What Does It Mean to Walk by the Spirit? | Theocast

Do you ever wonder what it means to walk by the spirit? It's a phrase found in several places in the New Testament. If you asked ten different Christians what it means to walk by the spirit, you'd likely get ten different answers. But today on the pod, Jon and Justin are going to take a swing at answering that question. We're going to explore this concept and offer our perspectives. Our answers might surprise you.

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[billmarvel]

Walking in the SPIRIT is literally walking in the truth of the gospel!! Keep preaching GODS WORD brothers and rest in JESUS!! Press on in learning to love GOD with all of your heart, soul and strength!! Let’s go!! Love you brothers!!

[patlangness]

Oh my God! You guys ARE born again. You see your continued helplessness and his eternal strength in us.

[tammyerste]

Starting @21:08
"Disciplined flesh cannot produce spirit power." Such an important stated truth.😊
When Martin Luther realized this vital, life-giving truth, he nailed those truths to those doors and started the reformation. All Glory, Hallelujah, and Amen to our God for clothing us in His full armor of His Son - our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus - forevermore interceding for us as our High Priest!🙏❤🙌

This sinner made saint is in constant awe and wonder and "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it." 🧎‍♀️🙌💕
Psalm 139:6
NASB 1995

Thank you for your podcast and work to clear up so much confusion on hard topics. May the Lord bless and make His face shine on you all brothers and sisters.
🙏❤

[anchoraboveworship]

God bless you for this encouragement in truth! I love something simple I have heard, "BE being filled" with the Holy Spirit. Fan the flame...stir up the gift! And how??? Abide in Christ. The more we rest in Christ and the seed of His death was where "we ended", that's the best we could do (die in Christ/buried in baptism as HE paid the wages of death for us), the more we could recognize that His resurrection and our faith in Him is the experience of the new birth. We rise and walk by faith in God like the righteous in either Covenant. It's all truly about Him, His righteousness faithfulness, mercy, kindness, love and power! We continue Christ's life by His Spirit to keep submitting to the Father's will to seek and save the lost through Christ in the gospel. I LOVE how you connected the dots of the PRO ACTIVE obedience of the law!...LOVE and building up the body of Christ and serving God together in love toward each other! It's not a constant morbid sin introspection life/behavior modification, but a united submission to God's plan to bring us home through Christ and to co-labor with Christ in God's plan for His glory!

[NicholasArreola-wn]

Theocast could you do a video about grieving and blaspheming the Holy Spirit and the differences between the two, and what they really mean

[jeffwatt]

This was excellent, no theological wranglings, just an exhilarating High Christology which the Spirit always reveals through a discussion grounded in a sincere and educated interpretation of the text of scripture. Especially noteworthy being how walking in the Spirit and subsequent fruits are to be understood and evidenced in the context of our common life in Christ ( the local church).

[WilliamWatsonBirch]

Yet again, I needed this so much, and I'm so grateful for you both.

[MaxvanBrian]

For sure, thank you. It was very helpful

[medicchrist]

The Lord has shown me the same thing. Abiding in Jesus is trusting in Him and Him alone. This is what John chapter 15 is all about. Faith and trusting in Christ IS walking by the Spirit.

[Ivo-cm]

Really excellent, thanks guys. Most encouraging.

[pragmaticoptimist]

14:52 if that’s a Jessi Spanno reference, you’ve got a subscriber for life

[MargaritaMora-mgoe]

Praise the Lord for bringing clarity through you guys 🙌🥰thank you ❤️

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.❤️🙌
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.❤️🙌
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.❤️🙌
to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.❤️🙌
He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.❤️🙌
 and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.❤️🙌

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
    His faithful love endures forever.❤️🙌
Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out!
    Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.
For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,
    from east and west,
    from north and south.
Some wandered in the wilderness,
    lost and homeless.
Hungry and thirsty,
    they nearly died.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
    and he rescued them from their distress.
He led them straight to safety,
    to a city where they could live.
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
    and for the wonderful things he has done for them.❤️🙌
For he satisfies the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.🥰
 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
    imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
They rebelled against the words of God,
    scorning the counsel of the Most High. That is why he broke them with hard labor;
    they fell, and no one was there to help them.
“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress. He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;he snapped their chains.🧎🙏❤️🙌
 Let them praise the Lord for his great love
    and for the wonderful things he has done for them.🙌🥰❤️
For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;he cut apart their bars of iron.
 Some were fools; they rebelled
    and suffered for their sins.
They couldn’t stand the thought of food,
    and they were knocking on death’s door. “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress.
 He sent out his word and healed them,
    snatching them from the door of death.
❤️🙌🥰
 Let them praise the Lord for his great love
    and for the wonderful things he has done for them.❤️🙌
 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
    and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
 Some went off to sea in ships,
    plying the trade routes of the world.They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action,
    his impressive works on the deepest seas.
 He spoke, and the winds rose,
    stirring up the waves.
 Their ships were tossed to the heavens
    and plunged again to the depths;
    the sailors cringed in terror.
They reeled and staggered like drunkards
    and were at their wits’ end.
 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress.
 He calmed the storm to a whisper
    and stilled the waves.❤️🙌
What a blessing was that stillness
    as he brought them safely into harbor!
Let them praise the Lord for his great love
    and for the wonderful things he has done for them.❤️🙌
 Let them exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the nation.
 He changes rivers into deserts,
    and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, 🙌❤️
    because of the wickedness of those who live there.But he also turns deserts into pools of water,
    the dry land into springs of water.
 He brings the hungry to settle there
    and to build their cities.
 They sow their fields, plant their vineyards,
    and harvest their bumper crops.
 How he blesses them!
    They raise large families there,
    and their herds of livestock increase.
When they decrease in number and become impoverished
    through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
 the Lord pours contempt on their princes,
    causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.
But he rescues the poor from trouble
    and increases their families like flocks of sheep.
 The godly will see these things and be glad,
    while the wicked are struck silent.
 Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
    they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.❤️🙌🥰


He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.🧎🙏❤️

My spirit is happy and my soul rejoices in God our Savior 🙌🥰💕

[patlangness]

We are empowered by the new birth. We are given Christ to live inside us and our location has changed also. We have been heavenly people since the foundation of the world.

[Jesusbloodissufficient]

People must understand that even this baptism isn't a work, it's not the traditional water baptism, it's a spiritual baptism in the living water springing up into everlasting life, John 4 tells us about the spiritual water, faith alone.

[patlangness]

Walking by the Spirit means living in a different realm. When we live in heavenly places, Christ lives in us to conduct himself through us. This growth stuff sometimes sets up an umbilical grey area, between our perfect position and our flesh which died on the cross. Thanks for clarifying! 🎉😊 Paul never actually pivots, because he always presupposes our inability and Christ's life in us. Is your Romans 7 experience becoming less dramatic?

[jimfowler]

Justin why do you part your hair differently than Jon??

[BadBostons]

Romans 8:4 is not just resting in our position, it is, as you said, abiding in Christ, knowing Him/the Word. How does He work in us? How did He Work in King David, Timothy, anyone, He writes His Word on our hearts. Now, for real, if newborn Christians do not learn the Word, how will He work in them?

[georgeluke]

16:22 - can you show some resources/exegesis on this interp? It seems clear to me that Romans 8 is about the power of our vital union with Christ, but that that union has two aspects to it in Romans 8:1-4. The fulfillment of the righteous requirements of the law in us, seems to be particularly the ability to actually, from the heart, not hate God's standards, nor be aggravated by his standards, but love those standards and put to death what is evil in us. Instead of walking by the flesh, we put the flesh to death by the Spirit.

[kylewilson]

Walking in the spirit is simply walking by faith. The exhortation is simple - the Spirits work in you was believing in Jesus. Keep believing.

Resist the urge to live by mere tangibles (flesh) - to rely merely on what you can perceive in the flesh.

Instead, live like the Gospel is true. Set your mind on things above, workout your own salvation, lay hold on eternal life.

[davidelgeti]

Question as we are being sanctified we are still trusting in Christ righteousness for our salvation, I agree, now my question, when the Spirit works, mortify the flesh and as we keep in step with the Spirit are any of our works righteousness? These works do flow from the Father and we see that the saints do receive rewards, yes, we will throw them at the feet of Jesus, but like you guys said we are not the same person. Does are righteousness, even though tainted by the flesh and sin have any value? And if so what?