THE CHOICE---FLESH VERSUS THE SPIRIT

WITNESS




10-19-13




THE CHOICE: FLESH VERSUS THE SPIRIT




WE all have a choice
In life
To LIVE by the flesh
Or live by the SPIRIT


“YOU were called for freedom
Brothers and sisters
But do NOT use this freedom
As an opportunity
For the flesh
Rather
SERVE one another
Through love” Galatians 5:13


So the question becomes
What does BEING FREE
Really mean
And HOW
Can we attain it


THE TRUTH IS
We are ALL a slave
To something or someone
In this world


That is WHERE addictions come in


We have
SLAVES to sex
We have slaves
To money and materialism
We have
Slaves to drugs
Slaves to alcohol
And many other forms
Of slavery in this world


In the eight chapter
Os Saint John’s Gospel
Jesus tells us:


“IF you
Hold to my teachings
You really are
My disciples


Then you will know
The truth
And the truth
Will set you free” John 8:31-32


Jesus goes on:


“I tell you the truth
Everyone who sins
Is a SLAVE to sin


NOW a slave
Has no permanent place
In the family


BUT A SON
Belongs to it FOREVER


So if the SON sets you FREE
You will be FREE indeed” John 8:34-36


There you have it
THE CHOICE


The choice
Is between GOD AND FAMILY
And being a slave
To the things of this world


CHOOSE THE SPIRIT
CHOOSE GOD
CHOOSE FAMILY


Pope John Paul II once said:


“FREEDOM consists
NOT in doing what we like
But in having THE RIGHT
To do what we ought”


So the PATHWAY
To freedom
Comes through SERVING others IN LOVE


LOVE GOD
LOVE OTHERS
What Jesus told us
ARE the GREATEST commandments


So-in doing this
We GROW beyond our selfishness
And serve others through our love
AND FIND LIFE
In and though God


“The mind of sinful man
Is death
But he mind controlled
BY THE SPIRIT-IS LIFE AND PEACE” Romans 8:6


Choose the SPIRIT
Choose GOD
Choose FAMILY
CHOOSE LIFE


Robert P. Wallman
7-21-13


Ps Inspired by LIVING FAITH magazine 6-30-13
Mark Neilsen




WITNESS 10-19-13