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Our biggest battles are often internal. We crave peace yet fall into old patterns. Join Pastor Steve to learn how to rise above temptation and live with strength, joy, and purpose.
Series Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians May 4, 2026 · 38 min · Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians
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Embracing Christian Freedom 0:00 Today, I wanna talk to you out of chapter 5, Galatians chapter 5. I wanna talk to you with a message I've entitled, Set Free by the Spirit. Set Free0:11 by the spirit. If you have your bible, I'm gonna ask you to open up to the book of Galatians. Again, if you haven't been here, we're finishing up next week. It is a 6 part series. I've been teaching through Paul's0:23 letter. In the New Testament, Paul the Apostle wrote to the churches in Galatia. It's a region in modern day Turkey today, and he's talking about the gospel. He's0:35 been talking about grace. Today, we're gonna talk about what it really means to walk in the spirit. What does it mean when Paul says, walk in the spirit? Do you guys0:47 remember the first time that you removed out of your parents home? Maybe some of you guys went to college for the first time. You thought to myself, man this is this is awesome. You know, you0:59 No rules, no curfew. You can do whatever you want until you got caught. Come on, how does it work out for y'all? You guys remember the1:11 freedom? Everybody say freedom. I mean it was like freedom. You're like, I can go where I want. I can do what I want.1:29 Choices, there's1:46 and there's responsibility. Maybe those of you that are watching in our correctional facilities, when you get out, those of you that are able to do that, and and the choices that you have, it can be overwhelming. Those1:57 of you that serve in the military, we're so grateful. How many are grateful for all those that serve in our military? We love you, we honor you. And we have so many people at all of our locations,2:10 and I've had so many conversations with pastors like man, I I, you know, I'm I've been deployed and I'm back and I'm I'm transitioning out of the armed services. And now, here it is. You have options.2:21 You have choices. With freedom, it gives you choices, and with choices, well, there's responsibilities. Paul in Galatians chapter 5, he's dealing with this2:33 concept. Here it is. It's a big concept. Christian freedom. What does it mean to be free? What is Christian liberty and freedom? Paul in Galatians chapter2:45 5 is dealing with this because we have choices. And when we have choices, well, sometimes our choices lead to peace, but sometimes our choices lead us into2:57 pain. And maybe that's where some of you guys are. Feel like, Pastor, you know what? I made some poor choices and I'm feeling the weight the weight of some bad decisions. Maybe financially, maybe relationally,3:09 maybe in business, maybe with a spouse, or I don't know, maybe with some business relationship. And and and now you're feeling the weight. I mean, you had tremendous freedom, and you had decisions,3:21 and now you're kinda experiencing the consequence of a poor decision. Paul was actually dealing with that. Christian freedom,3:34 Christian liberty, and choices. Galatians chapter 5 verse 1, here's what he says, it is for freedom. Everybody say, freedom. I mean, it is for freedom that Christ has3:46 set us free. Stand firm then and do not give yourselves to be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Paul's saying you're free. What you do with that freedom3:58 is incredibly important. The decisions that you make. There there has been generationally for thousands of years, 2000 years since this was written, There's been lots of discussions4:09 about Christian liberty and Christian freedom. You've heard people say this way now. You're in Christ. I mean, you're free in Christ. You can do whatever you want. Is that really what Paul means? You can do whatever you4:20 want? Pastor, I gave my heart to Christ, I got baptized. I mean, I got the t shirt, the whole thing, and I'm free in Christ. Now I'm free to do whatever I want. I don't believe the Bible when it talks about freedom in4:32 Christ. I don't believe it means we can do whatever we want. It means that we're no longer enslaved to sin, we're no longer enslaved to Satan, that we're set free to serve God and to serve other people. Christian freedom4:43 doesn't mean we're free to do with just what whatever we want. It's important that we understand this. Paul is writing to first Jewish believers in Jesus and he's also writing to4:55 Gentiles believers in Jesus. And remember this whole thing is about, remember this whole thing is about Jewish believers in Jesus, watch this, watch this, They moved out of the house for the first time. They're no longer5:07 living under the rules of Judaism. It's no longer that you're right with God because you observed the holy day or you didn't eat pork, you did eat pork, or you're hanging out with this group of5:18 people. In other words, Paul says, you've moved out of the house. Don't miss this. You've trusted Christ. You have freedoms now. Why do you keep going back living under the house? Oh, how do you go5:30 keep going back thinking, I gotta be right with God if I get circumcised. I'm right with God if I observe this day. I'm right with God if I don't hang around with this group. In other words, you're out of the house, you5:40 have freedom. Why do you keep going back under bondage? And Paul is saying that our freedom is not governed by external constraints. Our freedom now is5:52 governed by an internal reality. Those that are led by the spirit. Everybody say, the spirit. Now the Gentiles, they were kind of tripping out. They're like, these Jewish believers in Jesus, they can't get it right at6:03 all. We were like pagans. Like, we didn't understand all these rules and all these restrictions and and they were confused. They're like, are you guys in the house or outside the house? Are you gonna live under rules?6:14 Are you how do you get right with God? Paul was saying that we get right with God when we trust Christ. And when we trust Christ, we're given freedom. Everybody say freedom. But not freedom to do6:25 whatever we want. It's freedom to serve God. Before you came to Christ, you were in bondage. You're in bondage to sin. We were in bondage to Satan, and now we've been set free.6:37 But it's set free to serve God, set free to serve 1 another, not set free to do whatever you want and live any way you want, just because you got water baptized at a church. Galatians chapter 5 verse6:49 13, Paul says, you my brothers and sisters, you are called to be free. Do not use your freedom to indulge in the flesh. This is what he was dealing with. By the way, this is important. There's still7:01 winds of doctrine that go through church kind of Christianity today. You're free in Christ, by grace you can do whatever you want to do. Not according to the Bible. You don't let your freedom to be a cause to indulge in7:12 the flesh. Rather, allow your freedom to serve 1 another, humbly and loved. For the entire7:24 law is fulfilled in keeping this 1 command. Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour each other, watch out. Watch out because you're gonna be destroyed. Now, what7:36 is Paul talking about the flesh? Let's talk about the flesh for a moment. When Paul talks about the flesh, he's not talking about your skin. He's not talking about your epidermis. Right? This is He's not talking about7:48 your flesh. What is the flesh? The flesh is the fallen nature of humanity all the way back to Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve chose to disobey God. Watch this, they were cut off from relationship with God8:00 and now they they have what's called we have what's called an Adamic nature. In other words, when you and I are born as babies, we come into this earth, we have a fallen nature. That's why we need to be born. Everybody8:11 say born again. Our nature needs to come alive in God. So watch this. Our flesh, the fallen nature, before Christ, it governed our lives.8:29 Flesh. But after we come to Christ, our flesh, watch us, our spirit now takes ascendency. Now we walk with Christ. We serve Jesus. Our spirit man is stronger than our flesh and our flesh should serve8:41 the spirit. Are y'all with me? So here's the thing. Paul says, when you've been set free, don't use your freedom to serve the flesh. It's not what you want, your happiness, your pursuits,8:53 everything. It's it's now about serving God. It's let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be done. And by the way, happiness is not elusive when you've actually served God because it's the byproduct of serving God.9:05 But the question is where's your focus? Paul says, don't let your freedom Christianity, Christian liberty, Christian freedom is not do whatever you want whenever you want. It's you're now free to serve God. You're no9:17 longer enslaved. Martin Luther, the great reformer wrote a book called The Bondage of the Will. Before you come to Christ, your will was in bondage to sin, self, and save. But when you've been set free Everybody set9:29 free. You're no longer enslaved. Enslaved to self, enslaved. Now you can love God. Now you can serve other people. Now you can Now you can actually become the man, the woman God created you to be. Paul goes on in first9:40 Corinthians 6 12 to illustrate this. He says, you say I'm allowed to do anything, but not everything is good for you. And even though I'm allowed to do anything, I must not become a slave to anything. What's the9:52 point? Just because you could doesn't mean you what? Say it, should. Christian liberty doesn't mean you should just do whatever you wanna do, because you're set free to serve God. Paul is addressing this10:04 because there is this antinomianism. There's this whatever I wanna do, I'm safe. I can live any way I wanna live. Not according to Paul. Not according to scripture.10:17 Paul says Paul says, don't let your liberty to be a cause for indulging the flesh, but rather let it be to serve God wholeheartedly and serve other people. You know what's interesting?10:29 The proclivity of human nature is to serve self. Let me show you how this is demonstrated. I grew up in a house, I have my older brother, and you wanna see where self comes alive? Order a pizza.10:43 Now a pizza is it takes high level negotiating skills and selflessness when you really eat a pizza together. Why is that? Because my mom and dad would get a pizza. We get pizza hot. I don't know what it was back then.10:54 And so we get pizza and so we open the box and so my brother, we're 2 years apart, so it was highly you know, we just like, we gotta make sure we get our little turf, and so you go and because it's right, it's it's it's11:05 a right thing to do. You go, the box is open, you take a piece. But then your brother takes 2 pieces. So when you come back next time, you take 3 pieces. Come on somebody. And you go back and forth. In other11:17 words, we're always gonna stake out our ground. I love the fact my wife, she is so selfless. I've never had a time where she kinda wanted something that I want. Now let me just say this, this is a public confession. How11:28 many know you gotta confess sin in church? Come on raise your hand. Okay listen, I can eat off my wife's plate, but it bothers me when she eats off mine. Can I get that out? Don't look at me so holy, you guys do the same11:39 thing. Paul said we are set free, but not set free to do whatever we want. We're set free to love God and serve other people.11:52 Pastor, how do I do this? How do I really do this? I'll tell you how you do it. It's this little term, walk by the spirit. What does it mean to be walking by12:04 the spirit? Walk in the spirit. What does that mean? Galatians chapter 5, Paul begins to explain this. Galatians 5 16. So I say, walk by the spirit. EverybodyThe Battle: Mind, Flesh, and Spirit 12:16 say walk by the spirit. What does it mean to walk by the spirit? Walk by the spirit and you'll not gratify. You'll not gratify the desires of the flesh.12:28 Let me give you guys 3 things that Paul teaches us in Galatians chapter 5 of how to walk by the spirit. You guys enjoying this study? Come on. Are y'all enjoying this study?12:40 I do wanna say don't miss next week. I'm gonna finish up, read early, Galatians chapter 6 for next week. I I believe Paul kinda left the best for last. I mean it's really powerful. Alright, here we go.12:52 Galatians chapter 5, How Galatians 5 teaches us to walk by the spirit. Number 1, prepare your mind13:04 for the battle. Paul says it like this, Galatians chapter 5 verse 17. He begins to explain and break down where is the real competition in the life13:16 of the believer in Jesus. Here it is, Galatians chapter 5 verse 17. For the flesh Here's the flesh. The flesh Remember that's that fallen nature. It still tries13:27 to resurrect itself and crawl back and control your life. Paul says, your flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit. Everybody say flesh.13:39 Everybody say spirit. Spirit. And the spirit, what is contrary to the flesh? They're in conflict with 1 another. You have a conflict, it's between the flesh13:53 and the spirit. That's what it is. The flesh and the spirit. Paul goes on to say, they're in conflict with each other so that you are not so that you14:05 are not to do whatever you want. The flesh just wants to do whatever it wants. The spirit wants to serve God. The spirit on the inside wants to serve God, serve others, add value to others.14:17 The flesh wants to focus on self, self, self. That's what the flesh So it's the flesh and the spirit. Now, between, this is really critical. Between14:29 kind of the What what's there between the spirit and the flesh, the Bible calls the soul or the mind. The mind and the soul are used, watch this,14:41 interchangeably in the scripture. So this is important. What you put in your mind or soul leans you to the spirit or it leans you to the flesh?14:52 Woah, pastor. This is interesting. Well, it's in the Bible. The enemy wants to watch this. Suggest things in your mind to push you to the flesh.15:04 God's word in your mind always wants to push you to the spirit. The question is, what are you putting in your mind or your soul? Remember, it's the in between15:16 your spirit. Everybody say spirit. Everybody say flesh. Okay. This is important. Let me give you an example. So what are you putting in your mind? Question,15:28 the Netflix series that you guys are watching right now, is it feeding and pushing you towards the spirit or the flesh?15:40 I'm just asking. It's a rhetorical question. No spears, no condemnation, I'm just positing a thought. Alright? Remember, what15:52 you put in your mind pushes you to the spirit or the flesh. This is the dividing. This is what what you put right here. Boom. Boom. Alright.16:04 Second question. The social media rabbit hole that you were in last night, did it remind you of who you were in16:16 Christ? Or what you don't have? How unhappy your life is? How everybody else is making things happen in their lives, but you're not? In other words, what is16:28 it telling you? Because what you put in your mind pushes you to the spirit or the flesh. Woah, Pastor. This is what Paul says. Here's16:40 another 1. The people that you're hanging out with, the conversations that you're having, are they pushing you to the spirit? Everybody say spirit. Or say flesh. Say pastor,16:52 are you sure? Oh, this sounds like legalism. I thought y'all were into Grace at Church of the King. We're actually into the Bible. And the Bible says that what you put in your mind,17:03 listen, will lead you to the flesh of the spirit. Pastor, prove it. Romans chapter 8 verse 5. So those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the flesh on what the flesh17:15 desires. But those who live according to the spirit have their minds set on what the spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death.17:27 What you put in your mind, governed by the spirit produces life or peace. So17:39 the question is, where are you setting your mind each day? When you wake up in the morning, what are the first thoughts? What is the material that you're reading? What are the conversations you're having? If you're17:49 looking at the news, if you're looking at gossip, if you're looking at criticism, I will assure you it's gonna start feeding your flesh. But if you're putting the word of God, the pure, the18:00 powerful, the positive framework of God's word, it'll push you to the spirit. The mindset on the flesh brings death, the mindset on the spirit brings life. How many of y'all enjoy life? Come on. How many of y'all enjoy18:11 life? I had people say this, Pastor Steve, isn't that kind of legalistic to say that you have to pray in the morning? You don't have to pray in the morning and read your Bible in the morning. Some people say,18:23 Well, I'll do that at night time. And I'll just say this, you can make the choice to beat up by the to be beat up by the devil all day long, and then finally talk to God at night. I need to check-in with headquarters18:33 before I leave the house. That was good preaching. But anyway, so Alright, number 1. Everybody say, prepare Prepare. Your mind for the battle.18:45 Prepare your mind for the battle. What you put in your mind pushes you towards the spirit or the flesh. Number 2, the second thing, I'm just going verse by verse through this. Paul says this,18:57 Paul would give this concept, and here's my point, guard, guard against your fleshly weaknesses. We all have them. By the way, my fleshly weaknesses might not be your fleshly19:09 weaknesses. Your fleshly weaknesses may not be mine, but you've got some. Paul's getting ready to illustrate this. He's getting ready to break this out for us. Here's what he19:20 says. Paul gives us a sobering list of watches, fleshly weaknesses. Are you feeding them? Here's what Paul says. Galatians chapter 5 verse 19.19:32 The acts or some of your bibles, I think the new king James says the acts or works Everybody say works. The acts or works Notice, the works of the flesh.19:47 The works of the flesh are the acts of the flesh. What are they? He said they're obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry,19:59 witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness,20:11 orgies, and the like. I warn you, Paul says, as I did before, that those who live like these, and some of your Bibles say practice20:23 these, those that practice these things will not inherit the kingdom of God. It's pretty strong list. Sexual sins, relational sins, indulgent sins. The20:35 Galatians knew this well. Why? I mean, these gentile believers in Jesus, they were very well accustomed to all of these works of the flesh. The20:47 drunken festivals. They would see all this. I mean, they they remember, Greco Roman times, they lived off and they understood Greece and Rome and all of the the all of the idols and they're like, oh, Paul's20:59 making it real clear. The works of the flesh, but there's also hatred in there. There's also jealousy in there. There's also discord and division. There's also fits of rage in there.21:11 He said if you do that, if you do that, that's called works of the flesh, acts of the flesh. Everybody say works of the flesh. That's something we gotta think about. Now let me clarify something. This is somebody that's21:23 given themselves to that. It's not somebody that occasionally sins or they and they repent, they confess it and they get This is somebody that basically lives the lifestyle of this. Here's what's so cool about the21:34 gospel. You ever hear somebody say this where I ought to do the right thing? Well here's why I'm so grateful. I want every location to see this. When you get born again, God changes your ought to to want to.21:46 It's not just I ought to do the right thing, I wanna do the right thing. In other words, your new nature, everyone say new nature. Remember your fallen nature used to control your life, that now becomes subservient to21:57 your new nature. Your new nature is a sin fighting nature. It's not a sin giving in nature, it fights. It wants to do the right thing. It wants to serve God. It wants to serve other people. That's what22:09 you want to do now. 3 people are excited about that, that's fine. But I gotta tell you this, this over here And by the way, let me tell you what sin is. You know what sin22:21 really is? Sin is it's really you trying to meet a legitimate need in your life illegitimately. That's really what it is. We all have needs to feel loved22:33 and secure and worthy and significant. We had needs, but what sin is is when you do acts, when you do works and acts in your own strength, you22:45 do things to try to meet a need in you that only God can do. Sin? Why would somebody give themselves to these things? Because they're trying to meet a need in22:57 them that only God can meet. So they do acts or works of the flesh. And when you do works of the flesh, can I tell you something? It results in worse off23:09 things. Works Just think of these terms. Just think sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery.23:24 Kind of sounds like something that happens when we do it. Kind of sounds like vomit. God, I'll never do this again. Help me get out of this. That's a lie.23:36 Some of y'all laughing. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Don't raise your hand in church. The work of the flesh is What is the work of23:48 the flesh? It's you trying to meet your own needs illegitimate. How many know God has a better way? How many know God has a better way?24:01 So Paul would say to us, guard, everybody say guard. Guard against the weaknesses of your flesh. Your weaknesses may not be my weaknesses. My weaknesses may not be your weaknesses. For example, let me give24:13 it practical. If you struggle with pornography, if if that's a struggle for you, have filters on your computer. Well, Pastor, that's works. Or, Pastor, that's legalism. That's called wisdom.24:26 Are you with me? That's called wisdom. In other words, have have accountability there. That's called so so you you you you you have to build build a fortress, a bulwark in the spirit, in truth. Build24:38 it against your weakness. Your weakness may not be my weakness. My weakness may not be my weakness. My weakness may not be my weakness. So for me, I was a party kid in high school and in the college and and and all that24:49 stuff. And so that's why I've said this before. That's why for me, maybe not for you. But for me, I couldn't go to the French Quarter for 10 years after I gave my heart to Christ because the smells and the sights, it25:01 started just I could start feeling it and I just I I got loaded so many times out. And so I I didn't wanna I so for me, this is me. You're much holier than me. But for me, I couldn't because it was it25:13 made my flesh and the musics and the sound and the sight. It just started doing things in me that I didn't like. So I couldn't go for 10 years. Now I can go eat me some gumbo and I25:25 don't even worry about it. Know the weakness of my flesh. Question. Do you know the weakness of your flesh? You better25:37 build a fortress around that. Hang with those people. You better not do those things. If those things are pulling you back into the flesh25:48 Pastor Steve, I thought we were grace, grace, grace. We are. This is also called wisdom, wisdom, wisdom. And26:00 that's not just throwing up. That's also called strife. That's also called jealousy. That's also called fits a rage where you're punching holes in your wall at the house. What is your because your may not26:12 be my You'll never forget this message, by the way. James chapter 1 verse 14,26:24 but let each 1, but let each person when they're tempted, when they're dragged away by their own their own evil desire and enticed, Then after desire is conceived, it gives birth to26:36 sin, and sin when it's full grown gives birth to death. Christian freedom is not you doing whatever you want. It means you're free from this enslavement of sin to serve God26:48 and love people, And it means you're free. No longer you're trying to meet your own legitimate needs illegitimately, but you're doing it God's way. Everybody say God's way. God's way. Well, what27:00 is God's way, pastor? Thank you for asking. 0.3, So what are we saying so far? What we're saying is, how do I walk by the spirit? Number 1, the first way to walk by the spirit is whatever you put in your mind or27:12 soul is gonna push you to the spirit or the flesh. Your mind is the centerpiece. The mind or the soul is where your spirit is connected to and your flesh. What you put27:24 in your mind is gonna tilt you towards the spirit or the flesh. Number 2, be wise. What is your flesh patterns? What is your flesh tendencies? What is your27:36 flesh weaknesses? Build a spiritual bulwark against that. Don't go to those places if it tempts you. Don't be with those people if it tempts you. Don't do those things. In other words, build a wall there. That's not27:46 legalism. It's wisdom. Let me give you the third and final thing. Y'all learn anything that's helping anybody? Here it is. Yield to aBearing Fruit Through Connection 27:58 new power. Paul shifts from the acts or the works of the flesh. Watch the difference. Works of the flesh. Acts of the flesh versus28:11 fruit of the spirit. Works, everybody say works. Everybody say fruit. Fruit. Ah, it's different. Galatians chapter 5 verse28:23 22, but the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives, love, joy, peace,28:35 patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Is that a different list than28:47 sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft? That's a lot different than love, joy, peace, patience,29:00 kindness. Everybody say fruits. That's the fruits of the spirit in your life. This is the works of the flesh. This is man trying to meet their own needs. This is God29:11 meeting man's needs. How many of y'all think God has a better plan? This is walking in the spirit. When you walk in the spirit, good things are produced in your29:23 life. Fruits, everybody say fruits. Fruits. This is some fruit here. This is real life fruit. Real life, this is real. This is real.29:36 And these are not the apples that your grandma put on the table at Thanksgiving that you'd bite and they were plastic. Come on somebody, you know what I'm talking. You're like, ah my teeth, I need a healing. But anyway,29:46 these are real. This is a fruit. Okay, here it is. Watch. Oh, God. Making you hungry, Don't worry. I'll let you out on time. You'll beat the Baptist to the breast29:58 drum. But anyway, so here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go. When people taste of your life, is it sweet? Everybody say30:10 fruit. So here's the thing, how did this apple get produced? Think of this, works of the flesh. That's man30:22 trying to meet their own needs apart from God. Works. Fruit of the spirit. Works30:34 of the flesh. This apple didn't work to be produced. There was sap. There was an apple seed that got planted in the ground. That apple30:46 seed became an apple tree. And on that apple tree there were branches, and on those branches, it would produce a little bud. Everybody say bud. Like a little flowery bud. And then out of that as30:58 it matured, it became an apple. This apple didn't work, this apple just stayed connected to the vine.31:09 It stayed connected. It stayed connected. This apple is the byproduct of connection to a greater power. Are you always thinking? It's31:21 connected to the vine. Your Christian character growing in Christ, this is the difference. This is man apart from God, sexual immorality. How's that working out for31:33 you? I'm gonna have a relationship, we're gonna do this is gonna and it leaves you empty. That's man, that's man. The works of the flesh. Remember, what are you looking for?31:45 To be happy, to feel loved, how's it working out? How about this 1? Impurity, debauchery, how's that working out? You can't remember what you did the night before. How's that working31:57 out? I've been there. How does that work? Idolatry, witchcraft, that's 1 of the works of What is witchcraft? Witchcraft is control, it's manipulation. By the32:09 way, that's why when people bring in friends, let's go to the French Quarter, let's go to Marie LeVoux, Voodoo, That's demonic, that's manipulation, that's control, that's not32:20 good. That's manipulating people's will. That is so far away from the fruit of Christ. That is man, this is Jesus. How many of y'all sticking with Jesus?32:32 How many of y'all sticking with Jesus? How do I Pastor, so this is where some Christians are. I need to be more loving, I need to be more loving, I need to be more loving, I need to be more loving, I need to be kinder, I32:44 need to be gentle, I need to that's great, but you don't get that by just saying I needed to be you get that by staying connected. It's a byproduct. This fruit is a byproduct of staying connected to the vine. Are you32:55 connected to Christ? Are you connected to the presence of Jesus? That's the Holy Spirit. How do I walk in the spirit? Stay connected. Stay connected. Don't disconnect.33:08 Gentlemen, self control against there's no law. He's saying to the Jewish people, you moved out of the house. No. You're no longer con con con constrained by external realities, but you are constrained33:20 by an internal power called the Holy Spirit. Let me give you the last verse. Galatians chapter 5 verse 25. Since then we live by the spirit, Let us keep33:32 in step with the spirit. You and I cannot manufacture fruit on our own. We must stay connected to Jesus. Staying connected33:44 to Jesus results in fruit. Disconnected results in the works of the flesh. Results in the works of the flesh. Versus33:55 fruit. That's your choice. That's your choice. How many I wanna choose staying connected to Christ? Come on. Let me pray for you. I'm gonna ask everybody to bow their heads, all of our34:07 locations. Say pastor, I wanna be a different person. I wanna grow in Christ likeness. Number 1, it means you must trust Jesus as your Lord and savior. That's the first step. The first34:19 step to walking in the spirit is surrendering to Jesus as your Lord and savior, putting your faith in Christ. Well pastor, what do I need to believe to be a Christian? Number 1, you must acknowledge what Paul said in34:29 Romans 3 23. All of us have sinned. You've sinned, I've sinned. We can't save ourselves. All of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Number 2, we must believe the Bible says34:41 the payment for sin. Payment is a wage. The payment or wage for sin is death. Somebody's gotta pay for your sin. Either you pay for your own sin or you receive Christ34:53 and his payment for your sin. Payment for our sins. Number 3, you must confess with your mouth. I can pray with you, but I can't pray the prayer for35:05 you. It's got to be your words. I'll come alongside of you, but you've got to trust Christ. Can't be your wife for you, can't be your husband for you, can't be your mom or dad. You you must personally put your faith in35:17 Jesus. So here's my question. Do you know Christ? Are you living a self life trying to meet your own needs, doing life or have you surrendered to Christ? To35:29 the 1 who loved you, the 1 who died for you, the 1 who rose again for you. The blood of Jesus washes and cleanses you and make you new. Are you prepared to stand before God? If today was your35:41 day, are you ready to stand before God? In just a moment at the count of 3, I'm gonna ask for a show of hands. You sense the Holy Spirit dealing with all of our locations, those that are watching online right now. God35:52 brought you here. He loves you and he wants to save you, but you must trust him as your savior. The count of 3, I'm just gonna ask for a show of hand. Pastor, pray for me. I need Christ. It's at you. 1, 2, 3. Quickly36:04 hold your hand up high. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you, ma'am. God bless you. God bless you. Every single 1 of you. God bless you. God bless you, ma'am, right there. Anybody else? Pastor, pray36:15 for me. I need Christ. I'm not sure about my God bless you guys up top. God bless you, sir. God bless you, every single 1 of you. Church, let's pray with those, all of our locations that are joining with us right now.36:25 Let's pray, this is the most important prayer, the most important point of the service each week. Let's pray with those that are trusting Jesus as their Lord and savior. Come on, let's pray together. Say, Dear Jesus,36:37 come on everybody, Dear Jesus, I come to you today, a sinner in need of a savior. Say, Jesus, I repent of my sin. I let go of my past,36:49 and I turn to you. I turn to the cross. Say Jesus, wash me with your blood. Give me a new heart, a new life, a new reason to live. I want you to say this,37:01 say Jesus, I take my life and I put in your hands. Let me pray for you. Father, I thank you for the sealing work of the Holy Spirit, and the word of the living God taking root deep in the hearts of your37:13 people.37:15 If you're making a decision to commit your life to Christ in this very moment or if you want more information about what it means to follow Christ, click the link below or follow the instructions on the screen, and we37:27 would be honored to follow-up with you and help you in your new life with Christ. And if you wanna partner with us in our mission of reaching people and building lives to see people transformed37:39 by the hope and the power of the gospel of Jesus, you can always go online to church of the king dot com slash give, and we are so grateful for your generosity.37:51 And lastly, I wanna encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel to follow along with our Facebook page for all the awesome content that we're putting out there. Our senior pastor, pastor Steve, always has some38:02 amazing messages to encourage us and equip us as we seek to continue to grow in our relationship with God together. Hey. We'll see you very soon.In this video 0:00 Embracing Christian Freedom12:08 The Battle: Mind, Flesh, and Spirit27:56 Bearing Fruit Through Connection
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