Galatians 5:19-21

19 Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,

    

20 Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),

    

21 Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

    

It is the Holy Spirit’s job to clean these works of the flesh out of us. We do not have the power, belief, will, or works to allow us to be righteous. Righteousness comes from free and undeserved Grace and only Grace makes us righteous. Our peace with all of this is that we are never left alone by the Holy Spirit for even a moment. Jesus never leaves us or forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. Look how Paul wrote about our freedom in Christ.

All things are legitimate [permissible--and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are legitimate, but not all things are constructive [to character] and edifying [to spiritual life]. 1 Corinthians 10:23

What Paul is saying here in Corinthians is that we are no longer under the law of sin and death, Romans 8:2. Sin no longer separates the Bride from the Groom. Sin no longer has any strength over us, because the Blood of our Savior destroyed sins ability to effect us, Romans 8:3. So our works do not bring us closer or separate us from our Father. What Paul is also saying is that because we are now one with Jesus, we will not do all things. Just because we are free to do all, doesn’t mean that Jesus looses His control over His body. Jesus is still our Head in this freedom, He is still our Shepherd, still our Vine, still our Lord, and He is still in control.

When the Holy Spirit reveals this Truth to a person, the acts that used to be so feared by us no longer matter to us and then they finally stop. When people are empowered by the Holy Spirit to no longer look to themselves to not be impure, immoral, drunk, jealous, angry, selfish, or any other of these things, they finally stop committing them. But as long as we believe that we have to obey a law or do a work to find favor with our Father, these sinful things will continue. Man has no ability on His own or through His own efforts to stop sin, it has to be Jesus and His power working through us. 

FOR SINCE the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come--instead of fully expressing those things--it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach [its altars]. Hebrews 10:1

If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward. But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:14-15.

It is the Holy Spirit’s job to cleanse us. He may do it while we are alive and in these bodies or He may do it when we no longer have these bodies. Either way, we will not be lost! How cool is this Truth? We may not all be the Bride of Christ, or own the Kingdom, but that doesn't mean for a second that there will not be tons and tons of guests in our Kingdom. 

Look at all of the ways that our Father describes His relationship to us: He is the Potter, the Gardener, the Shepherd, the Head, the Vine, the Lord, and Master. All of these descriptions show us that He is in control of us. The potter is responsible for what the clay becomes. The vine tells the branch what to produce and when to produce it. The gardener is responsible for the plant and its health. The shepherd protects and cares and leads the sheep. The head first directs and controls all body parts and the master is in control of the slaves. This is our freedom: God is responsible for our life’s! So we are able to actually relax, there is no fear in the perfect love of Jesus and He will not lose any of His chosen ones. In Christ we will be raised up on the last day!