03-18-2007 Walking in The Spirit

Walking In
The Spirit
Pastor John Isaacs
KingsWay Community Church
March 18, 2007
The Glory of God
• Glory’s PROMISE
• Glory’s PROBLEM
• Glory’s PROVISION
• Glory’s FULFILLMENT
The Glory of God
The PROMISE
But truly, as I live, all the
earth shall be filled with
the glory of the Lord.
(Numbers 14:21)
The Glory of God
Exodus 34:6-7
Nehemiah 9:17
Psalm 145:11-12
Jonah 4:2
His Goodness & Greatness

The Glory of God
God’s Manifest Presence
1. The Goodness of God
- Revelation of His Character
2. The Greatness of God

- Demonstration of His Power
The Glory of God
God’s Glory, (His
Character Being Revealed
And His Power Being
Demonstrated), Is
Destined To Cover All The
Earth.
The Glory of God
The Glory of God
The PROBLEM
For all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of
God. (Romans 3:23)
The Glory of God
The PROBLEM
Therefore the curse has
devoured the earth, And
those who dwell in it are
desolate. (Isaiah 24:6)
The Glory of God
The Glory of God
The PROVISION
2 Corinthians 4:6
For it is the God who commanded light
to shine out of darkness, who has shone
in our hearts to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
The Glory of God
The Glory of God
The FULFILLMENT
John 17:22
And the
glory which You gave Me I
have given them, that they may be
one just as We are one.
The Glory of God
The FULFILLMENT
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him
are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the
glory of God through us.

The Glory of God
The FULFILLMENT
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of
the Lord, are being transformed into
the same image from glory to
glory, just as by the Spirit of the
The Glory of God
The FULFILLMENT
Colossians 1:27
To them God willed to make
known what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery among
the Gentiles: which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
Glory’s Path
The Goodness & Greatness of God
Always Present In The Godhead
Evident In Creation
With God’s People
Resident In His Holy Temple

Glory’s Path
Illuminated in God’s Law
Manifested in God’s Son
Revealed by God’s Spirit
Fills the earth

through God’s People!
Becoming God’s Glory
by Revealing HIS CHARACTER!
Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law.
Fruit of the Spirit
Virtue vs. Fruit
• A virtue is developing the power to do
good or having the habit of doing good
within myself.
• The Fruit of the Spirit is God’s attribute
being revealed through my life, by the
Holy Spirit’s presence within me.
Fruit vs. Virtue
Christian Virtues
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N S L
O O O
N M T
E E S
Fruit vs. Virtue
Christian Virtues
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N S L
O O O
N M T
E E S
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious LOVE
The supernatural ability to express
“agape” love (God’s love) toward a
person in a sacrificial way.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious JOY
The supernatural state of being fully
satisfied, no matter what the
circumstance. It is having a
supernatural experience of the
fullness of God.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious PEACE
The supernatural experience of totality
or completeness. It is having a
supernatural experience that feels
something like fulfillment, maturity,
soundness, and wholeness in God.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious PATIENCE
The supernatural ability to
demonstrate perseverance in difficult
circumstances and forbearance
toward difficult people. A supernatural
ability to bear pain or difficulty calmly
and without complaint.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious KINDNESS
The supernatural ability to show God’s
kindness toward all people in all
situations, even during the most
difficult circumstance. When
revealed, it causes others to “be at
ease” around us.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious GOODNESS
The supernatural disposition of being
benevolent toward others as an
expression of obedience to the
leading of the Holy Spirit.
Not just doing “good works,”
but doing Godly Good works.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious FAITHFULNESS
The supernatural ability to be a
constant, truthful, reliable, and
steadfast witness to God’s glorious
nature. It is being honest in what we
profess and having fidelity in what we
promise to others.
Fruit of the Spirit
God’s Glorious GENTLENESS
The supernatural ability to treat all
people with tenderness and courtesy.
Being able to bear insults with patient
humility and able to receive instruction
from others. It is understanding your
measure (strengths & limitations) and
being content.
Fruit of the Spirit
His Glorious SELF-CONTROL
The supernatural ability to exercise
restraint over our impulses, emotions,
passions, desires, and appetites.
A supernatural ability to exercise
authority that guides or manages our
inner self.
Fruit of the Spirit
The Church is to be filling the
earth with HIS GLORY.
Revealing God’s Goodness
(His Nature) in multiple
manifestations of the Fruit of
the Spirit in our lives.
“Walking In
The Spirit”
Romans 8:1-14
Galatians 5:16-25
Walking in the Spirit
Romans 8:1-14
1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk
according to the flesh, but according
to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit
of life in Christ Jesus has made me
free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-14 (cont.)
3 For what the law could not do in
that it was weak through the flesh,
God did by sending His own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh, on
account of sin: He condemned sin in
the flesh, 4 that the righteous
requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in us who do not walk
according to the flesh but according
to the Spirit. 5 For those who live
according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those
who live according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death,
but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not
subject to the law of God, nor indeed
can be. 8 So then, those who are in
the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in
the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God
dwells in you. Now if anyone does not
have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is
dead because of sin, but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead
will also give life to your mortal
bodies through His Spirit who dwells
in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we
are debtors-not to the flesh, to live
according to the flesh. 13 For if you
live according to the flesh you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death
the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Galatians 5:16-25
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and
you shall not fulfill the lust of the
flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one
another, so that you do not do the
things that you wish.
Galatians 5:16-25 (cont.)
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you
are not under the law. 19 Now the
works of the flesh are evident, which
are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions,
heresies, 21 envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like;
of which I tell you beforehand, just as
I also told you in time past, that those
who practice such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. 24 And those
who are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also
walk in the Spirit.
1. 3.
Balance 2. Locomotion
Direction
1. 3.
Balance 2. Locomotion
Direction
1. 3.
Setting 2. Sowing
your mind. Keeping
in step.
1. 3.
Setting 2. Sowing
your mind. Keeping
in step.
Setting Your Mind
Romans 8:5
For those who live according to the
flesh set their minds on the things of
the flesh, but those who live according
to the Spirit, (set their minds on) the
things of the Spirit.
Setting Your Mind
• To set your attention upon.
• To intentionally focus upon.
• A volitional reflection upon.
Flesh or Spirit
Setting Your Mind
Flesh
Human nature in its fallen state:
A person who focuses on the
satisfaction of temporal, bodily, social
and animal desires is “walking in the
flesh.”
Setting Your Mind
Spirit
God’s divine nature:
A volitional focusing upon expressing
the supernatural attributes of God is
“walking in the Spirit.”
Setting Your Mind
Spirit
An intentional determination to find
opportunity to express God’s attributes
of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self-control.
Keeping In Step
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, these are sons of God.
Galatians 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are
not under the law.
Keeping In Step
Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
NIV = Keep in step with the Spirit.
Stoichew: To walk in a line, to
proceed under the direction of
another.”
Keeping In Step
Spirit
To be alert, sensitive and responsive
to the Holy Spirit’s personal guidance
and leading.
Keeping In Step
Spirit
Danger of Two Extremes:
3. Hyper spiritual
4. Natural minded
Sowing to the Spirit
Galatians 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows,
that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of
the flesh reap corruption, but he who
sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap
everlasting life.
• Investing in particular activities.
• Exposing oneself to certain things.
• Allowing yourself to react or respond
in certain ways.
Flesh or Spirit
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary while doing
good (Godly good), for in due season
we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
1. 3.
Setting 2. Sowing
your mind. Keeping
in step.
1. 3.
Setting 2. Sowing
your mind. Keeping
in step.
God’s Glory Fills The Earth
When God’s People
WALK IN THE SPIRIT

• Setting Their Minds
• Keeping In Step
• Sowing

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Walking In

His Goodness & Greatness

2. The Greatness of God

glory of God through us.

Always Present In The Godhead

With God’s People

Resident In His Holy Temple

Manifested in God’s Son

Revealed by God’s Spirit

Fills the earth

Fruit of the Spirit

WALK IN THE SPIRIT

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