We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. ![]() Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. “The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Jacob defend thee send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice Selah. Prayerful Joy in Anticipating Deliverance “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.” ( 1 John 2:15) More. John Morris, and others to strengthen and encourage you in your Christian faith. Start your day with devotional readings written by Dr. HMMĭays of Praise Podcastis a podcast based on the Institute for Creation Research quarterly print devotional, Days of Praise. “He that followeth me,” said Jesus our Lord, “shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” ( John 8:12). ![]() “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked” ( 1 John 2:6). Furthermore, we are to “walk in the light, as he is in the light” ( 1 John 1:7).Īll of these and other similar admonitions can be summarized as simply following the example of Christ. “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time” ( Colossians 4:5). This is not erotic love, of course, or even brotherly love, but unselfish agape love that sacrifices its own interests for the needs of others. Furthermore, we are commanded to “walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us” ( Ephesians 5:2). ![]() Then, since the Holy Spirit has come to indwell our bodies, to comfort, guide, and constrain us as needed, we are exhorted to “walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” ( Galatians 5:16). When a person is born again through faith in Christ and testifies of this by following the Lord in baptism, he or she is said to be raised to “walk in newness of life” ( Romans 6:4). The New Testament also uses other characteristics of the Christian life under this figure of walking. This principle should indeed characterize our daily lives, since our Lord and Savior is Himself “the truth” ( John 14:6), the Word of God that we believe is “truth” ( John 17:17), and the Holy Spirit who indwells our bodies is the very “Spirit of truth” ( John 15:26). This beautiful metaphor, “walking in truth,” is found only in the two one-chapter epistles of John-here in our text, and in 3 John 1:3 and 4. “I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.” ( 2 John 1:4)
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