Here is the daily, hourly question we should constantly ask: Am I walking by the Spirit? By His leading and by His empowering? If we are, He will lead us in all the right paths, empowering us with His sufficient strength. Nothing could be more clear or more gloriously effective.

There are some things that are so complicated that most of us cannot grasp them. And other steps that are so hard that we cannot possibly fulfill them.

But not the Christian life. It is simple and possible for even the youngest child or the newest believer. Paul boils it down to a simple phrase.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25)

If We Live by the Spirit

Some people profess to be Christians, but they are not. They suffer under the deadly delusion that we must earn our salvation by our own good works. The tragedy, of course, is that this is completely impossible. The Bible makes that abundantly clear.

By the works of the Law, no flesh will be justified in His sight … for we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. (Romans 3:20,28)

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