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New Power · Compass Point

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  Hi, I'm Pete Smith on Compass Point.
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  Today, let's look at how the sinful nature of a Christian can
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  be subdued so that the fruit of the Spirit may grow and ripen.
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  The answer, writes John Stott, lies in our attitude toward it.
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  Galatians 524 and 16, those who belong to Christ Jesus, have
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  crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
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  Live by or in the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires
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  of the sinful nature. We must take up an attitude of
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  such fierce resistance and ruthless rejection toward the
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  sinful nature that only the word crucifixion will do to describe
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  it. But we must surrender the
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  undisputed authority of our lives to the Spirit who lives
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  within us. The more we make it a habit of
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  saying no to the sinful nature and yes to the Spirit, the more
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  the ugly works of the flesh will disappear and the fruit of the
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  Spirit will flourish.