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Originally Posted by thekingsknight 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.  | Ted, it's both. We are in the Spirit but we are also to walk in the Spirit. The latter is possible because of the former. That's what I was trying to elucidate in my previous post. | Amen! Absolutely! Unfortunlately, there does exist this (false) notion that it is as if putting on a coat. That's what I was aiming at! I need to remember not to aim high, but to hit the target.  
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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.
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