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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Galatians 5:16-26
Galatians
Freedom’s Fruit
Galatians 5:16-26
How do we conquer this sinful nature that resides in each and every one of us?
The sinful nature and the Holy Spirit are at war in our hearts.
But as long as we depend on the Holy Spirit to hold us up, then our sinful nature cannot pull us down.
If we want to win the battle against our compulsion to sin, then we must live by the Spirit and so conquer the desires of the flesh.
When we, in our own self effort, try to better ourselves, we only make ourselves worse. That’s because the flesh knows no law.
So, it is when we let the Holy Spirit live His life through us. We begin to exhibit the beautiful fruit of the Spirit.
Be led by the Spirit and defeat the deeds of the flesh.
So, cater to him. Seek to please Christ by keeping in step with His Spirit.
Walk with the Spirit and so enjoy the death of the flesh.