What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? | GotQuestions.org

Today's question is, what does it mean to walk in the Spirit? In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

The Spirit of Christ, the Comforter, and the Believer’s New Life

Believers have the indwelling Spirit of Christ, the Comforter, who proceeds from the Father. The Holy Spirit assists believers in prayer and intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God, Romans 8, verse 27.

He also leads the believer into righteousness and produces his fruit in those yielded to him. Believers are to submit to the will of God and walk in the Spirit. A walk in the Bible is often a metaphor for practical daily living.

The Christian life is a journey, and we are to walk it. We are to make consistent, forward progress. The biblical norm for all believers is that they walk in the Spirit. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit, Galatians 5, verse 25.

What It Means to Yield to the Spirit’s Control

In other words, the Spirit gave us life in the new birth, and we must continue to live day by day in the Spirit. To walk in the Spirit means that we yield to His control, we follow His lead, and we allow Him to exert His influence over us.

To walk in the Spirit is the opposite of resisting Him or grieving Him. Galatians chapter 5 examines the work of the Holy Spirit in the believer. The context is freedom from the law of Moses, those who walk in the Spirit eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope, verse 5, and are free from the law, verse 18.

Also, those who walk in the Spirit will not gratify the desires of the flesh, verse 16. The flesh, our fallen nature under the power of sin, is in direct conflict with the Spirit, verse 17. When the flesh is in charge, the results are obvious, verses 19 -21.

But when the Spirit is in control, He produces godly qualities within us, apart from the strictures of the law, verses 22 -23. Believers have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, verse 24, and now we walk in the Spirit, verse 25.

The Fruit of the Spirit in Daily Christian Conduct

Those who walk in the Spirit are united with Him and are the bearers of the fruit the Spirit.

Produces.

Thus, those who walk in the Spirit walk in love. They live in love for God and for their fellow man. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in joy. They exhibit gladness in what God has done, is doing, and will do.

Those who walk in the Spirit walk in peace. Their lives are not defined by worry or anxiety. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in patience. They are known for having a long fuse and do not lose their temper.

Those who walk in the Spirit walk in kindness. They show tender concern for the needs of others. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in goodness. Their actions reflect virtue and holiness. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in faithfulness.

They are steadfast in their trust of God and His Word. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in gentleness. Their lives are characterized by humility, grace, and thankfulness to God. Those who walk in the Spirit walk in self-control.

They display moderation, constraint, and the ability to say no to the flesh. Those who walk in the Spirit rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them in thought, word, and.

Deed.

Being Led by the Spirit Through the Word of God

They show forth daily, moment by moment, holiness, just as Jesus did. When full of the Holy Spirit, He left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted. Luke 4, verse 1. To walk in the Spirit is to be filled with the Spirit, and some results of the Spirit's filling are thankfulness, singing, and joy.

Those who walk in the Spirit follow the Spirit's lead. They let the Word of Christ dwell in them richly. Colossians 3, verse 16. And the Spirit uses the Word of God for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.

2 Timothy 3, verse 16. Their whole way of life is lived according to the rule of the gospel, as the Spirit moves them towards obedience. When we walk in the Spirit, we find that the sinful appetites of the flesh have no more dominion over us.

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