For
The Whole Law Can Be Summed Up
In
This One Command:
“Love
Your Neighbor As Yourself.”
Scripture
Galatians
5
15 But if
you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of
destroying one another.
19 When
you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very
clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
20 idolatry,
sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division,
22 But
the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
24 Those
who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of
their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
25 Since
we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in
every part of our lives.
Observation
There
is a battle that goes inside of each one of us each and every day. If
we are followers of Christ we have a new nature, God's Holy Spirit
that actually lives within us. But we also still have an old carnal
sinful nature, and that old nature is always trying to get us to act
like an unbeliever! The fight is on and it is a daily battle!
Here
is a story that Kathy loves to share. This is a story about an Indian
that used to have a black dog and a white dog and he would fight them
for money. He would make lots of money on these dogfights because he
always knew which dog was going to win the fight and he would bet on
that dog. Sometimes the white dog won and sometimes it was the black
dog's time to win. Someone asked him how he knew which one was going
to win to which he replied, “oh that is easy - the one I feed the
most.”
The old sinful nature is at war with our new nature and the one that is winning is the one that we are feeding the most.
The old sinful nature is at war with our new nature and the one that is winning is the one that we are feeding the most.
If
you are not eating daily from the Word of God then your evil sinful
nature is winning and the result or the fruit of your life will be:
sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery,
hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and
other sins like these.
If you and I are feasting on God’s Word every day then the fruit of our lives will be: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
If you and I are feasting on God’s Word every day then the fruit of our lives will be: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Application
I
am feasting on the Word of God today!
How
about you? Have you taken time today to open up God's Word and spend
time with Him?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, don't let me neglect spending time in Your Word every day.
This is the most important thing that I can do. Nothing else comes
even close to being as important as spending time with You. Don't let
me make excuses. Don't let me be lazy. I want the Fruit of Your Holy
Spirit being exhibited in my life, not my ugly old sinful nature. I
pray that You lead and guide me today. Take control of my life.
I
pray for any person who may read this blog today. Do a mighty work in
the their heart and life. Help them live a life that is pleasing to
You.
Daily
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 25,26,27; Galatians 5
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