Season 1
Galatians 5 Summarised
Give Up Your Old Sins
Self-Control
A Thoroughly Decent Person
Patience
Peace
Reasons For Joylessness
Joy
The Fruit Of The Spirit
Real godliness is so woven into a persons character that it is his character: it's what he is. Prick him and he bleeds godliness, shake him and nothing but godliness spills out, he effortlessly and unselfconsciously oozes Jesus. Wouldn't it be so good to be one of those people?
When it comes to those stubborn sins that keep pulling you down, the Bible is very optimistic about your ability to overcome them. Get rid of the defeatist attitude. You are not a slave to sin: you don’t have to go on doing the same sins again and again. That is a lie the devil wants you to believe.
When you walk in the Spirit the power of your desires and passions is broken. You can say no to them.
Christians who walk in the Spirit are thoroughly decent people: nice people, lovely people, attractive people. They're the kind of people you want to be around.
The key to being patient is walking in the spirit.
A calm and peaceful heart is the fruit of walking in the Spirit. That's why Christians are such tranquil, untroubled, unflappable people. Aren't you? If you were walking in the Spirit all the time you would be. In this episode learn more about what it means to walk in the Spirit and how to grow in the experience of and radiate that peace everyone craves.
When joy stops happening you know you must have taken a wrong turn, you are on the wrong road. You want to know, am I walking in the Spirit? Let joy be your guide.That sounds fine, you say, but a lot of the time I do not feel happy, where am I going wrong and, more important, how do I put it right?
Christians should be the most joyful people. After all, we do have a lot to be joyful about. But what is joy: the kind of joy the Bible talks about? What does it look like? How do you come by it? What does it mean to be joyful, and what does it mean if you're not?
What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? How do you do it? What does it look like when you do?
But how are you meant to deal with the the flesh and it's sinful desires? Make a plan? Come up with some rules and get serious about keeping them? That's the very thing Paul says you mustn't do. Instead, he says, "Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the desires of the flesh."