Track 6 on The Higher Law
Walking In The Spirit
Built on Galatians 5:16–25, Romans 8:1–4, and 2 Corinthians 3:3
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The study behind the song
Built on Galatians 5:16–25, Romans 8:1–4, 2 Corinthians 3:3, and Ephesians 2:4–5.
Walking In The Spirit is built on Paul's teaching that the Christian life is not driven by a list carved in stone but by the Spirit living within. In Galatians 5 Paul tells believers to walk in the Spirit, and he names what grows there: love, joy, peace. In Romans 8 he opens with no condemnation for those in Christ, and says the Spirit fulfills in us what the law required but could never produce. In 2 Corinthians 3 he contrasts tablets of stone with a letter written on human hearts.
The verses walk through that change from the inside out: freedom from shame, a holy life that answers the critics, and the line that you don't need a tablet of stone when you walk with the One who broke out of the grave. The second verse turns to motive. We obey because we are loved, not to earn a place. The chorus drives home the core of it: alive in the Savior, no longer dead, with grace as the power making everything new. Doulos of Jesus calls it what a transformed heart feels like.
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Lyrics
Freed from condemnation, untied from the shame.
So the lifestyle changes from the inside out,
No longer trapped in the shadow of doubt.
You don't need a tablet of stone to behave,
When you're walking with the One who broke out of the grave!
The Spirit produces what the law just demanded,
Love, joy, and peace, exactly as He commanded.
A holy walk that silences the critics' complaints,
The beautiful, radical rhythm of the saints.
It’s a different kind of motivation, a whole different lane,
Not working for survival or avoiding the pain.
We obey because we're loved, not to earn a position,
The finished work of Jesus is our only ambition.
Step into the stream, let the legalism cease,
And find out what happens when you’re walking in peace.
We walking in the Spirit, free from the dread,
Alive in the Savior, no longer dead!
Grace is the power making everything new,
The Arkansas sway, keeping it true.
Free from the penalties.
Alive to righteousness.
This is what a transformed heart feels like.
Doulos of Jesus.
Track six.
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