But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not

gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of

the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of

the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are

opposed to each other, to keep you from doing

the things you want to do. But if you are led by

the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the

works of the flesh are evident: sexual

immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry,

sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger,

rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy,

drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.

I warn you, as I warned you before, that those

who do such things will not inherit the

kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against

such things there is no law. And those who

belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh

with its passions and desires. If we live by the

Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not

become conceited, provoking one another,

envying one another.

Galatians 5:16-26 (ESV)

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm

therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of

slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept

circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

I testify again to every man who accepts

circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole

law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be

justified by the law; you have fallen away from

grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves

eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in

Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor

uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith

working through love. Galatians 5:1-6 (ESV)

We are FREE to:

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.‘ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

Matthew 23:23-33 (ESV)

"You're blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

Matthew 5:8 (The Message)

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Romans 12:1-2 (The Message)