The Journey Of Faith (Galatians 5:16-26)
Dr. Robert E. Gustafson, Jr., November 6, 2016Part of the Morning Worship at North Greenville Church series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
We are pilgrims on a journey toward a goal led by the Holy Spirit; we should not try to lead him. We face battles in a hostile world and need the full armor of God to resist temptation. We need living water as a source of strength. We get this by reading, meditating and walking. Jesus is the Way; he is a pioneer preparing a place for us.
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Galatians 5:16–26 (Listen)
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. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 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. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 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.
(ESV)