Walk in the Spirit

By Gerald Hochstetler

September 1, 2025

This God-journey has been quite the journey for me, and it continues. The past ten years have become intense as I began to understand the difference between the body, soul, and spirit, and understand what was going on inside of me. I learned how to separate my emotions from my spirit. It is my spirit that has been rebirthed, not my body, which houses my spirit and my emotions.

Understanding the existence of each is of great value and helps your walk in the Spirit, which is REAL Christianity.

All of us have tried to Christianize the firstborn. We naturally go there. It’s hard work, and it operates out of law. You love, forgive, and do many things because you must, and for your own benefit. You will get burned out and say things like, “God and Christianity don’t work.”

How well I know. Twice, I made a conscience decision to leave the church world for good. I even told God to get out of my life. Ha, ha! God is good. From the day I was born till today, He continues to draw me. Even when I was drunk, I would find myself humming the old hymns. I simply could not get away from Him.

Let me tell you, God’s way is beautiful. It WORKS! Carnal Christianity sucks.

In this spirit realm that we are called to walk in, it is a new world. Our only hope for overcoming the flesh realm is in the spirit world.

Lest you think I have lost my mind and gone weird, here’s your scripture:

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Gal 5:16).

This is not something that happens automatically. If it did, there would be no need to tell us to do it.