Which domain are we going to walk in today?
In the flesh domain, sin reigns like a king, producing all manner of unrighteousness and ungodliness.
In the Spirit domain, God liberates, producing righteousness and true holiness.
How do we walk in the Spirit domain? Through God’s grace. By grace, God sent His Son in the flesh to nail flesh to the cross and rise again as the first-fruits of Spirit-born humanity.
In Him, by Him, and through Him, we can exit the flesh domain where sin reigns and walk in the Spirit, where the law of the Spirit of Life liberates from the law of sin and death, working in us that which is well-pleasing in the sight of God.
Trust in and depend on the free gift. All of what I just described is God’s free gift to us. It’s given freely to the humble. We just need to humble ourselves by turning from self-righteousness, self-reliance, and self-dependence, and relying on what God has provided through the cross. That’s the faith through which grace is received.
Faith says, “I can’t do it, I can’t earn it, and I don’t deserve it. I’m relying on what you’ve done in Christ, Lord. I’m trusting in you to enable this step, then the next one after that, then the next one after that, and I believe you’ll do it because Jesus already finished the work on Calvary. He was put death in the flesh. He was quickened by the Spirit. He ascended on High to sit exalted at the right hand of the Father. He received and shed forth the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Lord, and He said,
‘Whosoever will, may come and take the Water of Life freely.’”
By grace through faith, walk in and depend on the free gift of God, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.