Experiencing the Holy Spirit – Walking
I say, all of you walk by [the] Spirit and you will not bring to maturity the desires of the flesh – Galatians 5:16
Walking is a term used to describe how we generally manage our lives. Prior to being saved we walked according to the age of this world, which is a malignantly evil period. We had a lifestyle that was controlled by the futility of the mind.
in which once all of you walked according to the age of this world, according to the head of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of the disobedience – Ephesians 2:2
Therefore, I say and testify in the Lord, you are to no longer walk according to also the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds, Ephesians 4:17
Now we are God’s children and are to walk in the light. This is a lifestyle that rejects the works of the flesh and seeks to fulfil the desires of the Spirit so that we are fellowshipping with God.
If perhaps we should say that we are having fellowship with Him and we are walking in the darkness, we are lying and are not doing the truth. – 1 John 1:6
But if perhaps we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus His Son keeps on cleaning us from all sin. – 1 John 1:7
We have a walk that is through faith, not through sight. This means we base our lifestyle upon the promise that God has given to us.
For we walk through faith, not through sight, 2 Corinthians 5:7
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The World System
The World System
Designed by Satan to control mankind.
The First World System
Began from the shedding of the blood of Abel.
… in order that he should seek out the blood from all the prophets, the [blood] poured out from a foundation of the world, from this generation, from the blood of Abel until the blood of Zechariah … Luke 11:50, 51
Every aspect of life is controlled
Commerce: Jabal was the father of those who dwelt in tents and [had] cattle, Genesis 4:20
Culture: Jubal was the father of all that handled the harp and organ, Genesis 4:21
Industry: Tubalcain a forger of all instruments of brass and iron, Genesis 4:22
Judicial: Lamech’s declaration of his righteousness for killing a young man that attempted to kill him, Genesis 4:23, 24
The Current World System
Rebuilt after the destruction of the first world in the flood.
Satan has authority over the world system, Matthew 4:8; Ephesians 2:2
designed to control the sin nature, Ephesians 2:2. 3
Designed to pacify mankind. The whole world is laying as a baby in the arms of the wicked one, 1 John 5:19
Has its own wisdom, 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1:20,21, 27, 28