Often times we think of "walking in (after) the spirit" as a "manner of acting" rather than a "state of being". We are "Alive in Christ, and dead to sin" - i.e. the power of it, not the presence of it.

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Ted Shipley
Palmdale, CA
Member of Centinela Baptist Church
Lawndale, CA

[A] workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.