WALK
A WORTHY PATH
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3 His
divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our
knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us
his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate
in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil
desires. 5 For
this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to
goodness, knowledge; 6 and to
knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to
perseverance, godliness; 7 and to
godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these
qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and
unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But if anyone does not have
them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed
from his past sins. 10 Therefore,
my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For
if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you will receive a rich
welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:3-11 (NIV)
9 For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life
worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good
work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom
of light. Colossians 1:9-12 (NIV)
1 As a
prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling
you have received. 2 Be
completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in
love. Ephesians 4:1-2 (NIV)
27 Whatever
happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then,
whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know
that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the
gospel 28 without
being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. Philippians 1:27-28 (NIV)
11 For
you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own
children, 12 encouraging,
comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his
kingdom and glory. 1 Thessalonians
2:11-12 (NIV)
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“Cheered
by the presence of God, I will do at each moment, without anxiety, according to
the strength which He shall give me, the work that His Providence assigns
me. I will leave the rest without
concern; it is not my affair. I ought to
consider the duty to which I am called each day, as the work that God has
given me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy of His glory, that
is to say, in exactness and peace.” Fenelon
“It is important to understand that
fruitfulness and growth are the results of focusing on Christ and desiring to
honor Him. When growth and change are
our primary goals, we tend to be preoccupied with ourselves instead of with
Christ. ‘Am I growing? Am I getting any better? Am I more like Christ
today? What am I learning?’ This inordinate preoccupation with
self-improvement parallels our culture’s self-help and personal enhancement
movement in many ways. Personal
development is certainly not wrong, but it is misleading—and it can be very
disappointing—to make it our preeminent goal.
If it is our goal at all, it should be secondary. As we grasp the unconditional love, grace,
and power of God, then honoring Christ will increasingly be our consuming
passion…The only One worthy of our preoccupation is Christ, our sovereign Lord,
who told Paul, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in
weakness’”. Robert
McGee
“That is a very cheap sort of virtue;
bullying other people’s vices. The easiest thing in all the world is to be
constantly denouncing popular faults; but to wring the neck of one of my own
bosom sins is a harder work by far, and a much better sign of conversion. To be
earnest against the sin of others may be praiseworthy, but it is no sign of
grace in the heart; for natural men have been some of the greatest leaders in
this matter. To loathe my own sin, to humble myself on account of my own
personal faults, and to endeavour in the sight of God to renounce every false
way, is a work of something more than human nature.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“There is to be communication of the Holy
Spirit with the individual Christian in the present life, and in a sense the
Holy Spirit’s communication carries with it the entire Trinity. In a sense the
Spirit is the Trinity’s agent in communicating with us humans. If I am going to
walk in this present life according to my high calling as a Christian, I need a
strength higher than my own strength. I need the power of Christ. How is this
power of Christ to be mine? It’s not enough just to imagine that I have this
power. It’s not even enough to take the second step and reckon myself dead to
sin and alive to Christ. There must also be a communication of the power of
Christ to me through the agency of the Holy Spirit who indwells me.” Francis Schaeffer
HEART SAVOR
· I am to walk
in a manner of the high calling of Christ through the power of the Spirit. Apart from Him, I can do nothing good.
· God is
worthy of my trust and obedience.
· I am to
loathe my sin and my own personal fault and renounce every false way.
