Monday, September 22, 2008

Taught the way of Jesus

Truth in Psalms.

We continue to go through the Psalms of David studying the word- truth.

There are exacts in life, and the truth is an exact. The truth is factual not abstract. You can't make the truth bend to your own ideas. The truth isn't changed from one day to the next subject to outside forces. There is the truth and there is nothing else. I know people would argue that one person could believe one thing and that is their truth, another a different thing and that is their truth, but there is only one truth in God, a single truth. Jesus. Long before Jesus came as man to walk the earth the truth in Him existed.

Ps. {86:11} Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth.

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How are we to walk? And in walking- live? We are to walk in truth--

Micah {4:5} For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will WALK IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD FOR EVER AND EVER.

Zechariah {3:7} Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt WALK IN MY WAYS, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Luke {1:6} And they were both righteous before God, WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES OF THE LORD BLAMELESS.

John {12:35} Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. WALK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. {12:36} While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.

Romans {6:4} Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.

Romans {8:1} [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, but after the Spirit.

Romans {8:4} That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, but after the Spirit.

2 Cor. {5:7} For we WALK BY FAITH, not by sight

2 Cor. {6:16} And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, and WALK IN THEM and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Gal. {5:16} [This] I say then, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Gal. {5:25} If we live in the Spirit, let us WALK IN THE SPIRIT

Eph. {2:10} For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus UNTO GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we should WALK IN THEM.

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Jesus is the truth, faith, newness of life, spirit, light, good works, the commandments.

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

Living in that truth is something we all need to do.

Ps. {86:11} Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth.

We need to be taught the way of Jesus.

Once again we're back to talking about life after we accept Christ as our Savior, the fact that we have to walk in Jesus. We accept Jesus and we have to walk in Him, live in Him, be taught His ways. There is an effort involved- living. Our day to day actions matter, our lives matter, what we do matters it really does. It won't save us, we don't have the power to save ourselves, but we have the power to choose our actions, the power to choose how we live life. Even in the most dire of circumstances we have the power to choose how we respond to the circumstances. Yes, sometimes we feel like we're out of control- hormones or illness ravaging us and making us feel like we have little control over the grumpiness, the anger, the sadness we feel. Those situations are real and they do affect how we act, but no matter the outside influence of the body we can make choices. You read heroic tales of people keeping their spirits up as they endure torture and other horrifying things, and you read of those who succumb to the horrors. You read of traitors who give in as they suffer just to end their pain, and then you read of others who endure unto death rather than give in. Choices. We all have to make them and it's something we can't get away without doing on a daily basis. Oh I know I've written about this before but it keeps coming up for me so maybe it's me just trying to make this more a reality for me, a truth for me, a walk for me. This is a blog I started to put my daily Bible studies in with little thought to cohesion. Those of you reading this, if any, I hope that there is something of value here for you, if not I'm sorry- I'm no Bible scholar, no preacher, or teacher, just me seeking a closer walk with God striving to study and learn, to grasp hold of God in this way hoping that my life will be a walk with Him, in Him someday, by the grace of Jesus, by His mercy and His love now and always.

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