Walking in the Spirit
Growing In The Gifts
Michael Ryan Stotler
Part of Galatians—Preaching Through The Book of Galatians
January 29, 2023

Galatians 5:15-26

Galatians 5:15–26 (NIV)
15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

What is Walkking in the Spirit?

Fruits of the flesh


Sexual immorality = Porneia
Sorcery = Pharmakeia


RELIGIOUS SINS
1. Idolatry
2. Sorcery

SENSUAL SINS
1. Sexual immorality
2. Moral impurity
3. Promiscuity
4. Drunkenness
5. Carousing

SOCIAL SINS
1. Hatred
2. Strife
3. Jealousy
4. Outbursts of Anger
5. Selfish ambitions
6. Dissensions
7. Factions
8. Envy

Fruit of the Spirit


Love, Joy, Peace - God traits

Patience, Kindness, Goodness - Point to others

Faith, Gentleness, Self-Control - These are self traits.

What are your next steps?