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Walk in the Spirit IV

Walk in the Spirit – Galatians 5:16-21

Works of the Flesh can be grouped in this way:

• Vices against Purity

• Vices against Spirituality

> VICES AGAINST COMMUNITY

• Vices against Sobriety

— Vices against Community

1) Hatred

– Exthrai: hatreds; animosities; enmity

2) Contentions

– Eris: contentions; strife; disputes

3) Jealousy

– Zelos: jealousy; envy; rivalry

4) Wrath

– Thumoi: wrath; outbursts of anger

5) Selfish Ambition

6) Dissensions

7) Heresies

Walk in the Spirit III

Galatians 5:16 and following

Works of the Flesh

I Sexual Sins: fornication, uncleanness, lewdness

II Spiritual Sins: idolatry, sorcery, enmity

A Eidololatreia: idolatry; idol worship

1 Two kinds: Spiritual; Formal

a Spiritual Idolatry

i Its meaning

ii Three rivals to God

– earthly things

– people

– yourself

b Formal Idolatry

i Its meaning

ii True worship; Spirit & Truth

B Pharmakeia

1 Medical Use

2 Moral Use

3 Religious Use

C Exthrai

1 Enity or Hostility

2 Link to idolatry

D Conclusion

1 Modern man and idolatry

2 Christian man and idolatry

3 Victory over idolatry

Walk in the Spirit

Galatians 5:16

“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

Meaning of Spirit & Flesh

• Old Man & New Man

• Outward Man & Inward Man

• Natural, Spiritual, & Carnal

• Spirit & Flesh

The Spirit

• The Holy Spirit Himself

• The Union of Holy Spirit and Human Soul

The Flesh

• Not the “old man” of “old nature”

Christian Liberty II: It’s Goal

Galatians 5:13-15

Meaning of Liberty

• Liberty from Curse

• Liberty from Sin

• Liberty from Satan

• Liberty from Law (Galatians 5:1)

Goal of Liberty

• Negatively: “Use not as an opportunity to indulge the flesh”

• Positively: “In love, server one another”

Loving Service

• Motive: love

• Fruit: service

A Little Leaven

Karie Brown updates us on her mission work.

David Vaughan speaks from Galatians 5:1-15, highlighting verse 9.

Galatians 5:9: A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

• Doctrine is a sacred trust of the Church. (1 Tim 3:15, 1 Tim 6:20, 1 Tim 1:1-3, 2 Tim 2:2, 2 Tim 1:13-14)

• Doctrine is a mark of devotion to Jesus. (John 8:31-36, John 14:15, 21-25, 2 Cor 11:3-4)

• Doctrine determines worship – false doctrine leads to idolatry. (Romans 1:18-23)

• Doctrine determines practice – idolatry leads to immorality. (Romans 1:18, 2 Tim 2:15-17)

The nature of God is important. If you have a different Jesus, then you are worshipping a different God.

Remembering Jesus

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Remembering Jesus

– Remember His Incarnation

– + Born of the Virgin (Supernatural)

– + True Humanity (Not Imaginary)

– + True Deity (Equality with God)

– Remember His Sufferings

– + Sufferings of Saviour

– + Sufferings of Satan

– + Sufferings of Sin

– Remember His Atonement

– + Atonement was Necessary

– + Atonement was Vicarious

– + Atonement was Gracious