S-"So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law." Galatians 5:1
A-God's Freedom from Sin's Control
L-3 Things Not To Do
"Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another." Galatians 5:26
Conceited-excessively proud of oneself; vain
Irritate-to make someone annoyed, impatient, or angry.
Jealous-feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.
What do these three things have in common? They are all apart of our sinful nature. They all come from the root of insecurity, and the need for attention.
Why else would we need to act on them, if we didn't desire the praise of man.
When we can get to the point where we allow the Holy Spirit to lead, and we know who we are in Christ and that are security, confidence, strength and approval is for Him, about Him and because of Him, then we won't have that need to fulfill our sinful nature.
So tell me brethren, is this a struggle of yours? Has it become something that is so apart of you, you don't even realize how much it has taken root?
"Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing." Philippians 2:3-4
If so, it's never to late to confess it before the Lord, nail it to the Cross and die to it once and for all.
S-Rather than vie for the attention of man, seek the approval of God.
Why else would we need to act on them, if we didn't desire the praise of man.
When we can get to the point where we allow the Holy Spirit to lead, and we know who we are in Christ and that are security, confidence, strength and approval is for Him, about Him and because of Him, then we won't have that need to fulfill our sinful nature.
So tell me brethren, is this a struggle of yours? Has it become something that is so apart of you, you don't even realize how much it has taken root?
"Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing." Philippians 2:3-4
If so, it's never to late to confess it before the Lord, nail it to the Cross and die to it once and for all.
S-Rather than vie for the attention of man, seek the approval of God.
