THE NATURE OF FAITH: We’re going to look into various ways God speaks, but let’s first look more deeply into the nature of faith. Read Real Faith & Reason for the rest of the story.

PRAY GOD’S WILL: Walking in the Spirit isn’t praying so powerfully that God becomes our servant. But it brings us into His presence to love Him and commune with Him so we can know and pray His will.

NOT FORM AND RITUAL: Walking in the Spirit isn’t form and ritual, but the Holy Spirit brings both spontaneity and order to every detail of our lives.

EVERY MOMENT WITH JESUS: Walking in the Spirit isn’t an activity separate from life, but the Holy Spirit will make every moment a spiritual experience.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS NOT studying the Bible to become a scholar, but it moves us to hear God’s voice as He speaks through the Scripture so we receive what we need.

GOD IS HERE: Walking in the Spirit isn’t a human effort to experience God’s presence. It’s acknowledging God’s presence that’s already here.

DOCTRINE COMES ALIVE IN GOD’S PRESENCE. Walking in the Spirit isn’t knowledge of teachings, but doctrine comes alive in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT IS REALITY: It doesn’t consists of insincere descriptions of imaginary experiences. It consists of real experiences.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT isn’t endlessly pressing God for more revelation but God’s revelation flows to us in amazing ways in God’s timing.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT: Walking in the Spirit isn’t attending endless meetings, but the Holy Spirit will lead us to fellowship with our families and with other believers in a balanced way.

WALKING IN THE SPIRIT: Walking in the Spirit is a 24-7 ever-deeper immersion in God’s wisdom, righteousness, power, and glory.

YOU CAN KNOW JESUS:  To walk in the Spirit, we must interact personally with the Holy Spirit.

KNOWING JESUS OR KNOWING ABOUT JESUS? We need to know Jesus Christ.

LOSING CONTACT: If the human mind has stopped communing with the Holy Spirit, Christ seems far away and unreal, and divine revelation can eventually degrade to dead form, ritual, theology, and rationalization.

CONFLICT: We experience the conflict between the fleshly mind and the mind of Christ, but we can’t separate the mind of Christ from Christ.

Freedom: Just tasting of these heavenly blessings doesn’t instantly remove our fleshly nature. Nor does it guarantee we’ll always be obedient.

God’s wisdom: God tells us not to lean on human intellects because human understanding is sin-tainted by the fall.

We were Satan’s slaves, but Christ rescued us from this slavery and He opened the door for us to walk free from sin.

The regulation of the Spirit of Life.

Christ bore the curse of every sinner. God loves us, and we can know this truth with certainty by God’s revelation.