as much peace, patience, kindness, etc. The fruit of the Spirit: there's no law against such things. We are to walk in the reliance, power, direction, and enablement. We are totally dependent on the work of the Holy Spirit to mature, develop, and grow us in Christ-likeness. The Gospel's fruit is proof the Spirit is still at work on the surface of the deep, that God is still declaring life into existence. Galatians 5:16 "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." And like sap going through the vines of a branch, so the Spirit is in the work of a Christian.Įphesians 5:18 "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,"īetter translated: “Be filled by the Spirit.” There’s not a sense that we are being filled up with the Spirit as though the Spirit is poured out a pitcher into our empty glass. Rather, to be filled is to be controlled by, led by, energized by, and growing in the Spirit. You're saved because you got preached at. If you love Jesus, it's because the Spirit proclaimed "Come forth!" over your dead heart. ![]()
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