How to Walk with the Spirit

May 28

How are we meant to live our lives now that Jesus has set us free from sin and condemnation? Ben Stuart answers this question by explaining what it looks like for us to walk with the Spirit of God.

Key Takeaway

This is not effort to get you into the kingdom, it's evidence that the Kingdom's landed in you.

We have all been adopted into sonship. We need something to change us from the inside. The presence of God allows us to be who we're meant to be.
Walking in freedom looks like walking with the spirit and not gratifying the desires of your flesh.
The flesh is still alive but it does not have power over you. You have a contrary influence housed in you—the spirit of God. You are no longer a slave to fear of condemnation or compulsions.
How do you know you're His? You put your faith in Him and it begins to change you over time.

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"The grace of God doesn't just save me, the grace of God steers me through this life."

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Ben Stuart

Discussion Questions

How do you feel knowing that God has adopted you into sonship?
How have you personally experienced the freedom of not being ruled by your flesh?
How has the Spirit of God changed you from the inside out?
Which fruit of the Spirit do you ask God most for?

Scripture References

13.Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”3:13 Deut. 21:23

26.Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

1.In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2.Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

7.Then the Lord God formed a man2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20). from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

1.A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

31.“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.32.It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from them,31:32 Or was their master” declares the Lord.33.“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ben Stuart

Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries on the campus of Texas A&M. He also earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime.