1. harvestisripe
   Member

   THIS WAS A QUOTE STATED ON ANOTHER THREAD AND I FELT IT DESERVED ITS OWN THREAD

   "the believer"...a believer would be someone who IS LIVING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL in obedience to the Holy Spirit.

   Yes Amen - we should seek the will of God and to be lead of the Holy Spirit.

   I often think this is a saying that so many say and quote - but do we really do this in our everyday walk?

   QUESTION
   Are we truely lead of the Holy Spirit? walking in the will of God?

   WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT

   TO BE LEAD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

   TO BE IN OBEDIANCE TO THE HOLY SPITIT

   HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THESE VERY THINGS MENTIONED HERE?

   Please not based on mans Revelation - or links from the Webb - PLEASE stick to scripture and the Word of God so that we see the truth.

   I BELIEVE THIS IS A QUESTION EVERY BELIEVER IN CHRIST MUST BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

   God Bless you all as we study this together.

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2. debonnaire
   Member

   turning to 2 Corinthians 3 and 4 should be a good start

   when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
   17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
   18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

   for how would it be possible to obey Him and be lead of Him if we do not turn to Him first ?

   And the Lord Holy Spirit points to Christ.

   2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
   3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
   4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
   5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
   6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

   (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth [John 1:14]

   having such a treasure in heaven and of revelation in our heart, how could we still want to walk in the mind of the flesh and obey the flesh ?

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3. mark and susan
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   Harvestripe asks:

   WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT

   TO BE LEAD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

   OK.... Let the PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEART.

   Thats one way to be led of the Holy Spirit.
   Got peace about doing this or that? Good, then go ahead and do this or that.
   Got a whole lot of anxiety about doing this or that? OK,then probably not a good idea to do this or that.

   LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEART!!

   Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

   Mark

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4. mark and susan
   Inactive

   To be honest though sometimes logic wants to override our decision making in spite of having no peace about a given situation.
   Mark

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5. mark and susan
   Inactive

   Defination translated "rule" Strong's G1018 - brabeuō

   1) to be an umpire

   2) to decide, determine

   3) to direct, control, rule

   Let the peace of God "be an umpire"
   Let the peace of God "help you decide or determine"
   Let the peace of God "direct,control or rule your decision making"

   Mark

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. Kevin
   Member

   Walking in the spirit is being surrendered to the leading of the Holy Spirit through our conscience, so we are aware of the difference between our own intellect , emotions and feelings, and the will of Christ. This enables use to choose to walk in the light of Christ.

   Gal 5:16 If you are guided by the Spirit, you won't obey your selfish desires.
   Gal 5:17 The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should.

   The evidence of walking in the spirit is the fruit of the spirit.

   Gal 5:22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,
   Gal 5:23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.
   Gal 5:24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

   Note for example that being defensive, offended , trying to validate or justify our position, prove we are right, and pride of knowledge are not the fruit of the spirit, they are the fruit of self.

   Our self nature will always compete with the Holy Spirit to some extent, so as long as we don't dull our conscience by being stubborn and self centered , Christ will keep showing us what we need to surrender up, so we can know and walk in His will , which is walking in the Spirit.

   Kevin

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. wholeheart
   Member

   Amen Kevin!

   I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
   Galatians 5:15-17

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. HappyTrails
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   Amen Kevin....

   Walking by His Spirit is ABSOLUTE SURRENDER TO HIS AUTHORITY...HIS RIGHT TO RULE OVER ALL OF OUR LIFE BECAUSE HE GAVE US LIFE.....TWICE EVEN!!

   Walking by His Spirit is the WAY OF LIFE THAT FULFILLS ALL THE LAW AND ALLOWS GOD'S PRESENCE TO BE MANIFESTED INTO THE WORLD/KINGDOM OF DARKNESS.

   Walking by His Spirit is the ONLY WAY WE CAN PARTICIPATE WITH ALMIGHTY GOD IN HIS KINGDOM PLAN.

   Walking by His Spirit is completely described in Romans 8 PLUS Galatians 5 PLUS Ephesians 6. It isn't ONLY 1 of these passages, BUT ALL THREE CHAPTERS ARE BEING FULFILLED AT ONCE WHEN A PERSON IS SUBMITTED BY FAITH TO THE AUTHORITY OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT.

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9. james f jarjou
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   beautiful insight here, brethern.

   Posted 1 year ago #

10. RevDrDan
    Member

    Jesus said the father is in me so shall I be in you. If Jesus is in us and the Father is in him then would not the desires of the father become the desires of the son and would not the desires of the son become the desire of anyone that would believe in Christ Jesus making a place for his spirit to dwell and how then do we do this I think the answer is repentance to live in the spirit we must live in repentants at all times in our hearts I would put all the scriptures related to this in here but it would be a very long post and i am sure you all know the word of god well enough to know what I am getting at. The fruits of the spirit are born of the living word the messiah Jesus.

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11. harvestisripe
    Member

    Yes some light being shed her by you saints - and it is rather refreshing. Keep it coming.
    Blessings, Lynn

    Posted 1 year ago #

12. RevDrDan
    Member

    The evidence of walking in the spirit is the fruit of the spirit.

    Gal 5:22 God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,
    Gal 5:23 gentle, and self-controlled. There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.
    Gal 5:24 And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.
    (borrowed from Kevin)

    If we want to walk in the spirit or for that matter hear the spirit we must be repentant and live just as Jesus' example. When you measure your choices against Jesus' choices you will see how close you really are to truly living in the spirit. As we all should know Jesus sent the spirit to be our helper and charged us with the task of preparing the place to receive him.

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13. marilynk
    Member

    Wouldn't walking in the Spirit be as simple as laying self aside and allowing the Spirit of God be that inner voice that we surrender to for leadership and moral direction? Marilyn

    Posted 1 year ago #

14. RevDrDan
    Member

    Thats exactly what I am saying sis.

    Posted 1 year ago #

15. harvestisripe
    Member

    We are to - ALWAYS BE LEAD BY THE SPIRIT - but God also puts holy people he has called into our lives also - to help us - God has never changed his mind concerning his five fold ministry - or us assembling ourselves together - fellowshipping together.

    We just need who we associate with and whos doctrines we listen to - to be lead of the HOLY SPIRIT - HE HAS THE FINAL SAY IN OUR CHOICES - HE HAS THE FINAL SAY IN WHAT IS TRUTH - and we are to search the scriptures testing everythin we see and hear by the -Word of God - the Spirit and the Word are our guide - our counsel in all truth.

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16. marilynk
    Member

    Harvestisripe, "we are to search the scriptures testing everything we see and hear by the -Word of God - the Spirit and the Word are our guide - our counsel in all truth." This is so true and should be the guideline all of the body should aplly in their walk. Truth must not be washed by mans opinion, but come directly from the Word of God untarnished in it's presentation to the body.

    We are however, discusing walking in the Spirit of God and that can only be acheived through absolute submission and surrender To Messiah and His Word. Marilyn

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17. RevDrDan
    Member

    that is correct test everything we see and hear by the word of God.

    How is it then that you can know when you hear something that is by chance false or incorrect?

    By the prompting of the spirit and we all study the word to fill our cups with truth mainly because we have all refused to listen to the spirit.

    the word of god says"Deu 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

    If you are in the spirit the word lives in you. We have to listen to the spirit and head to the doctrines of god not of man. May God have an extra share of mercy on any one that would choose the doctrines of man over the doctrines of God. I have seen many warnings in the word of God against the teaching and doctrines of man.
    Trust only in the living word and the spirit he sent to teach us and guide us in our ignorance of truth.

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