SANCTIFIED WALKING

  PART 2 

GALATIANS 5:16 -26PASTOR PAUL AGUILAR

Sanctified WalkingIt was Ray Stedman, who said:

“The apostle Paul understands that he is a servant of the Word. His job was to proclaim God's truth. It is very easy to forget this.  We get wrapped up trying to be creative and innovative, we dabble in politics and pop psychology. But this is not our calling.  These things cannot save anyone.   

There is a tendency to make the Word of God a servant of the teacher rather than the teacher, a servant of the Word of God.  It is not our job to "pick and choose" which part of the Bible we will focus on and believe. 

We must present and study the fullness of the truth.  God's Word must dictate what we teach; not public opinion, contemporary events, personal preference.  Scripture is not for us to use to prove our ideas.  We are here to proclaim God's ideas!”

Pastor Mike who has taught here before, says: “There is only one life style, everything else is a death style. ”

Galatians 5:16 - 23.16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you

shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and

the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,  

21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

These verses draw the battle lines for us; on one side is to be led by the Spirit and - on the other side is the works of the flesh. 

JUST SAY: ‘NO’.This may sound simplistic but I think

that some of us when it comes to our flesh need to actually stand in front of a mirror

and practice saying, NO. 

24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

The idea here is that we who have been given life by the Spirit should have lives that line up with the Holy Spirit. 

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

 

One option:--o A dirty, grimy, polluting -- Flesh

Factory.~Or~

o A garden, a Fruit of the Spirit garden.  

With each choice we decide where we are going to be living. 

--1st: He reveals His will to us through the Bible. 

So, the leading of the Spirit will always flow in line with the already revealed word of God.  

It will not contradict the word.  So, how important is it for you today to be learning the Word??? 

So, the leading of the Spirit will always flow in line with the already revealed word of God.  

It will not contradict the word.  So, how important is it for you today to be learning the Word??? 

2 Timothy 3:16 

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 

17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 

“When the flesh begins to act up the only remedy is to take the sword of the Spirit, the word of salvation, and fight against the flesh.  If you set the Word out of sight, you are helpless against the flesh.  I know this to be a fact.  I have been assailed by many violent passions, but as soon as I took hold of some Scripture passage, my temptations left me.  Without the Word I could not have helped myself against the flesh.”

[Martin Luther]

1st:-- He reveals His will to us through the Bible. 

2nd:-- He influences us through others who walk in the Spirit. 

--1st:-- He reveals His will to us through the Bible. 

--2nd:-- He influences us through others who walk in the Spirit. 

--3rd:-- He influences us through an inner direction that we become more and more tuned in to as we mature in Jesus.

--1st, He reveals His will to us through the Bible. 

--2nd, He influences us through others who walk in the Spirit. 

--3rd, He influences us through an inner direction that we become more and more tuned in to as we mature in Jesus. 

--4th Prayer & Abiding. 

Our heavenly oxygen hose.  Our life line.  Our first resort and not our last. 

Philippians 2:13 . . .for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

John 15:1-81 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the

vinedresser.2 Every branch in Me that does not bear

fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

And I’ll add one more, Communion, as we are going to partake of this night. 

I’ll end with a quote by Charles Spurgeon from the devotional Morning and Evening:

Beloved Christian, in matters of grace, you need a daily supply.  You have no store of strength.  Day by day must you seek help from above.  It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you in the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. 

In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance.  Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.” 

SHALOM