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Life in the Spirit

Galatians 5:1 says "...for freedom Christ has set us free." I went to a weekend retreat, which was totally awesome in all aspects. Besides ziplines, ropes courses, basketball, football, chilling with friends, and amazing worship, there was an awesome speaker with a message I grabbed and held onto. I encourage you to read Galatians 5, because it's an amazing chapter written on how to live for Christ. Life in the Spirit produces 4 things: freedom, conflict, fruit, and death. Let me explain each one. Life is the Spirit brings freedom Living for Christ brings freedom, because Galatians 5:1 says "For freedom, God has set us free." He has set us free to proclaim to all the world what He has done for us, through his Son. By being free, we can run and strive to be more like Him. It reminds me of the song "I am Free" by Newsboys. I am free to run/I am free dance/ I am free to live for You/I am free. Life in the Spirit brings conflict As we all know, every day brings challenges. I talked about this in my other article (see The Trying Time). Challenges bring conflict. Everybody is faced with conflict, it's how we react to them that shows Life in the Spirit. Deal with conflict just like Jesus did, patiently and a Christ-like example.		Life in the Spirit brings fruit Galatians 5 tells us the fruits of the Spirit are: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. All of these are hard things to base your life upon, but Jesus was living proof of all of these. God wants to be apart of your life, your center, your whole. He wants you to react with fruits of the Spirit, just like he commands us to do.
		Life in the Spirit brings death To live in the Spirit, God required His son to die for you. Jesus died on the cross for Your sins, for Your mistakes, for Your everything. He came and died so that you may LIVE in the Spirit. We sometimes deny that He did this by using our actions and words to not glorify Him. God forgives our sins, but that doesn't give us excuses to keep on sinning. Through Christ, we have been saved. We can LIVE because Jesus DIED. The weekend was amazing. I learned a bunch. I learned how to Live in the Spirit.

Life in the Spirit--Galatians 5