Walking in the Spirit

Walking in the Spirit in love is a commandment not a suggestion. So how do we accomplish this and comply with the commandments of the Lord Jesus and God the Father? To obey these commandments and start living and walking in the Spirit, we must define and establish their meaning, essence and understanding in our hearts. These scriptures are a good start as the Holy Bible is our source of truth, our Standard Of Truth. Let us read on.

Reference Scriptures:

Joshua 22:5 (AV 1873)

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 11:13–17 ““And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, he will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.” (ESV)

Deuteronomy 11:13–17 (AV 1873)

And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; and then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

Deuteronomy 13:1–8 (AV 1873)

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave unto him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

We can see that God the Father is quite serious about being our one true God. We are expected to stay loyal and reverent towards our God. We simply are to love YAHWEH, His only begotten son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit with all of who we are! This is reciprocated with a rich promise, we will spend eternity With Jesus as Groom to the Bride of Christ. Jesus has fulfilled the Mosaic law requirements. Our happiness and well being are tied up in us keeping, complying and walking in our Covenant with Jesus, Yahweh, and following the Holy Spirit as an humble Spiritual man. We exhibiting Spiritual fruit lets us know we are proceeding in spiritual growth and Holy Spirit is in us and guiding us.

So why are we still needing commandments? Jesus is why. His commandments are easy to define and understand . Application of these commandments are where the rubber meets the road, walking in the Spirit is required. Jesus opens up these requirements to us in these scriptures:

Matthew 22:37–39 (AV 1873)

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mark 12:33 (AV 1873)

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

John 13:34 (AV 1873)

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 14:21 (AV 1873)

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

With all these scriptures fresh in our thoughts, let us bring the conversation into these focus points.

First Commandment: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Second Commandment: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Covenant Promise: He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Practicing these commandments: One of the thing we should do everyday, and even several times a day, is to look up towards Heaven and pray in our way “ I love You my God and help me worship you with my lifestyle as i practice and apply your commandments in my daily life. THANK YOU for Holy Spirit helping me and guiding me. Thank You for my life, and my Life in You Jesus. Open me up to your love of people and to you Mighty God. Help me get it right. Help me do it from a sincere, humble heart.

Walking in the Spirit: doing life in Jesus: This is just stepping out in faith and love everyday, believing all that Gods word speaks to us , as well as following Holy Spirit’s leading acting on the Word of God. Trust Gods process and move in faith. God will never let us fail when we are performing and practicing His Will in our lives. God really enjoys and rewards those who diligently serve him and go after Him with all our hearts.

After all these thoughts and our contemplations, our memory takes into Romans 8. Let’s end the sermon by a reading of Romans 8.

Romans 8 (AV 1873)

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. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same, in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn amongst many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth: who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Conclusion

Living a Christian life is an awesome experience when done with Holy Spirit leading and we are doing it with a loving grateful heart. We are promised that we who have Gods Commandments and keep them are loving God. God the Father and Jesus loves us who keep these commandments of Jesus. Oh yes, Jesus and Yahweh Love us !! Hallelujah!!

Pastoral Prayer

Lord Jesus, Thank You!

Selah,

Lord Jesus, we are so filled with gratitude for what you have given to us who BELIEVE ON YOU and trust your work as Messiah.

Lord Jesus Thank You!

Selah,

Blessed be the Name of The LORD!!

Amen.

Pastoral Blessing

Numbers 6:22–27 (AV 1873)

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

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