Topic: Walking in the Spirit
How do we
walk in the Spirit? Before we discuss
this, why should we walk in the Spirit?
Let’s see:
Romans
8:4: That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
Galatians 5:24,25:
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and
lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit.
So our
desire is to crucify the affections and lusts of the flesh. When we do that we live and experience zoe
life. So the next obvious question is
how do we walk in the Spirit?
1.
Walk
in the Word
Jeremiah
23:28,29: The prophet that hath a dream
let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word
faithfully. What is the chaff to the
wheat? Saith the Lord. Is not my word
like as a fire? Saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces.
Psalm
119:105-107: Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet and a light unto my path. I have
sworn and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgements. I am
afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
The Word of
the Lord is the Spirit. When we walk in
the Word of God we live Zoe life and are directed and moved moment to moment by
His Voice.
2.
Spirit
and the Word Working Together
1 John 5:7:
For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Spirit: and these three are one.
These are
situations where the Spirit and Word work together.
a.
In
Repentance
Proverbs
1:23: Turn you at my reproof: behold I will pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
b.
In
Building
Zechariah
4:6: Then he answered and spake unto me,
saying This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel saying, Not by might nor by
power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts
c.
In
Covenant
Isaiah
59:21: As for me this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that
is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth
and for ever.
d.
Healing
Psalm 107:20:
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
e.
Prayer
Acts 4:31:
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled
together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word
of God with boldness.
f.
Preaching
Acts
13:4,5: So they, being sent forth by the
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached
the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their
minister
Let me say this:
For this to be a reality you must agree with the Word and the
Spirit. You cannot just quote
Scripture, you must agree with it.
Amos
3:3: Can two walk together, except they
be agreed?
So if we agree
with the word of God and what the Spirit says, then there are declarations of
our positions in regard to the flesh:
1.
Declare:
You Died
Colossians
3:3: For ye are dead and your life is
hid in Christ
So we are
dead even though we are living in time and space. If we are truly dead then dead men do not
sin, do not get offended, do not retaliate nor respond. This is how they know that we have died and
are buried with him by baptism.
2.
Declare:
We are Raised with Christ
Colossians
3:1: If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of
God.
If we are
risen in Christ then we seek those things in Heaven, not in the earth.
3.
Declare:
Seated in Heavenly Places
Ephesians
2:6: And hath raised us up together, and
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus
If we are
seated together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus then we should enter into
His rest because the sitting position is a position of rest. Hebrews 4:10:
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his.
4.
Declare:
We are Circumcised
Colossians
2:11: In whom also ye are circumcised
with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins
of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
If we are
circumcised, the Apostle Paul admonishes us in Ephesians 4:22: That you put off
concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts.
5.
Declare: We are Complete in Him
Colossians
2:10: And you are complete in Him which
is the head of all principality and power:
If we are
complete in Him they we should speak the truth in love that we may grow up into
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
6.
Justified
By Faith
Romans
5:1: Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
If we are
justified by faith then we are to pursue righteousness and flee youthful lusts.
(2 Timothy 2:22)
So for
every declaration we make concerning our position in regard to the flesh there
is a action that we must take and agree to manifest the Zoe life. We are approaching and maturing to a point
where we will not ask the Lord what to do, but do as what the Spirit is
doing. Be encouraged and stay with the
Lord.
Peace and
Grace:
Calvin
Calhoun. Jr.
