Tag: Holy Spirit
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Walking in the Spirit
This devotional is based on Galatians 5:25-6:10. Salvation is not only about justification, it is also about sanctification. Because we belong to Jesus Christ, we have his Spirit dwelling in us (Rom. 8:9). He is the one who does the work of sanctification in our lives in order for us to become more and more…
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22–26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the…
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Flesh versus Spirit
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.…
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Seeing and Entering the Kingdom of God
John 3:1–15 [1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. [2] This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with…
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Sons and Heirs (part 2)
Galatians 4:6-7 ESV And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. INTRODUCTION Because of God’s great love we have become his children when we received…
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The Preaching the Spirit Does Not Bless
“Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.” (1 Corinthians 2:12,…
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Bewitched!
“Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?” (Galatians 3:3 NRSV) INTRODUCTION Read Galatians 3:1-5. Why do people not believe that salvation is by grace through faith alone in Christ? One reason is because Satan has bewitched them (2 Cor. 4:3-4). However, some Christians who believe that…
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Anointed by the Holy One
(A devotional given to the Men’s group of Ikthus East Bacolod.) TEXT: 1 John 2:18-26 INTRODUCTION: The apostle John wants us to distinguish between those who are truly God’s children and those who aren’t. At the same time he wants to protect us from false teachers. God’s children have received an anointing from the Holy…
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Ikthus East Sermon: 3 December 2017
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SEXUAL IMMORALITY (HOLINESS – Part 2) 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 [1] Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. [2] For…
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