Lesson 25: Living by the Holy Spirit
If we walk in the spirit we won’t fulfill the lusts of the flesh. The desires of the spirit for us are in conflict with our sinful nature. But if we are led by the prompting and power of the Holy Spirit, we’ll have what we need to resist temptation to follow our sinful desires. We’ll be under grace and not slave to the power of the law to entice us to sin. But as long as we are humans we will still have sinful thoughts and want to commit sinful acts. But when we do, we are immediately convicted of our wrongs and we seek to repent. This conflict between the Holy Spirit within us desiring our sanctification, and our sinful nature is evidence of our salvation. Anyone comfortable in their sin and not feeling convicted, reveals that he is among the unsaved.