Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Suppose you were to buy a ouse and lot and an elegant residence, pay the money and get the deeds, and the day you were to go in the gentleman said, "Here's the key to eight rooms, I have reserved two rooms." "Didn't I buy the house?" "Yes" "Well, what do you mean?" "I want to keep four tigers in one room, and the other I want to fill with reptiles. I want them to stay here." You say, "Well, my friend, if you mean what you say I would not have your house as a gracious gift. You want me to move my family into a house where one room is full of tigers and the other full of snakes." Many a time we turn over our whole heart to God, and when He comes in we have reserved some rooms for the wild beasts of pride and the hissing serpents of iniquity. Let me tell you, brethren, I won't ask God to come and live in a house that I won't let my family live in. Empty every room in the house, and then the heart is the centre of gravity to Jesus Christ, and He will come in and live with you. (S. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.WEB: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. |
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