By Adrian Rogers
“But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:18-23
When I was a younger preacher, I thought if I could be pure enough, holy enough, and clean enough, then the Holy Spirit would fill me. But I had it 180 degrees backward. I could never be clean and pure until I was filled with the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we have the idea that being filled with the Holy Spirit is an attainment—it isn’t. It is receiving a gift from God, just like when you were saved.
Categories: INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
Don’t Be Deceived
Luke 21:36 "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."