Correcting our Walk

Our Walk is different v. 17-24

"Good foot and arch health doesn't just happen; one person might be more inclined to develop foot problems than another, but the fact is, with the amount of time we spend on our feet and their role in our lives, it's really just a matter of time. My message is simple:  I cannot tell you how bad your feet will get in the future if you don't bother helping yourself now, but if you're already in pain and decide not to do anything about it, I guarantee things will only get worse with time. This is not to scare you, but to emphasize how important your feet are and teach you to look at your feet in a different way than you may have before.” Kevin Wong D.C.

1. No longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in futility, darkness and alienation. v.17

The Bible Knowledge Commentary 4:17–18

The word for “futility” (mataiotēti; cf. Rom. 1:21) suggests being void of useful aim or goal.

a. Ignorance v.18a

b. Blindness v.18b

c. Past feeling v. 19

2. Put off Old Man v. 22

a. Former Conduct

b. grows corrupt in deceitful lusts

3. Put On New Man V. 24

a. renewing of mind

b. created in true righteousness and holiness

The Bible Knowledge Commentary 4:20–24

This truth contrasts with the deceitfulness of lustful living

The Bible Knowledge Commentary b. His Practice (4:25–32)

Each of the following five exhortations about a believer’s conduct has three parts: (1) a negative command, (2) a positive command, and (3) the reason for the positive command.

2. Being Imitators of God we Walk in Love 5v.1

a. As Christ Loved v.2

b. As An Offering And Sacrifice v.2

3. We walk not in darkness but as Children of Light v.8

i. Fruit of Spirit

Goodness

Righteousness

Truth

ii. Finding what is Acceptable

Awake

Arise

God will give you light

4. Make sure we walk not as Fools But in Wisdom v.15

i. Redeeming the Time v.16

ii. Understand what the will of the Lord is v. 17

iii. Filled with the Spirit v.18

a.Speaking in Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

b. Singing and making melody in heart

c. Giving Thanks to God the Father

d. Submitting to One Another