"This I say
then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
"For the flesh
lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are
contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
"But if ye be led
of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." (Galatians 5: 16-18)
It is the Holy Spirit which takes us from death in our trespasses to life in righteousness:
"And you hath he
quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. " (Ephesians 2: 1)
and
"For ye have not
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
"The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
"And
if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be
that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." (Romans 8: 15-17)
We must press past listening to our feelings, nor giving heed to heedless thoughts which war against the truth:
"And I, brethren,
could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as
unto babes in Christ.
"I have fed you
with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it,
neither yet now are ye able.
"For ye are yet
carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?" (1 Corinthians 3: 1-3)
How do we get out of childish carnality? Believe that we are righteous in Christ:
"For when for the
time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which
be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as
have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
"For every one that
useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe." (Hebrews 5: 12-13)
Our righteousness is found in Christ (2 Corinthians 5: 21), whom we know in greater detail the more that we read the Word.
Receiving His Word and believing what we read will lead us further to walk in the Spirit, not the flesh, which includes our thoughts and feelings.
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