Growing unto Maturity | Healing Springs Church, Basingstoke

Romans 8:1-8
Romans 8:10-14
Galatians 5:22-26

What is the difference between living in the Spirit and walking in the Spirit?

Galatians 5:25
Living in the Spirit refers to being alive in the Spirit. This means that a person is born-again and has the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of them
John 3:6
Walking in the Spirit refers to following (acting on) the promptings of the Spirit
To live, you just need to breathe; to walk, you need to take steps

What is the master principle of walking in the Spirit?

Yielding!
Walking in the Spirit implies yielding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit indwells and seeks to lead every true child of God; however your flexibility in being led by the Spirit (submitting, cooperating, following) determines if you will walk in the Spirit
Romans 8:14, Galatians 5:25
Stubbornness is the art of not yielding; a strong will (being strong-headed) is an hindrance to spiritual maturity
The more you yield (to the Word and the Spirit), the more you will grow unto spiritual maturity

What does it mean to say that ‘the body is dead because of sin’ according to Romans 8:10?

The wages of sin is death!, Romans 6:23
When Adam sinned, he led the whole human race into spiritual death
Romans 5:12-19
Spiritual death is spiritual darkness (disconnection from the life of God)
Spiritual death leads to all other types of evil
A person receives spiritual life when they get born-again by making Jesus Christ their personal Lord and Saviour
If you are born-again, then your spirit is alive unto righteousness. However, your body is not born-again; it is still naturally subject to the side-effects of spiritual death (sinful desires, sickness, weakness, physical death)
In order to liver victoriously, you need to exercise the power of the spiritual life in your spirit to dominate your body, Romans 8:13

What is the danger of walking in the flesh according to Romans 8:13?

Following the desires of the flesh (i.e. mind and body without God’s control) leads to spiritual death
Spiritual death starts with spiritual sickness, also known as carnality!
The carnal mind is enmity against God; to be carnally minded is death
Romans 8:5-8
Dying spiritually is progressive: the more you walk in the flesh, the more the spiritual darkness that will dominate your life

Can a ‘born-again’ Christian go to Hell?

A person that is born can die; a person that is born spiritually can also die spiritually
The key to spiritual life is abiding (remaining vitally connected) in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ
The key to spiritual death is rebelling (remaining vitally disconnected) in disobedience to the Lord Jesus Christ
It is not just any sin that takes a Christian to Hell. It is the sin of rebellion against the conviction of the Holy Spirit (i.e. refusing to repent of your sin according to 1 John 1:9)
Repentance and Faith are keywords to maintaining spiritual life
John 15:6, 2 Timothy 2:12, Romans 8:5

How can you dominate (control) the flesh?

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