Robert
2024-11-18 19:30:09 UTC
IOW How to walk in Freedom, and not walk in Sin. The battle has been won, and
those who are Believers in Jesus Christ are a new Creature, with a divine
nature, plus empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk the talk. Those who fail
choose to do so by their free will.
Gal 5:16 (KJV) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 (KJV) 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.
Gal 5:18 (KJV) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19 (KJV) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 (KJV) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 (KJV) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of
the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22 (KJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 (KJV) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 (KJV) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 (KJV) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 (KJV) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,
envying one another.
Snippets of Notes by Wuest
We must be careful to notice that Paul puts upon the believer, the
responsibility of refusing to obey the behests of the evil nature by
conducting himself in the power of the Holy Spirit, and under His control.
The will of the person has been liberated from the enslavement to sin which
it experienced before salvation, and is free now to choose the right and
refuse the wrong. The Holy Spirit has been given him as the Agent to
counteract the evil nature, but He does that for the saint when that saint
puts himself under His control, and by an act of his free will, says a
point-blank positive NO to sin. In other words, there must be a cooperation
of the saint with the Holy Spirit in His work of sanctifying the life. The
Holy Spirit is not a perpetual motion machine which operates automatically in
the life of the believer. He is a divine Person waiting to be depended upon
for His ministry, and expecting the saint to cooperate with Him in it. Thus
the choice lies with the believer as to whether he is going to yield to the
Holy Spirit or obey the evil nature. The Spirit is always there to give him
victory over that nature as the saint says a point-blank NO to sin and at the
same time trusts the Spirit to give him victory over it.
Translation: But I say, Through the instrumentality of the Spirit habitually
order your manner of life, and you will in no wise execute the passionate
desire of the flesh.
The word against is fromKata, the root meaning of which is down, and which
thus has the idea of suppression. The words "are contrary" are fromantikeimai
which means "to lie opposite to," hence "to oppose, withstand." The words
"the one to the other" are from allelos, a reciprocal pronoun in Greek. Thus,
there is a reciprocity on the part of the flesh and Spirit. Each reciprocates
the antagonism which the one holds for the other. The translation is as
follows: For the flesh constantly has a strong desire to suppress the Spirit,
and the Spirit constantly has a strong desire to suppress the flesh. And
these are entrenched in an attitude of mutual opposition to one another, so
that you may not do the things that you desire to do.
When the flesh presses hard upon the believer with its evil behests, the Holy
Spirit is there to oppose the flesh and give the believer victory over it, in
order that the believer will not obey the flesh, and thus sin. When the Holy
Spirit places a course of conduct upon the heart of the believer, the flesh
opposes the Spirit in an effort to prevent the believer from obeying the
Spirit. The purpose of each is to prevent the believer from doing what the
other moves him to do. The choice lies with the saint. He must develop the
habit of keeping his eyes fixed on the Lord Jesus and his trust in the Holy
Spirit. The more he says NO to sin, the easier it is to say NO, until it
becomes a habit. The more he says YES to the Lord Jesus, the easier it is to
say YES, until that becomes a habit.
The will of the believer is absolutely free from the compelling power of the
evil nature. If he obeys the latter, it is because he chooses to do so. But
the Holy Spirit has given the believer a new nature, the divine nature. And
the sweet influences of that nature are constantly permeating the activities
of the believer’s will as the believer keeps himself yielded to the
Spirit. In that way, the Spirit keeps on suppressing the activities of the
evil nature and any control which it might attempt to exert over the saint.
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the
Son of man.†(Luk 21:36, KJV)
those who are Believers in Jesus Christ are a new Creature, with a divine
nature, plus empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk the talk. Those who fail
choose to do so by their free will.
Gal 5:16 (KJV) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 (KJV) 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.
Gal 5:18 (KJV) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19 (KJV) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 (KJV) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 (KJV) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of
the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22 (KJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 (KJV) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 (KJV) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 (KJV) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 (KJV) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,
envying one another.
Snippets of Notes by Wuest
We must be careful to notice that Paul puts upon the believer, the
responsibility of refusing to obey the behests of the evil nature by
conducting himself in the power of the Holy Spirit, and under His control.
The will of the person has been liberated from the enslavement to sin which
it experienced before salvation, and is free now to choose the right and
refuse the wrong. The Holy Spirit has been given him as the Agent to
counteract the evil nature, but He does that for the saint when that saint
puts himself under His control, and by an act of his free will, says a
point-blank positive NO to sin. In other words, there must be a cooperation
of the saint with the Holy Spirit in His work of sanctifying the life. The
Holy Spirit is not a perpetual motion machine which operates automatically in
the life of the believer. He is a divine Person waiting to be depended upon
for His ministry, and expecting the saint to cooperate with Him in it. Thus
the choice lies with the believer as to whether he is going to yield to the
Holy Spirit or obey the evil nature. The Spirit is always there to give him
victory over that nature as the saint says a point-blank NO to sin and at the
same time trusts the Spirit to give him victory over it.
Translation: But I say, Through the instrumentality of the Spirit habitually
order your manner of life, and you will in no wise execute the passionate
desire of the flesh.
The word against is fromKata, the root meaning of which is down, and which
thus has the idea of suppression. The words "are contrary" are fromantikeimai
which means "to lie opposite to," hence "to oppose, withstand." The words
"the one to the other" are from allelos, a reciprocal pronoun in Greek. Thus,
there is a reciprocity on the part of the flesh and Spirit. Each reciprocates
the antagonism which the one holds for the other. The translation is as
follows: For the flesh constantly has a strong desire to suppress the Spirit,
and the Spirit constantly has a strong desire to suppress the flesh. And
these are entrenched in an attitude of mutual opposition to one another, so
that you may not do the things that you desire to do.
When the flesh presses hard upon the believer with its evil behests, the Holy
Spirit is there to oppose the flesh and give the believer victory over it, in
order that the believer will not obey the flesh, and thus sin. When the Holy
Spirit places a course of conduct upon the heart of the believer, the flesh
opposes the Spirit in an effort to prevent the believer from obeying the
Spirit. The purpose of each is to prevent the believer from doing what the
other moves him to do. The choice lies with the saint. He must develop the
habit of keeping his eyes fixed on the Lord Jesus and his trust in the Holy
Spirit. The more he says NO to sin, the easier it is to say NO, until it
becomes a habit. The more he says YES to the Lord Jesus, the easier it is to
say YES, until that becomes a habit.
The will of the believer is absolutely free from the compelling power of the
evil nature. If he obeys the latter, it is because he chooses to do so. But
the Holy Spirit has given the believer a new nature, the divine nature. And
the sweet influences of that nature are constantly permeating the activities
of the believer’s will as the believer keeps himself yielded to the
Spirit. In that way, the Spirit keeps on suppressing the activities of the
evil nature and any control which it might attempt to exert over the saint.
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the
Son of man.†(Luk 21:36, KJV)
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