As A Jesus Filled Believer, What Is Desired Of Us?

I am going to do a 8 Part series on , "What is expected of us as a Jesus filled believer(Saint)?" It may sound like a lot of requirements, but you will see that all 7 parts blend into one heart.  Jesus does the work.  All we have to do is let Him.  The Spirit in you can do all of it very easily.  All we have to do is get our flesh out of the way.  We overcame the flesh by putting it to death on the cross.  We all have power over our flesh.  It is a battle that goes on in our minds.  Our Spirit meets and battles the flesh in our minds.  The mind is the boxing ring.  The Spirit wins when the result of what we decide to do is SelfLESS.  The flesh wins when the result of what we decide to do is SelfISH.  We have power over the flesh until we make a decision to yield to it.  That is as easy as it is.

Paul wrote this to the Galatians in Chapter 5, verses 24-25;

                        "Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with it's
                        passions and desires.  If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit."

And this to the Galatians in Chapter 2, verse 20;

                         "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but
                         Christ lives in me; and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by faith
                         in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me."

And again Paul wrote this to the Romans in Chapter 6, verses 5-6;

                          "For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death,
                          certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing
                          this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might
                          be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin."

So if we are now dead in the flesh and alive in the Spirit, we have power over the flesh.  The flesh is what sins.  All of us, when we are born into this world, are all born of the flesh and sin.  The sin is what makes the flesh act out in selfishness.  Sin basically is selfishness.  That which is not of faith is sin.  Faith is trusting Jesus.  If we trust that Jesus is in control, then we are selfless when we yield to Him over giving in to our own fleshly desires.  When we  choose to give into the flesh and our desires over His way, we are being selfish and yielding to the flesh.  We can always know which one we are yielding to, the Spirit or the flesh, and that decision is made in our minds. 

This will all be painless. The purpose is to keep you free.  You can already do what the Spirit(JESUS) desires, by just doing what is selfless.  I think we all know what that means.  What I will do is show you what that selflessness involves and what Jesus wants to do through you.  You are Jesus to the world.

This is what will be covered in this series.

(Part 1)  What Commands Did Jesus Give Us?

(Part 2)  What Does Jesus Teach Us About Praying?

(Part 3)  What Makes Us A Good Servant Of Jesus?

(Part 4)  What Does Giving Look Like?

(Part 5)  What Does Bearing Fruit Mean?

(Part 6)  What Are The Gifts Of The Spirit?

(Part 7)  How Do We Love?

(Part 8)  The Ultimate Act Of Selflessness.

May the peace of our Lord Jesus be with you.