16: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

16: But I say, walk and live habitually in the (Holy) Spirit—responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh—of human nature without God. Amplified Bible

He tells us how we can keep from using our liberty to serve the flesh.  The flesh is our old human nature.  The old whims and cravings.  That old nature will still try and take control even after we become a Christian.  Old thought patterns and old habits will still try and continue in our lives if we don’t do what he says here and walk in the Spirit.

Our spirits are born again and have the life and nature of God in them if we have received Jesus Christ and what He has done for us.  Your spirit-your inward man-or some say your heart, if you’ve been born again, wants to please God.  You are like God on the inside.  You have His life inside you.  But there’s a struggle between the selfish ways of the flesh and the loving ways of God in the spirit.

We don’t have to be overcome by the flesh.  We can overcome by walking in the Spirit.  And as we do, we are not under the old law.  The old law was for those who did not have the privilege as we do today to be born again and receive the Spirit of God inside.

Confession:

I will walk in the Spirit and will not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.  I can overcome the flesh by yielding to the Spirit because of what Jesus Christ has done for me.   He overcame so I could overcome.  Thank You Jesus!