Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Galatians 5:19-26
by: Dale Rood.
It is interesting to contrast the deeds of the flesh (v.19-21) with the fruit of the Spirit (v.22-23). For one thing, the deeds of the flesh are a result of our own self-effort, while the fruit of the Spirit is a result of planting and watering and then watching God work. Living by the Spirit (v.25) is a matter of placing ourselves in the path of the Spirit’s movement and letting Him flow through us. When we walk by the Spirit, we will be awed by the way God works through us to bless us and those around us.