Wednesday Service | FAITH TRAINING: What It Means To Be A Disciple | Part 3 – Walking in the Spirit | Bill Brown

Foundational Truth #1: – God created space, time and matter for us to live and walk with Him.

Foundational Truth #2: God created man to with Him.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day…

Genesis 5:24

And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Foundational Truth #3: God came to live with His people, until they to abandon Him and worship and serve false gods.

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

2 Chronicles 36:14-17

Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

Foundational Truth #4: In the fulness of time God fulfilled His promises, and was born to live with His chosen people, and provide the ultimate solution to the SIN problem.

Foundational Truth #5: Discipleship is .

Galatians 4:4

But when the fulness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons/daughters. And because you are sons/daughters, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts , crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Foundational Truth #7: He by the person of the Holy Spirit comes to live in everyone who believes in Him and is born again.

Foundational Truth #8: We have the amazing of not just knowing our creator, but also of walking with Him.

Foundational Truth #9: Discipleship is about “growing”, not just “knowing”.

Foundational Truth #10: Discipleship is focused on eternity.

Foundational Truth #11: Discipleship takes place in a , rarely in isolation.

Foundational Truth #12: Discipleship requires commitment.

Foundational Truth #13: Discipleship can be scary.

Foundational Truth #14: Discipleship involves our engaging situations that are “impossible”.

Principles for Walking in/with the Spirit

• It is a relationship

John 10:3-4

To him the doorkeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls them by name, and leads them out. When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.” He knows your name.

• The Holy Spirit leads us to deal with sin in our lives

Galations 5:16-17

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you wish.

• The Holy Spirit leads us to come together

• We need to look to the Holy Spirit for wisdom and guidance in all decisions and situations

John 10:13

But when the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth

How do we do this? By …