Galatians 5 (ESV)
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not
gratify the desires of the flesh.
1. The Holy Spirit and the Flesh are
bitter rivals.
Flesh focuses on self.
The Spirit focuses upon the things of God. To learn how to follow the
Spirit, we must deny the flesh.
If God calls you to give
something away, but you refuse. You don't own it. It owns
you.
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,[a] 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.
2. The Holy Spirit gives us
power over the flesh.
Bethlehem is God
"Emmanuel" with us. Calvary is God for us. Pentecost is
God in us through the person of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit gives us
strength. Strength is not about status. It's about
service.
Romans 8:11-12 (ESV)
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[a] from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
12 So then, brothers, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
1 John 4:4 (ESV)
4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them,
for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Galatians 5 (ESV)
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.
3. The Holy Spirit speaks through the Word
of God, the Bible.
God speaks just like He writes.
If you understand the Word of God, you will understand the will of God.
2 Peter 1:21 (ESV)
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will
of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy
Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the
man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
4. The Holy Spirit speaks through a
still small voice.
To hear the Holy Spirit, you must turn down
the world.
1 Kings 19:12 (NKJV)
12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not
in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
5. The Holy Spirit will speak through mature
Christians.
Hebrews 10:24-25 (NKJV)
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and
good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one
another, and so much the more as you see the Day
approaching.
6. The Holy Spirit fills us for
function not for consumption.
The Holy Spirit doesn't want to
make me better than you, but better than me.
God is wanting us to serve
others to reach the world. Don't struggle to be like Jesus. Tap
into the power of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 11:13 (ESV)
13(Jesus teaching:) If you then, who are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Mike Haman, Healing Place
Church
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