Today I begin analyzing Galatians 5:19-21 and its greater context, looking into what Paul calls "the works of the flesh" (Galatians 5:19). For here are even more sins that, chronically practiced, keep one from enjoying "the allotment of the kingdom of God." This is not general salvation, of course—that is, membership in the body of Christ—but a high calling WITHIN that membership.

On the way to verse 19, I highlight Galatians 5:16 which says, "Walk in spirit, and you should under no circumstances be consummating the lust of the flesh." If you listen to Christianity (I don't recommend it) they think "walking in spirit" means that you monitor your flesh all day long, spending stressful hours trying like hell not to sin. This is the opposite of walking in spirit, as you are about to discover. When you see what walking in the spirit truly IS, you'll feel a relief the likes of which you've never felt.