I just wanted to share this, because its often overlooked, and its very important to remember, and to convict man's unbelieving heart of his own sinful nature:
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Galatians 5:
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 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.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
So, as we can see these are 2 opposing natures. When we are saved, the fruits of being saved itself should be the fruits of the spirit. As the old fades away, the new man is put on, through Christ Jesus our LORD. He does it.
Flesh (Old Nature):Adultery
Fornication
Uncleaness
Lasciviousness
Idolatry
Witchcraft
Hatred,
variance,
emulations,
wrath,
strife,
seditions,
heresies,
Envyings,
murders,
drunkenness,
revellings
The Spirit (New Nature):love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness,
faith,
Meekness,
temperance
(There are other passages that give more descriptive words as well, but I thought I'd use Galatians 5 for this example. I hope it was helpful to you or others.)
This post was edited by Torm1 on May 17 2011 09:20am