Counsel #6 — Living In The Spirit

Picture: Counsel #6 — Living In The SpiritCCW 24.1

The book of James says that a double-minded person is unstable (James 1:8). It’s pretty obvious why that might be. How can someone with two opposing desires or opinions make any decisions at all? You can’t be a gang member and a police officer at the same time. You can’t be a prisoner and a prison warden at the same time. You can’t be an alcoholic and a sober person at the same time. When we come to Christ, we need to make similar choices. We can either be slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness. We can either be children of God or enemies of Him. Although we may fall and stumble, surrender means putting our lives on the side of Christ and walking away from things that do not harmonize with that choice.^{[39]https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2009/06/surrender-the-neglected-imperative-in-salvation}CCW 24.2

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 NKJVCCW 24.3

“Why, then, do human beings act as if they entertained the idea that the truth is a yoke of bondage?—It is because the heart has never tasted and seen that the Lord is good. The soul that cherishes the love of Christ is full of freedom, light, and joy in Christ. In such a soul there are no divided thoughts. The whole man yearns after God.” Ellen White in Review and Herald, March 29, 1906, par. 12CCW 24.4

Reflect: Have you experienced the freedom and joy that comes from surrendering to Christ? In what areas do you need to surrender more fully?CCW 24.5