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The SPIRITUAL Believer

Part Five: The SPIRITUAL Believer WALKS by the SPIRIT!

Summary of Previous Context

Two Conditions to Meet Galatians 5: 16 Galatians 5: 25

Galatians 5: 16 But I say, WALK [IMP] by the SPIRIT, and you WILL NOT COMPLETE [SUB] the DESIRE of the FLESH.

Galatians 5: 25 IF [SUB] we LIVE by the Spirit, LET US ALSO WALK [SUB] by the Spirit.

Seven Steps of WALKIN G by the SPIRIT!

Romans 8: 4 – #1 Decide to Walk in Spirit! Romans 8: 3 -4 [3] For [SUB] what the Law COULD NOT DO, in that it was weak through the FLESH, GOD having sent His own in likeness of sinful Son in. Son likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, CONDEMNED sin in the flesh,

[4] IN ORDER THAT [SUB] the RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT of the Law MIGHT BE FULFILLED [SUB] in us, the ones NOT WALKING ACCORDING to FLESH, BUT ACCORDING to SPIRIT. [Romans 8: 3 -4] Romans 8: 4 – #1 Decide to Walk in Spirit!

Life Application #1 Walking in the Spirit describes what it means to LIVE and WALK as a DISCIPLE of Jesus. Life Application #1

Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit! Romans 8: 5 -9 [5] For [SUB] the ones being according to the FLESH SET their MINDS ON the things of the FLESH, things of the FLESH , but the ones according to SPIRIT, the things of the SPIRIT.

Galatians 5: 16 -24 [17] For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are vss 19 -21 IN OPPOSITION TO ONE ANOTHER…. vss 22 -23 Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

Galatians 5: 16 -24 … IN OPPOSITION TO ONE ANOTHER…. vss 19 -21 vss 22 -23 [24] Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

[6] For the MIND SET ON [LIT. possessed by] the FLESH is DEATH, but the MIND SET ON [LIT. possessed by] the SPIRIT is LIFE and PEACE, [Romans 8: 5 -9] Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

[7] because the MIND SET ON [LIT. possessed by] the FLESH is HOSTILE toward God; for to the law of God it DOES NOT SUBJECT itself, for it is not even able to do so; [Romans 8: 5 -9] Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

James 4: 4 You ADULTRESSESS, do you not know that friendship with the world is HOSTILITY toward God? Therefore [SUB] whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes themself an ENEMY of God. Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

Galatians 6: 8 Because [SUB] the one SOWING to their FLESH will out from the FLESH REAP CORRUPTION, but the one SOWING to thewill SPIRIT will out the to the SPIRIT out from the from SPIRIT REAP LIFESPIRIT ETERNAL. LIFE ETERNAL. Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

[8] and the ones being in the FLESH are NOT ABLE to PLEASE God. [9] BUT, you are NOT IN the FLESH but in the SPIRIT, IF INDEED [SUB] the SPIRIT of God DWELLS in you. … … [Romans 8: 5 -9] Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

[9] … BUT IF anyone DOES NOT HAVE the SPIRIT of Christ, this one IS NOT His. [Romans 8: 5 -9] Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

Life Application #2 Let me ask you a riddle… Romans 8: 5 – #2 Set your minds on the things of the Spirit!

Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit! Romans 8: 10 -13 [10] BUT IF [SUB] Christ IS IN you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the SPIRIT IS LIFE because of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Colossians 1: 27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY. Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit!

[11] BUT IF [SUB] the SPIRIT of HIM Who RAISED Jesus from the dead DWELLS in you, HE Who RAISED Christ Jesus from the dead… [Romans 8: 10 -13] Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit!

[11] … will also GIVE LIFE to your mortal bodies through His SPIRIT Who DWELLS IN you. [12] So then, brethren, we ARE NOT UNDER OBLIGATION to the flesh, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO the flesh, [Romans 8: 10 -13] Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit!

[13] FOR IF [SUB] you ARE LIVING ACCORDING to the flesh YOU MUST DIE; BUT IF [SUB] by the SPIRIT you ARE PUTTING to DEATH the DEEDS of the BODY you WILL LIVE. [Romans 8: 10 -13] Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit!

Life Application #3 When your mind is set upon the Spirit, by the Spirit you can be ABLE to SAY NO to the flesh! Romans 8: 13 – #3 Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit!

Romans 8: 14 – #4 Be led by the Spirit! [14] FOR [SUB] as many AS ARE BEING LED by the SPIRIT of God, THESE ARE CHILDREN of God.

Life Application #4 He leads us through his written Word, which was revealed to the prophets by the Holy Spirit [2 Pet 1: 20 -21] through which He judges the thoughts and intentions of our heart [Heb 4: 12] Romans 8: 14 – #4 Be led by the Spirit!

Here is YOUR INVITATION to WALK by the SPIRIT as a SPIRITUAL BELEVER!

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