Galatians 5:19-26

The works of the flesh and the works of the Spirit

 

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 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. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. (Galatians 5:19-26)

 

『For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.』 Freedom is free from yoke. The yoke is the yoke of a servant, that is, it is under Satan's control. Why did humans come under Satan's control?

Most people in the Church think of the Garden of Eden. It is said that people became servants of Satan because of the original sin built in the Garden of Eden. However, there are two original sins. It is the original sin of heaven and the original sin of earth. The original sin of the Garden of Eden is the original sin of this world, but the original sin of heaven is that the spirits were deceived by Satan in the kingdom of God and followed Satan. As God put spirits into the dust of this world, man became Satan's servants.

However, God planned Christ before the foundation of the world and sent it to the world to save the trapped spirits. So, those who come into Christ are freed.『 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 』 Jesus Christ died on the cross to complete the law, and those who are in Christ have also completed the law through Christ. So, in this way, we are trying to save the neighboring dead spirits. Loving neighbors is saving the spirit. Just as Jesus raised the spirit of the Saints by dying, we love to try to save the spirit of our neighbors. "Be like yourself" means to share the same grace you have received from God for Christ.

『This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 』 Those who are in Christ are with the Holy Spirit. That is because those who work according to the Holy Spirit have a body of spirit. Those who have a body of spirit in 1 John 5:18『 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.』 Saints have two bodies. It is the body of the spirit and the body of fresh. However, the body of fresh is dead, and the body of spirit is resurrected. The body of fresh is the desire of the body, and the body of spirit is the heart of the Holy Spirit. So the two are not able to work together. Those who are born again as spirits have a physical body alive, but their desires are dead. The body is just a skin.

『But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 』 The law to forbid means the law. The law cannot reach the Holy Spirit. Because when the Holy Spirit enters the body of the Spirit, the law goes out. On the other hand『Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told 』 All of these things happen against God. Those who say that they are in Christ, but who try to keep the law, are fornicators, filthy, idolaters, shamans, and enemies of God again. And they encourage division in the church, create heresy, and gibberish like drunkenness.

They say that they must be in Christ and live legally. In the church today, all they have to do is pay tithing, say the church is a temple, keep the Old Testament feast, or make a new feast, and it's the appearance of the drunken and dissolute.『 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 』

Those who are led by the Holy Spirit have not to "do quarrel with one another because they have to obey the law or not obey the law." Because, it is not an object of contention. Those who are guided by the Holy Spirit are free from the law, so they have nothing to do with the law. It is funny to quarrel with the law. Those who seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit are dead on the cross with Jesus on the law.

 

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