Galatians 5:16-23
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
I've covered this before in a Church vs. Bible (https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/212/), but I wanted to look at it again from the "Hey Kids" angle. If we take the current understanding of "walking by the Spirit" that most churches teach, then it is no different than not listening to your parents as I am pointing out in the comic. Just because you do something that is along the same lines or is similar or whatever, doesn't mean that you are doing the command.
Let's look at one of the examples Yeshua gives in His sermon on the mount.
Matthew 5:21-22 “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment.
In this instance, the Spirit of the command "do not murder" is not just don't murder someone, it's do not be angry with someone unjustly. Taking the church thought of we walk by the Spirit now, all we have to do is not be angry at people. We can murder all day long, but if we weren't angry with them, no big deal.
Obviously, this isn't correct. The church knows and so does anyone else reading this, that in order to keep the command you don't be unjustly angry AND you don't murder people.
So, if we can all agree on this, why can't we agree on the rest of the commands? Why do some teach that just keeping the Spirit of the command is the same as keeping the command, when we can look at the above example and see that is not the case.
Last note, I know I covered it in the above comic referenced, but walking by the flesh, as it shows in Galatians 5, is not walking by physical things, but by worldly desires just as Galatians 5 expands on. If you are not walking by the flesh, you would be walking in the Law, and thus not be under it (subject to its judgement).
Something to think about.
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This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:2
Biblical detractors point to this verse as evidence of error, because Quirinius wasn’t governor of Syria until much later and took his census in 6 AD, not 4 BC. However, they are making the absurd mistake of assuming that they already know everything about history that there is to know. It turns out that Quirinius was governor of Syria twice with a break in between.
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WORD FOR TODAY “When you add the numbers together and in what direction they camped. What shape did it make?”: Num 2:2 "The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance.
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