Message: "Living by the Holy Spirit" by Joel King

``And you cannot do, or you should not do, what I do with my diets. I'm going to start on Monday, so I'm going to go wild on Sunday. There's a wide saying that says this. It says, The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. It's now. The time to have begun to walk in the spirit seriously as a connect constant connected was as soon as Christ called you. But if you're like me, you've kind of, you know, sometimes you ride the tram, and then often you take the car. The second best time is today. [00:36:32] (44 seconds)  #StartToday

And this is important. This next one is important to note in the midst of that. And that living in step of the Holy Spirit is a process. It's a process. It does not happen overnight. For some people, certain aspects do happen overnight. God's grace sometimes works that way. But even if if there is an aspect like they're no longer tempted to drink or they're or all of a sudden, the anger is gone or whatever that issue is, there's still other issues in their life that need to be developed over time. Because none of us ever are like Jesus like that. It's a process. [00:28:37] (38 seconds)  #GrowthInGrace

That, by the way, is the sign the Holy Spirit's in your life. Not that you perfectly have joy all the time, That you're faithful all the time. But you know what? If we talk to the people who know you, they could say, yeah, you know what? I've seen joy increase in their life. I've seen forgiveness. I've seen humility. I've seen self control increase in their life. It's a sign of the Holy Spirit in your life. It's a sign of growth. [00:35:51] (28 seconds)  #FruitOfTheSpirit

Were they weren't they everywhere the day before? Yeah. Why didn't you notice? Because you weren't looking for it. You start looking for God and and relating to him, you're gonna see him and his work everywhere. And you're gonna get to know him. And then you'll no longer be trying to remember, you know, the four spiritual laws and the way to lead. All you all you need to do is when when it'll just pour out of you. When people talk about your life, you've gotta talk about God. [00:39:05] (24 seconds)  #SeeGodEverywhere

In AA, Alcoholic Anonymous, they have a saying that says, You can't just have one. The idea is that as soon as you take a drink, this is apple juice, by the way. As soon as you take a drink Fermented? I'm not gonna answer that question. It's over. You gotta have a second. There's an acknowledgement that there's something in their flesh, both physiologically and mentally, that once you take a drink, the choice is gone from there. [00:25:08] (36 seconds)  #OneDrinkIsntOne

There we we there are things in all of our lives. You don't have to be spiritual for this principle to understand this principle. You just have to live. And and you just can't take one. And so what does an alcoholic have to learn? If they don't have control over the second drink, what do they have to learn? I gotta do something before the first drink. That's what I have control over. I don't have control over once I start. I don't have any control. So when do I have control? Before. [00:26:12] (31 seconds)  #ControlBeforeFirst

In other words, there's something more than just your faith that God wants to accomplish in your life. When we adopted our kids out of their their homes of alcohol and drug abuse, our desire was not just to accept them into the King family, but to give them a better choice, to give them a better life. God unconditionally accepts you, but that doesn't mean he doesn't desire for you to have a fruitful and productive life, a better life than if you'd lived by the flesh. He doesn't say you need to do this perfectly, but he does say you need to, what? Grow increasingly. These qualities increase in your life. [00:35:12] (38 seconds)  #GrowIntoLife

But my righteousness, your righteousness doesn't lie in ourselves. It lies in what Christ did, his righteousness. And therefore, my spirit is alive because the requirement of the law was fulfilled in Christ who is now in me. Who Christ who is now in me. And the result of that is that I will be raised, you will be raised, and given a new body just like Christ. We'll be given a new body in the heavenly realms. We won't just be spirit. [00:14:49] (34 seconds)  #RighteousThroughChrist