Walking after the Spirit….

How do we sow in the spirit?

Galatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Not me said:

Romans 8:14b-15 (NASB20)
————————-but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.

Romans 5:2a (NKJV)
through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, ——————-

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These two phrases; ‘if by the Spirit’ and ‘access by faith’, are pointing to the same truth…. That truth being the same truth that the Galatians did at first, which was, ‘by believing they received by the hearing with faith’…. For the proof that scripture puts forth, that one is being led by the Spirit of God, is that one is putting to death the deeds of the body…. For being led by the Spirit of God is the very life of faith, that being the very life of one’s Christian walk… For trials and tribulations bring one to where one realizes one is being led by the Spirit of God… For all those that are His are being led, the truth being; that when one overcomes the deeds of the flesh by faith, that one recognizes they are being led by the Spirit of God by the effectual workings of faith…

For ‘access by faith’ and ‘if by the Spirit’, these two truths, being as it were, two sides of the same coin…. For in the most simplest terms walking in the Spirit, is simply trusting God’s love for one, being that, walking in faith that God’s love is pointed towards them personally…. So then this truth; the just shall live by trusting God’s love for them… For the simplicity of walking in the Spirit, is the simplicity of keeping one’s eyes on God’s love towards one, for one can only sin when one’s eyes come off God’s love and onto sin itself….For the faith that keeps its eyes on God’s love, will experience Christ’s life of love really and truly coming to life in one…

For one can only walk after the Spirit, when one realizes what walking in the Spirit is… For the truths in scripture are to be experienced, therefore grabbing onto the simplicity of walking in the Spirit, is a joy, for then one will experience the righteousness that comes from God by walking in faith… Then will one know by experience what the scriptures are pointing to, when it speaks of walking in the newness of life, which then becomes the very joy and rejoicing of one’s life….



Be blessed in walking after the Spirit, a fellow walker, Not me

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The Holy Spirit never focuses on itself.....neither do those who have it. The plentiful yada yada of 'the spirit, the spirit' seen in many circles is a sure indication it is not of the Hoy Spirit.

theefaith said:

How do we sow in the spirit?

Galatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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We walk in the spirit by a few things, tending to the needs of the people is one way. Another is attending church services. Another is proclaiming the gospel.

...in addition to post #4.....the seduction accompanying the the plentiful talk of 'the spirit, the spirit' is a conclusive indication we are nearing the finality of all things. The last great and most powerful deception is accompanied by this focus.....where people of all hues will be hard pressed to tell the difference between the spirits.

Jesus testimony was to his Father. The Holy Spirit's testimony is to Jesus. The spirit which testifies to and of itself is a spurious spirit......which leads the whole world astray.

@Not me I saw the title and thought immediately of Romans 8.....and then saw you had posted about it..........

Truly a glorious chapter, Romans 8..............

Not me said:

The heart that embraces the truths therein is a heart that will be set free…

Be blessed in those truths and the freedom they produce…


In the Beloved, Not me

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so how does one put on Christ?

Not me said:

How do you understand the scripture where it says ‘access by faith’…?

Be blessed in your faith in Him…


A fellow believer, Not me

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faith? Faith alone?

Not me said:

As your heart so reads the scriptures, may you be blessed…

In the Beloved, Not me

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Please explain gal 3:27?

A sacrament is an outward sign for all men including infants And a gift from God to help us see what he does inwardly and invisibly by his grace!

As grace Washes our souls in the merits of Jesus blood from original and personal sin, so the outward action of washing is visible!

without the outward action the inward action cannot take place!

Jn 3:5 Titus 3:5 water and washing
acts 22:16 wash away your sin!

Jn 3:5 Born again BY water and the spirit! Not by “faith alone”!

They did not go to Jerusalem and preach “accept Christ as you’re personal Lord and savior “

They went to the river (water) and they baptized! Jn 3:22

A covenant requires an outward sign of the inward action of grace!

Ez 36:25 I will sprinkle you with clean water and you shall be made white as snow.

Acts 22:16 washing away your sins.

Eph 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism.

1 pet 3:21 baptism saves you.

You cannot enter on you’re own or by faith alone!

2 pet 1: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.


Baptism!

God breathed life into Adam, gen 2:7 and we received this life from our fathers!

Christ breathed on the apostles our spiritual fathers, we receive the new covenant life of God’s grace from them thru faith & baptism! Jn 20:21-23 Mk 16:16 acts 8:36-38 eph 2

Born again! Born from above!

'The Father has set his seal' on Christ (John 6:27) and also seals us in him (cf. 2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:23, 4:30). Because this seal indicates the indelible effect of the anointing with the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Baptism,

Baptism indeed is the seal of eternal life." 87 The faithful Christian who I has "kept the seal" until the end, remaining faithful to the demands of his Baptism, will be able to depart this life "marked with the sign of faith," 88 with his baptismal faith, in expectation of the blessed vision of God - the consummation of faith - and in the hope of resurrection.

St. Paul tells the faithful at Ephesus that they have been “sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” This is in terms of an indelible character imprinted on the soul in the sacraments of baptism and confirmation. It is not as if this invisible mark is simply decorative. Rather, through it, we are enabled to participate in Christ’s mission and in his offices of priest, prophet, and king. Eph 1:13

Sealed by God eph 1:13 sealed by God (ez 36:25-27) in the ark of salvation by baptism just as Noah was sealed by God in the ark of the flood gen 7:16

1 Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us!
(Ark of Noah a type of the church, member of Christ and his church and salvation by baptism!)
(Outside the ark of Noah none were saved, outside the church (the ark of salvation) none are saved!)

Sealed in the ark, sealed in the church the ark of salvation by God thru baptism!



Christ instituted the holy church for the salvation of all men, (repent and believe the gospel, with the institution of the sacraments to convey grace to sanctify souls!


Effects of faith & baptism!

Ez 36:25-27 washed in baptism, with a new heart and the Spirit
Jn 3:5 born again in baptism
Mk 16:16 faith & baptist
Acts 2:38 repentance & baptism
Acts 8:36-38 faith & baptism
Acts 22:16 baptism washes away sin
Rom 6:3 died with Christ
Col 2:12 risen with Christ
1 cor 12:13 baptized into the church
Gal 3:27 by baptism put on Christ
2 Tim 1:10 brought to life
2 cor 5:17 new creation
Eph 1:13 sealed by the Holy Spirit
Eph 2:1&5 brought to life in baptism
Eph 4:5 one baptism
Eph 5:26 faith and baptism
Titus 3:5 baptismal regeneration
1 pet 1:2 washed in Christ’s blood
1 pet 2:9 and not the kingdom of light
1 pet 3:20-21 baptism saves us!

“Faith alone” accomplishes nothing!
1 cor 13:2 even all faith (alone) without charity avails NOTHING!!!

Faith and baptism!

Scripture says none of the things about “Faith alone”!

2 Peter 1:11
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The Christian sacrament of baptism is the Initiation into the new covenant and must be ministered to you by the apostles!




“Faith alone”

Questions

where does scripture says we have died with Christ by “faith alone”?

Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

where does scripture say we are members of Christ and his church by “faith alone”?

1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

where does scripture says we put on Christ by “faith alone”?

Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Where does scripture say our sins are washed away by “faith alone”?

Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

where does scripture say we are saved or justified by “faith alone”?

1 pet 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us!

The only reference in scripture to “faith alone” is James 2:24 NOT BY “FAITH ALONE”?

2 pet 1: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

How can you enter by your own if it must be ministered to you? Baptism is done unto you, “not do it yourself by faith alone”

Jn 3:5 born again by faith alone?

Where is “Accept Christ as your personal lord & savior” is found in scripture?

They did not go preaching this line but went immediately to the river and baptized Jn 3:22

Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Eph 4:5 one baptism

Why don’t it say one teeny tiny little act of “faith alone”???

When we first believed we are saved?

Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

How can salvation be nearer than when we first believed if you’re saved by believing?

1 pet 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Matt 24:13 endures to the end Shall be saved.

How can salvation happen when we first believed if it’s the end?

If salvation is by “faith alone” then faith would be the greatest!
1 cor 13:13 charity is the greatest!

Even all faith much less “faith alone” without charity avails nothing!
1 cor 13:2

Not me said:

Hello, it does not matter how my heart understands it, it matters that your heart by it, grows closer to Christ…

Be blessed in in your understanding of it, Not me

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truth is irrelevant in you’re opinion?

theefaith said:

so how does one put on Christ?

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2 Peter 1:5-7 KJV
5) And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6) And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7) And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Much love!