How you can be led by the spirit.

Romans 8:14

For as many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sons of God.

The above scripture talks about those that are led by the spirit. There are a lot of things you need to understand about being led by the spirit. In the later part of chapter 7 of the book of Romans the Apostle Paul explained how that he wants to do good according to his inward man, but find himself doing evil.

People yield to sin or are not led by the spirit when the flesh is dominating them.

“ I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord so then with my mind I myself serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin”
Rom 7:25.

He says that in his mind he wants to serve God but there is a resistance in his flesh.

But I see another law in my members, warning against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members (body)

Rom 7:23

He went further to say “for there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. (Rom 8:1)

Now if you walk after the flesh you will be condemned, but if you through the power of the holy spirit walk after the spirit you are justified.

The flesh is in enmity with the spirit.

The spirit, soul and body

Firstly you need to understand the nature of man. Man is a spirit, who lives in a body and has a soul. Your soul is where your mind is located, it also includes your will, emotions etc.

Your spirit is the real you. You are a spirit. You are not a body . when a man dies, it is his body that just died his spirit lives on.

Your body is your house, your domicile. Your body is lifeless with out the spirit.

Walking after the spirit

To be able to walk after the spirit you need to put your flesh (body) under subjection to your spirit man. Ie not every desire of the body you have to fulfill.

You would have to learn how not to yield to fleshly desire. For what the flesh wants is what the spirit does not want and what the spirit wants the flesh don’t (Rom 8:7)

If your born again your spirit is saved ie you are a new creature (2 corinth 5:17) your soul will be saved as you continue to study the word but your body is not saved at all.

As a child of God you have to continually renew your mind with the word of God. Christians opens a door to satan if they don’t renew their minds with the word of God.

Get your mind saturated with the word. let your mind be full of God’s word. ( Rom 12:2) says ,submit your body to God as a living sacrifice holy, and acceptable unto God.(Rom 12:1)

Putting the flesh under

Apostle Paul explain how he trims his body in the 27 verse of the 9 chapter of first Corinthians

He says

“but I keep under my body and bring it under subjection. Lest by my means, when I have preached to others I myself should be a castaway”

1corinth 9:27

He brings his body into subjection. His body must have wanted to do something wrong. The body always want things that are not consistent with the will of God. But you have to continually put the flesh under subjection and one of the ways to do that is by engaging yourself in a fast.

Doing the word

When you are able to continually put the flesh under, it would also be easier to do the word. As you study the bible always see the bible as talking to you. Doing the word implies not doing what it says not to do only but also doing what it say to do.

Example in Romans 12:2

Do not conform to his world but be ye transformed by renewing your mind.

What a doer of word does is to continually apply what he has read – he refuses to accept the standard of this world

He also ensures to transform his life by continually studying the word.

Paying attention to your spirit. When God talks to us he talks to our spirit- God is a spirit ( John 4:24) therefore nobody who seeks to worship God effectively, does that outside of the spirit.

If your spirit has not been trained to hear from God how are you going to pick directions from the inside of you. Remember God does not communicate with our soul, he does that with our spirit.

Pay more attention to your spirit. From your spirit you receive the word of God you need.