Galatians 5.5

ONE BIG CHOICE:

Galatians 5:16 

1.    There is an answer to dealing with lust. 

a.    When we get saved, we have a new inner spiritual nature, but we still live in an unredeemed body. 

b.    Romans 8:23-25 

c.     The Holy Spirit gives you inner strength to fight temptation.

Galatians 5:17-18

2.    There is a reason for the battle we experience. 

a.    Romans 7:5-6 

b.    Know this: This struggle proves you are alive in this world. 

c.     Settle this in your mind: Temptation is uninvited and not a reflection of your new identity. 

d.    James 1:14-15 

Galatians 5:19-21 

3.    These sinful works encompass three areas of human life: sex, religion, and relationships.

a.    The flesh is fundamentally opposed to God. 

Galatians 5:22-24 

4.    The results of walking in the Spirit feeds the Spiritual fruit while starving the works of the flesh. 

a.    Walking by the Spirit/Surrender: Yielding daily choices to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

b.    Our action: Actively choosing a lifestyle of obedience instead of gratifying carnal urges.

c.     Power: Relying on Christ’s strength rather than human willpower alone.

Galatians 5:25-26

5.    The only answer is to live and walk in the Spirit. 

a.    Conceit-Let us not become conceited, literally holding of false or empty opinion (of ourselves). 

b.    Provocation-Provoking one another. It is a denial of the Spirit-filled life to provoke or challenge other people to measure up to one’s own private viewpoints. 

c.     Envy-Envying one another. Envy is specifically the sin of wanting something that belongs to someone else to which one has no right or claim. 

BOTTOM LINE:

Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.