Walking in the fullness of the Holy Spirit

Walking in the Fullness of the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:18, Galatians 5:13-23)

“You, my brothers were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; but rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in one single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hared, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But he fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such thing there is no law.”

                                            

Life by the Spirit means that Christians should allow the Holy Spirit to control their minds and everything.

It starts when: You accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior: when you accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior, you have the seed of eternal life in you, and this seed should be allowed to grow.

• The Holy Spirit gives you the power to live in freedom, and there is no condemnation because you are led by the Spirit

• Freedom allows you to walk in the fullness of the Spirit.

• That seed in you helps you to bear the burden of your brother and be humble.

• The Holy Spirit teaches you how to exercise faith; faith to love God and mankind.

So open yourself up to the Holy Spirit, so that you will bear the fruit of the Spirit.

How to walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit

• Be obedient to the Holy Spirit who lives in you: He is a person, and is very much affected by your actions whether good or bad.

• Allow the Holy Spirit to grow holistically, so that the fruit of the Spirit will be seen in you: wherever you are, let the fruit of the Spirit evangelize for you.

• Pray a lot: Prayer is talking to God, study and meditate on the word of God.

To be continued………