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We're going to be in the book of Galatians this morning.

If you have your Bible, you can turn to Galatians chapter 5.

Where we left off last week lations 5 and we're going to pick up verses 16 through 26 today, but we're for the sake of context.

We're going to pick back up in 14, the children are dismissed if children's church songs forgot.

All right now to stay late and a dollar short on that one everything already gone chapter 5 verses 14 through 26 is what we're going to read.

Honda we left off last week.

talking about what God has called us to do in the New Testament context and is to love God with all your heart all your soul all their mind and to love others and you spend some time delving into the verse is that The New Testament calls us to and how we are to love one what that means preferring one another praying for one another all those different things.

And if you were like me you have arrived at the end of that and there's no possible way.

I can do that in my own strength and power.

I will fall flat on my face and that is exactly what Paul is writing as well.

And if we try to do those things to love as Jesus is Alive at the new commandment that he gave his disciples in John 13.

Love as I have loved you that sacrificial love if we are to do that, it's not within our own strength.

It is within the power and the enabling power the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

God the spirit indwells the heart of every believer and he doesn't just come and in the Dwellers, but he is there to lead us and guide us Invictus to direct us into all truth and 202 my Transformers from the inside out to make us more into the image of Jesus.

So so that we can love is God has called us to love until that is the context in which where we're going to read these things today and just for sake of context we go back to verse 14 and Galatians chapter 5.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

But if you bite and devour one another watch out or you will be consumed by one another.

What a great thing we left on last week how we have a choice each and every one of us can spend our our energy and are in our passion in our things on seeking the things to strive for the things that God is calling us to loving others serving others as Christ has loved us.

Praying for others to our actions and our attitudes in there are our thoughts are concerned about others and they're good to lift people up not tear them down with our words all those things that we talked about last week that can be our our desire as a Christian to pursue those things.

or we can easily just

default back to the flesh Where are energies in our affections and are the things that we do are still focused on people, but it's a negative thing.

As in 4 verse 15 instead of serving them.

We we can bite and devour one another.

And he says watch out or you will be consumed by one another.

So what is it going to be?

How are we going to spend our life and it's up to each and everyone of us to to engage the spirit to strive it to walk in the spirit as we'll be talking about today to have the enabling power to to live with God has called us out so that we are living in the power of the spirit and not in our flesh.

And it's so easy to do.

We're 16.

I say then he says how do you do this?

How do you love others as yourself out of your love is priceless love I stayed in the walk by the spirit.

You will certainly not carry out the desires of the flesh.

For the flesh desires what is against the spirit and the spirit desires what is against the flesh?

These are opposed to each other so that you don't do what you want.

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

Now the works of the flesh are obvious sexual immorality moral impurity promiscuity idolatry sorcery hatreds strife.

Jealousy Outburst of anger selfish Ambitions dissensions factions Envy drunkenness carousing in anything similar.

I'm warning you about these things that I've warned you before those things those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God verse 22, but the Fruit of the Spirit

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if you're in Christ Jesus today you Have the spirit of God within you.

Chinese fruits can be displayed in your life than ever more consistent manner because that is what scripture teaches us.

but the Fruit of the Spirit Is love what are we to do love God love others.

The first descriptor of the fruit of the spirit is love.

Joy Peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control.

The law is not against such things.

Now 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 until we see to contrast two different times that Paul contrast the fact that we can either do one of the other we can walk in the spirit or we can end and have our energy is directed towards building people up and serving one another and the power of the spirit or we can just those who are concerned about others and what they're doing or what they're not doing and provoking one another Indian one another.

I'm so what my prayer this morning is that we is re-engaged the scripture that we all individually and collectively as a church strive.

Be to walk in the spirit.

To be led by the spirit.

Those are the things are going Paul is is riding here that we are to walk and be led by the spirit to walk in step with the spirit Galatians.

5:16 is the clear call that I say then walk by the spirit.

We will certainly not care about the desires of the flesh.

The flesh desires what is against the spirit and the spirit desires?

What is against the flesh?

We see here Paul is in verse 17 saying that went there is a war a battle going on because when we get saved we encounter Jesus and the saving way, we understand our need for a savior that he paid the penalty and so we buy Faith believe and trust in his accomplice work is atonement that he been on the cross and in doing so I'm a reckless work happens of the power of the spirit.

Every generation has brought in Titus that the Holy Spirit regenerates us makes us a new creature in Christ.

And I was so excited to hear that when I got saved.

And then I went out the next day to work and I fell back into my old same old habits that I had before I was saved I might well, I guess I still spend.

Because the promise of Salvation the promise of the glory of the living without sin for those of us who are on this Earth has not fully come to fruition.

We have a battle going on.

We still have that heart of Flesh that were born with The one that's separated from God that wants nothing to do with God that wants to to rule and Reign instead of allowing the Lord Jesus to rule and reign in our hearts.

It's in us in a battles the spirit.

The spirit the new heart that he has given us.

There's a battle going on.

But I promise you.

I can say this because it's in Scripture that those he justified.

He also will glorify.

one day One day we will be out without the struggle of our sin.

We will send no more.

God will accomplish that perfect salvation.

Will there be no more sorrow no more suffering.

No more battling of sin.

That is to come.

In the presence of Jesus or if when he comes back.

That is the fruition.

That is the promise given to us in Scripture that there is coming a day but until then.

Scriptures teach us how to walk with this to these two different hearts and how to battle the heart of the flesh 2 to kill it off to see that as we have died with Christ.

We are no longer under sins power.

And if we're being led by the spirit when the under the spirit Power of the spirit and we can Vanquish.

The great degree those those fleshly desires that we have because of the spirit working within us and he says her these are opposed to each other.

So the spirit in the heart of Flesh their post and one other and then he says so that you don't do what you want.

In Romans 7 Paul talks about his battle with his heart of Flesh.

He says the things I want to do.

I know what to do.

I don't do in the things.

I know I shouldn't do I do.

Who is going to deliver me?

And then he says the Lord Jesus Christ will deliver him ultimately.

But it's the same battle that we have.

And we are as Paul is calling us to to walk in the spirit to be led by the spirit.

2 surrender to him more and more each day taking the opportunity when we are nowhere in the flesh.

We see the fruit of the flesh right He's listed it for us.

We have an outburst of anger.

You could easily just say I'm just mad Or we can say Lord.