Do you remember getting in trouble as a kid and not really knowing why? Sometimes the lines between right and wrong were ambiguous, a little blurry or maybe Mom and Dad just hadn’t quite gotten to that specific subject or behavior yet.
We can’t say the same about our heavenly Father. He has outlined those behaviors, which are wrong. Just look at this passage in Galatians 5:19 - 21 (NASB)
19Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:
immorality,
impurity,
20idolatry,
sorcery,
enmities,
strife,
jealousy,
outbursts of anger,
disputes,
dissensions,
21envying,
drunkenness,
carousing,
and things like these,
of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the
Now if there is a particular word you’re struggling with, just look it up in the dictionary. It probably means what you thought!
Now, because He is God and loves us so much, He also tells us the kind of behaviors and attitudes that will occur when we allow our lives to be controlled by the Holy Spirit…
22But the fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness,
23gentleness,
self-control;
against such things there is no law.
24Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:22 - 24 (NASB)
I don’t think anyone will have to look up any of those words. The basic principle: less of me and more of You, Jesus.
SEEK FIRST THE
