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Live by the Spirit

September 7, 2008

“live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” 

 

Galatians 5:16

 

Imagine if Christianity was just a giant book of rules — thousands of things you should do or not do.  Think of how overwhelming this would be!   You would feel as if you had to be perfect to be accepted by God.

 

The good news is that Christianity is NOT a huge list of rules.  Christianity is the good news that Jesus Christ died for our offenses against God - our sins.  When we try to live the Christian life, we can ask God the Holy Spirit to fill our lives with His love and His power and His grace.

 

Paul said, almost 2,000 years ago to people in Galatia who were trying to live the Christian life by rules, “Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?”  The same applies to us today.  We can have the joy of living the Christian life filled with God’s Holy Spirit.

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