Seperation between salvation and fellowship
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Not really.
It's an exhortation to walk out the life God has placed within us.
You are kind of adding A lot if you assume it's about people Not in fellowship with God.
"If we live in the Spirit"
Implies you have "our to death the works of the flesh"
"Let us walk in the Spirit" says okay you are alive no walk or do the good works God created you to do.
You can't be alive without having fellowship with God.
It's an exhortation to walk out the life God has placed within us.
You are kind of adding A lot if you assume it's about people Not in fellowship with God.
"If we live in the Spirit"
Implies you have "our to death the works of the flesh"
"Let us walk in the Spirit" says okay you are alive no walk or do the good works God created you to do.
You can't be alive without having fellowship with God.
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The exhortation applies to all believers who have been made spiritually alive in Christ.
It suggests that it is possible to be alive by the Spirit in salvation, but not be walking in conformity to the ways of the Spirit. Thus the exhortation to walk in agreement with and according to the Spirit who gives you life.
It suggests that it is possible to be alive by the Spirit in salvation, but not be walking in conformity to the ways of the Spirit. Thus the exhortation to walk in agreement with and according to the Spirit who gives you life.
Why do you believe the verse refers to those who are not in fellowship with the Lord? The verses before verse 25 describe the fruit of the Spirit which is exhibited in the life of those who are led of the Spirit (vs. 18).
Those who are "not in fellowship with the Lord" will have the works of the flesh in evidence (see vss 19-21).
In the NLT Gal 5:25 reads as Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. It appears to me that this verse is speaking of those who are led by the Spirit. I believe those who are led by the Spirit are "in fellowship with the Lord".
Those who are "not in fellowship with the Lord" will have the works of the flesh in evidence (see vss 19-21).
In the NLT Gal 5:25 reads as Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. It appears to me that this verse is speaking of those who are led by the Spirit. I believe those who are led by the Spirit are "in fellowship with the Lord".
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Gal 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.[FONT="]25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.[/FONT]