The Sword of the LORD

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25). “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16). Walking is one of the most natural things that we can do.  Usually it is employed just to get us from one place to another.  It is also recommended as an easy form of exercise, and we are all urged to get our 10,000 steps in daily.  The Bible has some very important things to say about walking, but especially about walking in the Spirit.  The Apostle Paul put great emphasis on wanting believers to learn to walk in the Spirit.  In several of his letters to the churches Paul makes a clear distinction between walking in the Spirit and walking in the flesh.  There are many Christians today, however, who are confused about what it means to walk, or to be led, by the Spirit.  To begin with, let’s answer this basic question: “Who is the Spirit?”  The answer to this lies in understanding something

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.   And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.   And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” (Genesis 1:1-3). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.   The same was in the beginning with God.   All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.   In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.   And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:1-5). God is the Creator and Designer of all that exists in the natural world.   He is the Architect and Builder of all that exists in the unseen spiritual realm as well.   In the beginning He spoke the worlds into existence and hung the stars in space.   Like a potter with a lump of clay, He took this earth which was without form, and void, and He brought orde