It is crazy for us to keep trying to fly the plane without fuel! No wonder we so often crash and burn!

3. Walking in the Spirit!
Gal. 5:16 I say then: Walk in the
Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust
of the flesh.
Gal. 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let
us also walk in the Spirit.

4. The Bible has a great deal to say
about our walk!
▪ Walk in the light! (1 Jn. 1:7)
▪ Walk in love, light and wisdom! (Eph. 5:2,
8 & 15)
▪ Walk by faith, not by sight! (2 Cor. 5:7)
▪ Walk in all the ways of the Lord! (Deut.
5:33
▪ Walk in good works! (Eph. 3:10)
▪ Walk in the Spirit! (Gal. 5:15 & 25)

5. Walking with God!
▪ Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God
after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters:
▪ Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God:
and he was not; for God took him.
▪ Gen 6:9 These are the generations of
Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with
God

6. Out of the three persons in the God- head,
the Holy Spirit often receives the least
attention!
▪ The word “Godhead” is only found three times!
▸Act 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
▸Ro 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
▸Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily.

7. Trinity or Tri-Unity of God!
God in three persons!
▪ Even though these words are not found, the
concept clearly is!
▸1 Jn 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in
heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit;
and these three are one.
▪ A proper understanding of this is needed to
understand the Bible correctly!
▸Gen. 1:26-27
▸Matt. 3:16-17 & 28:19
▸1 Pet. 1:2

8. I. Our Relationship to the Spirit is
Personal!
▪ Even in this room tonight I am sure there are a
number of beliefs about the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit and what this means for the Christian.
▸I am not going to try to argue you to my side if
you disagree with me, but I do desire that our
beliefs will continue to bring us back to God’s
Word and His teaching on this subject!
▸Rom 3:4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true
but every man a liar. As it is written ...

9. The Fact of a Personal Indwelling!
▪ 1Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are the
temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells
in you?
▪ 1Cor 6:19 Or do you not know that your body
is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and you are not your
own?
▪ Rom 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the
Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,
he is not His.

10. This takes place at the time of our
obedience!
▪ Act. 5:32 "And we are His witnesses to these things,
and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to
those who obey Him."
▪ Earlier in Act. 2:38 we read of “the gift of the Holy
Spirit!” Meaning either a gift the Spirit gives (i.e
salvation) or the Spirit as a gift!
▸Example of the Spirit being given as “the gift of
God!” (Act. 8:17-20)
▸Eph 5:18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein
is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

11. II. Our Relationship to the Spirit is
Purposeful!
▪ The questions is often ask, what is the purpose
of this then? Why does the Spirit indwell us?
▪ One purpose it to bear witness for us that we
are children of God!
▸Rom. 8:15-16 For you did not receive the
spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,
"Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit that we are children of
God,

12. Other purposes for this ...
▪ Eph 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also, having believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
▪ Eph 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.
▪ 2 Cor 1:22 who also has sealed us and given
us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
▪ Gal. 5:16-26 over come the works of the flesh
and produce fruit!

13. III. Our Relationship to the Spirit is
Powerful!
▪ This can be seen throughout Bible history, and
in the early church! The Spirit comes with power!
(Act. 1:8 cf. 2:1-4)
▸What about in our day and time?
▸Does the Spirit still do anything for us?
▪ Yes!!! He is still actively involved in the lives of
God’s children!
▸He intercedes in our prayers! (Rom. 8:26)
▸He gives us strength! (Eph. 3:16-21)

14. Led/ Guided by the Spirit!
(Gal. 5:16-18)
▪ The Apostles were promised that when the Holy Spirit
came He would lead them into all truth!
▸Jn 16:13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has
come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not
speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears
He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”
▪ We now have the completed revealed will given by
the Spirit! (It has been written down for us!)
▸2 Pet. 1:2-3 cf. Jn. 20:30-31
▸Jude 1:3
▸Eph. 6:17 The Word is the sword of the Spirit!

15. Conclusion:
▪ Have you come to believe God and receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit? Have you come to be
sealed with the Spirit of God? If not, then why
not?
▪ If you are a Christian, then have you been
using “God’s temple” as you should?
▪ Do we fully understand that we are the temple
of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in us?
▪ Gal 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you
shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.