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Galatians 5:16-19 (MSG)

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¹⁶ My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness. ¹⁷ For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way acc ¹⁸ Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence? ¹⁹ It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness;


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 19) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Impurity - An act of the sinful nature
(v. 19) Debauchery / Drunkenness - Debauchery - An act of the sinful nature
(v. 19) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Sexual immorality - An act of the sinful nature
(v. 19) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Acts of the sinful nature

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 16) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 16) Mind of Christ - About Self (part II) (2011-07-16)
(v. 17) Desire's Journey - The Beast Within (2010-05-17)
(v. 17) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 18) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 19) Man of Prayer - The Flesh (part 1) (2008-11-04)
(v. 19) Sin (part II) (2010-12-22)
(v. 19) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 16) Sermon: Let it shine (2015-07-19)
(v. 16) Sermon: Practical ways to live by the spirit (2015-08-02)
(v. 16) Sermon: Practical ways to live by the spirit (2015-08-02)
(v. 17) Sermon: Let it shine (2015-07-19)
(v. 17) Sermon: Practical ways to live by the spirit (2015-08-02)
(v. 18) Sermon: Let it shine (2015-07-19)
(v. 18) Sermon: Practical ways to live by the spirit (2015-08-02)
(v. 19) Sermon: Let it shine (2015-07-19)
(v. 19) Sermon: Practical ways to live by the spirit (2015-08-02)