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Onward PILGRIM. GALATIANS 5: THE WORKS OF THE FLESH THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – Wicogora Mugenzi

Reading and studying one chapter of the bible every day. Prayerfully study the whole 5th Chapter of the book of GALATIANS.

JANUARY 13, 2025

📖 GALATIANS 5
[1] Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
[4] You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
[5] For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
[13] For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
[16 ] I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
[17] For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
[18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
[25] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
[26] Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.


Beloved of God, peace be unto you.
Christ has set us free to enjoy liberty, today let us learn about the above mentioned liberty. We have also learnt the characteristics of the justified, we also talked about the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. To crucify the flesh and living by the Spirit.

1️⃣CHRISTIAN LIBERTY, REMAINING IN IT (5:1-12)
🔰What is the liberty Paul is talking about? It is not political freedom, or economic freedom or freedom to live where we want. The one mentioned here, is a liberty rooted in our relationship with Jesus Christ.
✍🏾According to what we saw earlier it is a Liberty that takes us from a Christianity based on bondage and curse of the law; and above all: It is a liberty that sets us free from sin, everlasting death and Satan.
✍🏾He who is not in Christ is in bondage. Bondage of the law, bondage of the evil that rules the earth, bondage of sin, flesh and Satan. Christ came to remove all those kinds of bondage.
➡Seeking to be saved by the works of the law, is denying the path set by God to justify us through Christ

2️⃣THE LIFE OF THE JUSTIFIED (5:13-15)
✍🏾Paul knew well that the gospel risked making people think that one can live as he wishes because he is not justified by his deeds. Verse 13 says no following the desires of the flesh.
✍🏾Liberty in Christ is not only about being set free from the world, it is also “a call to fulfill the new responsibility of serving others in love”. It is only possible for those who are dead to the flesh.
✍🏾Our liberty in Christ is not about doing as we please it is being a slave to heavenly love amongst us. In this conflict it is about allowing the Spirit to control your flesh in your daily decisions.

3️⃣WALKING IN THE SPIRIT AND BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT (5:16-26)
🔰Paul gives a list of works of the flesh that should be avoided, and the fruit of the Spirit to look up to.
The works of the flesh because the flesh requires, the fruit of the Spirit because the Spirit yields fruit.
✍🏾It is not by accident that he began with love, because it is key to others( (1Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:6,13…)
✍🏾Since walking in the Spirit looks like a command, it means it is a decision taken daily. We crucify the flesh, refusing its demands everyday, starving it therefore, and it becomes crucified with Christ.
✍🏾But being led by the Spirit is to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us where we need to go. And our responsibility is to follow.
⚠ Dear brethren we are free, we have been set free let us not go back. We have seen the lifestyle of those who are set free, the secret is to abide with Christ and walk in the Spirit by crucifying the flesh not because you are trying to become a child of God but because you are a child of God and that is reflected in your life. The Christian life is a conflict between the flesh and the Spirit which will end when Jesus returns. He who possesses heavenly love is no longer under the law, it has become his character.

🛐ABBA FATHER, IN THE LIBERTY YOU HAVE GIVEN US, GRANT US LOVE.🛐

Onward PILGRIM

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