Galatians 5:

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5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

Note: In the above we see Paul exhorting his followers to resist going back under the law. Since we have been set free from the law we are not to go back under the bondage of the law.

5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. ---- Note: Not man’s love but through God’s love.

7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

Note: Paul is saying that if he is still preaching the law why does he suffer from the Judizers. The offense of the cross (verse 11) is that it does away with the Jewish law and substitutes grace. To this fact the Jews take offense.

12 I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Note: Paul confirms that we are under liberty. However he exhorts us to love our neighbor as ourselves.

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Note: Paul has said that they can not do the things that they wish. So then walking in the Spirit is not trying to keep the law by not sinning.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Note: If we are placing our belief, faith, trust and confidence in Jesus’ shed blood we are not under the law. There is only two conditions that apply to man today, either he/she is under the law of sin or they have been set free.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Note: this is a condemnation of the flesh and confirmation that flesh shall not enter heaven.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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Note: If we are walking with our faith in Jesus’ work on the cross then we have crucified the flesh because we no longer place our faith in what it can do but in what God has already done.

Many will say that verses 19-21 condemns everyone that commits those sins. But if that is true then it contradicts verses 1-18 which clearly show that the believer is not under the law of works.

I am convinced that walking in the spirit is walking with faith in Jesus’ work on the cross.
 
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I am convinced that walking in the spirit is walking with faith in Jesus’ work on the cross.

Hi, if you wouldn’t mind me saying so, I think you are on point;

As proof that “walking in the Spirit” is the same as “living by faith.”

Scripture says;

“Having begun in the Spirit”

If that is the truth;

Than all one would have to do is find out what they did at first. Than a continuation of that, would be walking in the Spirit and a continuation of that, would be living in the Spirit.

If you would still give me more liberty. It seems to me, God is teaching you, and you are learning well.


There is only two conditions that apply to man today, either he/she is under the law of sin or they have been set free.

I believe there is a great truth here you are speaking of. That we would and could know this truth, in a new and deeper way.

Blessings as we learn of Him in all things.

Much love in Christ, Not me
 

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Hi, if you wouldn’t mind me saying so, I think you are on point;

As proof that “walking in the Spirit” is the same as “living by faith.”

Scripture says;

“Having begun in the Spirit”

If that is the truth;

Than all one would have to do is find out what they did at first. Than a continuation of that, would be walking in the Spirit and a continuation of that, would be living in the Spirit.

If you would still give me more liberty. It seems to me, God is teaching you, and you are learning well.




I believe there is a great truth here you are speaking of. That we would and could know this truth, in a new and deeper way.

Blessings as we learn of Him in all things.

Much love in Christ, Not me


Walking by Faith, as if all we should do is believe on Jesus, is not how Paul applied the walk in The Spirit there in Galatians 5.

Is the gift of The Holy Spirit that walk by Faith; or does The Holy Spirit gift come as a result... of our walk by Faith? It's the latter.

And Jesus said The Holy Spirit Comforter will teach us all things. Thus walking in The Spirit means a lot more. It means having The Holy Spirit as our Guide, IF... we listen to Him.

This is why Apostle Paul listed two different types of works there in Gal.5, one are works of the flesh, which means not walking by The Spirit, and the other list are the good things from walking by The Spirit.

Thus Paul was not... just teaching us about having Faith there in Gal.5. He was showing us HOW to recognize our walk in The Spirit... by Faith. It is revealed by our actions.
 

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Walking by Faith, as if all we should do is believe on Jesus, is not how Paul applied the walk in The Spirit there in Galatians 5.

Is the gift of The Holy Spirit that walk by Faith; or does The Holy Spirit gift come as a result... of our walk by Faith? It's the latter.

And Jesus said The Holy Spirit Comforter will teach us all things. Thus walking in The Spirit means a lot more. It means having The Holy Spirit as our Guide, IF... we listen to Him.

This is why Apostle Paul listed two different types of works there in Gal.5, one are works of the flesh, which means not walking by The Spirit, and the other list are the good things from walking by The Spirit.

Thus Paul was not... just teaching us about having Faith there in Gal.5. He was showing us HOW to recognize our walk in The Spirit... by Faith. It is revealed by our actions.

Hello, I thank you for your input.

I wish you well in and with your learning and listening to what your personal relationship with Christ is teaching you, I wish you well, and a increase of Him, in your innermost being.

It just seems to me, since scripture says that the Galatians “began in the Spirit” all one would have to do, to know what “in the Spirit” meant, was, to figure out what the Galatians did at first. And a continuation of what the Galatians did, would be walking/living in the Spirit.

Blessings,

Much love in Christ, Not me
 
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