Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Galatians 5:16-25
by: Jerry Johnson.
The Christian life is largest battleground in the world. There are two competing forces, the Spirit of God and the flesh (our natural sinful nature). In this battle, we have a tendency to gravitate towards one of two extremes. Many yield to that flesh; those Christians never see a crucifixion of their sinful passions and desires. Others yield to being led by the Law (v. 18), which can oppose the Spirit if taken to the extreme of using it as nothing more than a set of rules. Our challenge is to allow the Holy Spirit to govern our moral nature without yielding to licentiousness.