Walking by the Spirit of GOD

If walking the Spirit were easy, Jesus would never have had to say, in Mattich/Matthew 7:21-23

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

And it is also not as difficult as some would make as said in Colossians 2:21-23

"Do not touch; do not taste; do not follow; for these things are customs which are changeable and they are the commandments and doctrines of men. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence."

We walk by faith, not by sight. What seems right to a man will certainly come under God's judgment.

But more than that and at present, we as the church have to be concerned that we do not choke off the spirit with such doctrines and teachings of man's will, for they profit only the man who decrees these things.

We do not sin because we do not wish to hurt Jesus.

We don't wish to place him again up on that cross in our hearts.

We don't want to be separate from the closeness that comes in the spirit by suffering in the flesh for the way of the spirit.

We do not wish to harm others.

And all this because - LOVE - dominates our walk and our lives; not because we're told "don't do this, don't do that or that we will suffer the fires of hell. There is no perfection in fear. But perfect love casts out all fear.

But here is the true test of truth as to whether we walk in the spirit or not;

"whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him." 1 John 3:20-22

It's really that simple! When we have confessed with our mouth the Lord Jesus, having faith and fully believing in our hearts the work of the cross, being baptized into a spiritual birth by blood, water and spirit, our hearts become our guide!

That simple and yet, sometimes so difficult because this flesh is with us. And thus, the very reason for this blog.

If you have certain sensitivity for one matter or another you may not be able to read all things I will discuss because I will not pull any punches.

I will discuss, the war against the flesh we fight to become masters over it through the power and love of and in Jesus Christ and so attain our heavenly reward.

So here is your warning:

This blog is dedicated to walking by the Spirit of GOD, however to do so, we have to talk about how to defeat the flesh:

Lust

"Mastur"-Of Your Doman?

Pornography

Hate

Anger

Rage and fits of rage

Indifference

Judging others

Cursing

Lying

Favoritism

Cliques

Sex outside of marriage

Adultery - true and by thought and emotional

Self-gratification

Self-pity

Self-judgment

Suicidal tendencies

Smoking

Intoxication by alcohol

Taking pleasure in hurting others

Murderous thoughts

Drugging

Self-centeredness

Self-worship

Worship of nude bodies by sight or thought

Idolatry - of world idols - (music & movie literary, stars) -

Fantasies of romance with those of the opposite sex - same sex

Love of the world and the things of it.

All of these things hurt/damage your spiritual walk and lead you away.

But do you need to rid yourself of all things at once? We know this is most cases is totally impossible, unless you do as Paul and through love, die daily.

Here now is the difference in the law and doctrine verses walking in the spirit, you understand Christ died for all of us to take on these sins in a very personal way with him, and defeat them as we work to win souls for him.

We are not Vulcan's, and so the walk of the spirit is a journey of love and through love - come true change.

All these things come from us - not the devil. These things reside in our hearts, and therefore come out of it.

If the devil can find opportunity to exploit these desires of the flesh, he will. This blog's purpose is to give you yet one more piece in God's plethora of weapons in the spirit to conquer your flesh and the devil.

For as in Romans 8:37 "in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

And know this Christ wants us to conquer these things, not cover them, or pretend they don't exist.

There is no victory in pretending or ignoring! This is why doctrine cannot save you.

These things must be defeated by acknowledgment and a fight head on with Christ as you head and GOD the Father as your rear guard!