“The Civil War”
So, I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. Galatians 5:16-17
The Apostle Paul was concerned about the conduct of the Galatian Believers. And so, he gave them instructions about what they NEED to do concerning the BATTLE that rages within each believer. So, this information is for the TRUE BELIEVER of our day and time, also.
Since, God’s Spirit and the Sinful Nature are opposite in the WAY a believer LIVES their lives. If the BELIEVER will FOLLOW the LEADERSHIP of the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD, then they will be able to AVOID sinful desires. In Matthew 6:24, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, tells us that: “No one can serve two masters. For you will HATE one and LOVE the other; you will be DEVOTED to one and DESPISE the other.”
If you WALK (live) by the Spirit, then you are NOT FULFILLING the DESIRES of the FLESH. And you can achieve this because you have the Spirit of God within you. There is something terribly WRONG if a BELIEVER of GOD is FOLLOWING the DESIRES of their FLESH. Now, let me be clear, a BELIEVER, is NOT PERFECT, they are STILL in the FLESH, and there WILL be times when they will give-into that DESIRE of the FLESH, but if they are FOLLOWING the SPIRIT, they will REPENT and LEAVE that DESIRE alone.
However, there are some who fail to CONTINUE FOLLOWING the SPIRIT and may spend MORE TIME FOLLOWING the FLESH then they WANTED to or INTENDED to. It is a TRAGIC thing to happen. There is a DIFFERENCE between SOMETIMES DOING the DESIRES of the FLESH and like the UNBELIEVER, who is PRACTICING them. A TRUE BELIEVER will be MISERABLE, while they are FOLLOWING the FLESH, and the HOLY SPIRIT indwelling them will CONVICT them of the way they are LIVING. And the TRUE BELIEVER will RETURN to the FOLD.
If YOU are a TRUE BELIEVER, and you have fallen into doing the DESIRE of YOUR FLESH, you CAN BE FORGIVEN, and RESTORED, along with the UNBELIEVER, who maybe TIRED of the SINFUL LIFESTYLE they are PRACTICING. This is what you MUST DO: ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED and DIED, so, you might have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN and ESCAPE HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and WIN this CIVIL WAR within YOU by FOLLOWING the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD that INDWELLS EVERY TRUE BELIEVER!!! Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!