What does that mean to walk after the Spirit?

What does that mean to walk after the Spirit?

Rom 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

What does that mean to walk after the Spirit?

Let me use ‘leading the blind’ as an example. If I'm a blind man, how do I live my life? I need someone else who has eyes to take me by the hand and lead me through this world. Now, in this context, who’s the blind man? That's us: we're blind. We need the Spirit to be out in front of us leading us through life saying, do this and don't do that. And where do those instructions come from? It’s all in the Word of God, and more specifically, in Paul’s epistles. We just need to learn it and know it, and then yield your members unto that leading. 

To be led by the Spirit is not complicated. Paul said the following in Corinthians,

1Cor.12:13  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

The Journey: Part 12 - What is it to walk by faith and in the Spirit?

Start here at the Introduction: The Journey Begins

The Journey: Part 12 - What is it to walk by faith and in the Spirit?

In the very first verses of the book of Romans, Paul mentions the following,

Rom.1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Through the next few chapters of Romans, we are provided great detail about our justification and spiritual sanctification. Essentially, Paul tells us what happens in the spiritual realm, the operations of God on our spirit, far out of reach from our workings and control. This salvation we receive is the "from faith" part. All we can do is trust that through the cross of Christ and through the operation of God, we are saved to the uttermost.