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There are a list of the works of the flesh in Galatians chapter 5, starting in verse 19,

where there are 17 behaviors there, practices, sometimes called the nasty 17.

The works of the flesh, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, by the way, that's

Pharmacia, which means drug abuse, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,

seditions, heresies, envyings, murderers, drunkenness, revelings, and such like.

In other words, there could be more than 17. The list goes on, but you all know what the list is.

You've watched TV. So, those are the works of the flesh. Fruit of the Spirit, by contrast,

starting in verse 22, love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,

temperance. Nine, in contrast to the nasty 17, we have the nice nine. Is the question

really doing good? That is to say, is the question of our walk in the spirit really a matter

of avoiding the 17 bad things and trying for the nine good ones? I don't think so. As a matter of fact, some people

have tried to invent systems to keep people from doing the nasty 17 and to encourage them to do

the nice nine, and such systems never work. What are we doing when we walk in the spirit? Well, I want

to submit to you this morning that what we do when we walk in the spirit? Well, I want to submit to you this morning that what we do when we walk in the spirit is practice walking.

You ever notice that when you don't walk, that is if you become a couch potato, it gets harder and harder to walk.

Do you ever notice that?

That's a really funny thing.

I used to be able to run and walk long distances. And as I became sedentary and became a desk jockey, I found that I was less and less

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