The Christian life is not to be lived out in isolation.

Dr. Tony Evans says God designed us to grow best in connection with other believers.

The way God wants to attack our selfishness is in community.

To get help when you need it and to give help when somebody else needs it.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr.

Tony Evans. Spiritual fruit doesn't grow by accident. It's the result of a life rooted in the

spirit and lived in community. Today, we'll explore how grace not only transforms us, but equips us to restore others with humility

and love. Let's join Dr. Evans in Galatians chapter 5 as he takes a look at what it means to carry

each other's burdens while being led by the Holy Spirit. The sin nature has trained the flesh

to want to satisfy itself independently of God.

That's what flesh is.

It's self-satisfaction independently of God.

That is, I want something that God does not want.

Okay, that's the flesh.

And the flesh is driven by its desires. It wants something.

He says, do not try to start by fixing the flesh. That's called flesh management.

Flesh management is where you try to restrict the flesh from expressing its desires.

Nothing has really changed, but you can appear different for a while because you're managing it.

But God is after spiritual transformation, not flesh management. Spiritual transformation. He says,

walk in the spirit. First of all, to walk in the spirit, you must discover God's view on the

matter. What does God say? What has God said about the matter that the flesh? Now, you say,

well, I already know what God says, okay, but review it. Review the scriptures that talk about

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