“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” ( Gal.
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Living By the Spirit – Lesson Plan
Key Thought: Because Christ has conquered the power of sin, the Christian life can keep the desires of the flesh at bay under the power of the Spirit in control. Lesson 12, September 16, 2017 1. Have a volunteer read Galatians 5:17-21. a
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Tuesday: The Works of the Flesh
Having introduced the conflict that exists between the flesh and the Spirit, Paul in Galatians 5:18-26 elaborates on the nature of this contrast by means of a list of ethical vices and virtues. The catalog of vices or virtues was a well-established literary feature present in both Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. These lists identified behavior to be avoided and virtues to be emulated.
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God’s Law: The One, the Two, the Ten and the Many
Law isn’t very popular in our society – especially moral law. Doing your “own thing” is promoted in popular media and commercials. Postmodern culture is allergic to absolutes, and laws are absolutes. Law even seems to have a bad reputation in Christian circles.
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Monday: The Christian’s Conflict
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would” ( Gal. 5:17 ; see also Rom. 7:14-24 ). How have you, in your own life as a believer, experienced the harsh and painful reality of these words? Image © Lifeway Collection Goodsalt.com The struggle that Paul describes is not the struggle of every human being; it refers specifically to the inward tug-of-war that exists in the Christian.
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