Walking in the Spirit of God

Below is the beginning of a study named Flesh or Spirit.

The link in the previous sentence will open the whole study if you are interested.

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      This study has at its core two searches. One is related to our true identities, and the other is related to the type of behavior that is expected of us by God and how it is achieved. The reason the two are connected is because what we are capable of is affected by who we are. As believers, two extra factors have been put in our equation: we are not who we used to be, and we are now empowered by the Holy Spirit! The Spirit said through Jesus that we would be born again: John 3:3&7 (through Peter, too: 1 Peter 1:23). He said through Paul that we are new creations – that the old was passed away, and all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). Most shocking of all may be one thing He said through John in one of his epistles. “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God,” (1 John 3:9 NKJV). Also, the Spirit declared through Moses, Paul, and Jesus that we should be perfect (Deuteronomy 18:13; Colossians 1:28; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Matthew 5:48;). If we believe that we have been changed by becoming believers, we should examine what the changes are, how they affect our identity, and how they can affect our behavior. Here, then, are some questions for which this study will hope to find answers:

1)  What became different in my substance when I came to believe on Jesus for Salvation?

2)  What became different in my identity when I came to believe on Jesus?

3)  How does my Father God expect me to behave now that I am a believer?

4)  If the behavioral level is set high, how can I attain it, since I seem to think and feel the same way I did before I began to believe?

5)  What does my poor behavior do to my relationship with God?