John 5:7-9 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

Yesterday I ended with this question; Is it really that simple? Answering that question by using these verses allows me to break down the elements into their component parts as they relate to the gospel.

The impotent man knew he could not save himself and confessed his plight to Jesus. Jesus spoke to the man. Here is the most important part and easily overlooked. The man was made whole, changed, ref. 2 Corinthians 5:7 a new creation. Don’t you think this man knew he was changed before he took up his bed and walked?

The answer to yesterday’s question is in your recognition of changed. Are you that new creation in Christ or not? Your ability to walk in the Spirit is totally dependent on that fact, not belief, not faith, but fact. Belief and faith follow after fact.

Many religions have beliefs and faiths, but only in Christ is there the fact of life. The promise of the Comforter is given only to those who are changed, this newness of life, the born again Christian.

John 3:3,8 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

If you are born again, you can hear the Spirit and feel the Spirit. That is a fact.

John 14:6a Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

Jesus is the answer to every problem. What’s the problem?

Romans 7:16 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ESV

Even having the desire to do what is right does not guarantee that we will do what is right. That is complicated. Our whole life up until this one point of accepting the gospel has been built around self-will, self-determination, and execution of will. We are taught to be self-reliant, strong, determined and successful. Now, because of this simple gospel, we must learn how to rely on God for everything.

Psalm 86:11a Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth:

Remember Jesus is the Way and the Truth. To know the way and to walk in truth is much more complicated than the simple Gospel and we cannot do it ourselves. Lord help us, how can we do this impossible task?

Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Once again we are presented with a simple answer to a complex problem. Walk in the Spirit to fulfill the righteousness we cannot determine for ourselves. It is that simple.

Is it really that simple?