Psalms 91:1 and James 4:8, “He that dwelleth in
the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
... Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye
sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and
weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”
Hello my friend. If you have never known the
sweet peace of walking with God, then you are missing out on the sole purpose
for which you were created. God almighty created you to fellowship with Him, to
praise and worship Him, to walk with Him in obedience and love by faith. How
does a person walk with God?
“Ye Must Be Born Again” to Walk
with God
First, you absolutely MUST be born-again. We
are all born in iniquity, having a sinful nature inherited from Adam (Romans
5:12). We were all born spiritual dead, alienated from God. Man's spirit from
birth is dead; thus, he cannot fellowship with God. God is a Spirit, holy and
righteous. Sinful man cannot fellowship with a holy (morally perfect) God. This
is why Jesus Christ was sent into the world, to bridge the unsurpassable gap
between God and mankind. So, Jesus, the man, mediates between man; and Jesus,
almighty God (deity), mediates with God the Father. Jesus is our Mediator. 1st
Timothy 2:5, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus.” So, if you want to come to God, then you MUST come to Jesus,
Who is the very manifestation of the Godhead to the world (Colossians 2:9; 1st
Timothy 3:16; John 1:1-3,14).
If you don't get saved, then you CANNOT walk
with God, for only through the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit of God in
each and every Christian's body (1st Corinthians 3:15-17; Romans 8:9) can we
know God. 1st John 4:13, “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his Spirit.” What a beautiful thing! When we come
to God the Father, acknowledging our sinfulness for breaking His commandments,
and we place our faith in the Gospel (i.e., the Good News) that Christ died for
our sins upon the cross, and He was buried, and then He miraculously
resurrected from the dead after three days, we are saved. Salvation is a
miracle wrought by God in response to one's childlike faith (John 1:12-13).
Perhaps you ask, “Well don't I have to repent
of my sins to be saved?” There is no such teaching in the Word of God. You
cannot show it to me. To “repent” simply means to “change your mind” toward God
(Acts 20:21), which facilitates believing the Gospel. We are not saved by
repenting, we are saved by believing; but no one has ever repented who didn't
also repent. So, they are inseparable. Truthfully, you don't even need to bring
up the subject of repentance when witnessing to someone. To repent and be saved
literally means, to think differently and believe the Gospel (Mark 1:15).
God Must Be in Every Part of
Your Life to Walk with Him
If you're not growing in grace, you're not
“walking” with God. You've got to move forward. We're not talking about sitting
with God, but walking with God! You MUST include God in everything if you want
to walk with God. Amos 3:3, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
Have no secrets with God. Let Him into every crevice of your life. Let God into
your work, play, recreation, kitchen, garage, shed, basement, attic, car, every
area of your life!!! What's in the inner chamber of your life, that place where
nobody sees except you? What does God see that no one else does? You're only as
good a Christian as what's in your chamber. What's in there? ... pride, lust,
greed, lust, envy, gossip, evil thoughts, dirty attitudes... GET IT OUT!!!
You'll never know what it means to walk with
God until you invite God into every area of your mind, heart and life. Psalms:
19:12, “Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.” If
you want to walk with God, you cannot have any secret places where you could
not welcome God. WALK WITH GOD THE ENTIRE CIRCLE!!!
If you want to walk with God, you're going to
have to LIVE with Him! John 15:4-5, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye,
except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.” We must ABIDE in Jesus Christ if we want to walk with God the Father!
John 14:9, “Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how
sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?”
If I abide in Christ, I have reached up into
Heaven and brought my mansion down here to earth, where I can live temporarily
in my mansion with Jesus as I abide in Christ!!! Psalms 16:11, “Thou wilt shew
me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there
are pleasures for evermore.” If you want to walk with God, do what He wants you
to do, go where He wants you to go, be what He wants you to be!!!
Get Water Baptized in a Local
New Testament Church
If you are saved, but have never been water
baptized, you need to get baptized
It is important to get water baptized, not as
part of salvation; but rather, as an important first step of obedience,
demonstrating your faith in the gospel, which is our public profession of faith
in Christ's death on the cross for our sins, His burial and His resurrection
from the dead three days later.
You don't have to be water baptized to walk
with God, but not getting baptized will hinder that walk, since you are holding
out on God. The Lord knows if you haven't had the opportunity to get water
baptized. We're talking about having perfect peace in our Christian Walk with
God. Baptism is a biblical command.
“Search The Scriptures” To
Learn About Jesus
If you want to know Who God is and become close
with Him, then you need to get close to Jesus as a believer. This is why we
read in John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life: and they are they which testify of me.” Did you read that? The Scriptures
TESTIFY CONCERNING JESUS! The Bible contains 31% prophecy.
We read in Revelation 19:10, “And I fell at his
feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship
God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” The purpose of all
prophecy is to TESTIFY OF JESUS!!! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Amen!
Friend, JESUS IS ALMIGHTY GOD!!! Jesus is not
only equal with the Father, but is one with the Father in the Godhead (1st John
5:7 - all quotes taken from the trustworthy King James Bible). If you desire to
know the God of the universe and the holy Bible, then you need to learn all
about Jesus Christ, because Jesus was burn of a virgin into the world as the
Godhead incarnate (in the flesh). When you met Jesus (and can still meet Him
today in the Word of God), you are meeting God the Father in Christ. Isaiah 9:6
calls Jesus... THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE ETERNAL GOD!!!
Jesus introduced Himself as Almighty God to
John on the isle of Patmos in Revelation 1:8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty.” Run, as fast as you can, away from anybody who
diminished Christ's deity. John 1:1-1,14 proclaim that Jesus IS THE WORD OF
GOD! Jesus is the living Word, and the Bible is the written Word.
If you want to draw close to God the Father,
then SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES which testify of Jesus. One of the best ways to get
the Word of God into your mind is by HEARING THE BIBLE.
No one can walk with God who doesn't abide in
the Scriptures (John 15:7-8). Everything that the Holy Spirit of God does is
through the Scriptures. Beware of unsaved liberals and modernists who speak
about God, heaven, hell and spiritual matters, but never teach using the
inspired Words of God in the Bible. Oprah Winfrey is a classic example of a
liberal and a modernist, continually speaking about spiritual matters while
totally rejecting the Word of God. Satan loves to fill people's minds with
religious ideas, while keeping them woefully ignorant of the truths of the Word
of God.
Weep And Be Afflicted Over
Wickedness
1st Peter 1:15-16, “But as he which hath called
you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is
written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” If you want to draw nigh unto God as a
Christian believer, then you must weep over evil as God does. You must be
afflicted over the wickedness of this world. We ought to mourn with God over
the demonic teaching of bogus Evolution to children. We ought to weep over animal
cruelty and murderous abortion, vile homosexuality and the shameful smut-filled
American society. We ought to have heaviness of heart over the treason being
committed by our nation's top leaders. God is no longer blessing America,
because we have forsaken His Word. God will not bless a nation that disregards
His commandments.
Why So Many School Shootings in America?
(Youth have no moral compass without the King
James Bible)
Micah 6:8, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is
good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” If you want to be close to God, then
you need to become concerned about what God is concerned about. God weeps,
mourns and has heaviness of heart over the evils in the world. If we are to
draw near unto God and walk with Him, then we need to be burdened over
wickedness. God hates evil. Proverb 8:13, “The fear of the LORD is to hate
evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I
hate.” Those who fear God hate evil, pride and arrogancy, just as God hates
those sins. No one can walk with God who hurts their neighbors, cheats others,
abuses people and mistreats anyone! God is a good God, and those who walk with
Him are good people!!! God is love and those who walk with Him are loving
people!!! I didn't say they are not saved if they are mean and bad, I said they
don't walk with God! The truth is that some of the most horrible people are
believers, but they are saved as by fire, carnally-minded, not following Christ
in their daily walk.
One cannot pursue a life of partying,
selfishness and living in sin, and expect to draw near unto a holy God. God
says to come away from the worldly crowd, stop participating in their unholy
parties and the ways of wickedness, and then one can begin to view life from
God's perspective. James 4:4, “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that
the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a
friend of the world is the enemy of God.” God has many enemies today. Most
people are worldly, including believers, and place God at the end of their list
of priorities. Living biblically and sharing the Gospel with lost sinners means
nothing to them. They are far away from God.
To Walk with Jesus, We Need to
Think Like Jesus!
To walk with God, we need to “Let this mind be
in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Many people desire
to please God while also pleasing themselves, which cannot be done. There is a
reason why God tells us to turn our laughter into mourning, and our joy into
heavenliness of heart—because the world is a wicked place, and because most
people are going to burn in Hell for all eternity. Is it nothing to you? So
many people spend their lives racing cars, riding horses, playing music in a band,
playing sports, etc; but they never do anything for God. They are
carnally-minded and their reward will be small in Heaven, if they're even going
to Heaven. So many people can dazzle the crowds with their talents, but what
have they ever done for God? They have the praise of men; but they have not the
praise of God (John 12:43). God is upset with them for failing to be rich
toward God. They are God's enemies.
The music aired in many restaurants is
offensive, Godless and evil. The U.S. music industry is saturated with sinful
pride, evil and lasciviousness. The music videos produced by MTV and CMT are
evil to the core, filthy and morally reprehensible. Christians ought not view
such demonic filth. TV is the most detrimental spiritual poison to a Christian
today. Break the TV addiction, find a hobby. The television desensitizes people
to the Bible. The Bible does the exact opposite, it sensitizes the reader to sin,
making sin exceedingly sinful. Most people today who claim to believe the
Bible, don't read the Bible, and their life is filled with worldliness, sin and
selfish interests. They worship God with their mouth; but their heart is far
from Him (Matthew 15:8).
Everywhere we turn in society today, we see
people wanting to party, have a fun time and couldn't care less about what God
cares about. Philippians 2:20-21 tells us to care about the things of Jesus
Christ. Colossians 3:1-3 tells us to set our affection on things above, where
our Lord sitteth on the Father's right-hand.
Jeremiah 33:3, “Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Notice in
Jeremiah 33:3 that the Bible doesn't say to ask God for anything and He'll give
it to you. It says “Call unto me,” that is, walk with me. God says, “Talk to me
and I'll give you stuff you'll be surprised at.” It doesn't say ask me; it
simply says talk to me. God is saying, “I not only know your needs, but I also
know your appetite. You hang around me and I'll give you the appetites for what
you want.” God not only knows what's best for us to HAVE, but He also knows
what's best for us to WANT. Philippians 2:13, “For it is God which worketh in
you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
We ought to let God provide as He sees fit. You
just walk with God and delight yourself in God, abide in the Scriptures and
live on your knees, and you'll get more from God than if you go around begging
all the time. There's nothing wrong with making a list and asking God for what
you want, but you'll get more from God if you walk with Him and allow Him to
decide what you get.
To Walk with God, Be Concerned
About Getting People Saved
Amos 3:3, “Can two walk together, except they
be agreed?”
The dearest and nearest thing to the heart of
God is soul-winning, that is, preaching the gospel to others. Luke 15:10,
“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth.” The Bible says that there is rejoicing IN THE
PRESENCE of the angels. It's the saints who are already in Heaven who are
rejoicing in the presence of the angels every time a sinner repents and
believes the gospel to be saved. Heaven rejoices when sinner's get saved.
In sharp contrast, carnally-minded people
rejoice when they win money on a game show, or their favorite professional
sports team wins a game, or they get front row tickets to their favorite Rock
star's music concert. These are worldly things. It's sad that thousands of
people will sleep outside the ticket gate, in the rain and cold, waiting to be
the first to buy tickets to a concert, but you can't get people to have an
interest in the things of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 2:20-21, “For I have no man
likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not
the things which are Jesus Christ's.” So if you want to be close to God and
walk in sweet fellowship with Him, then you must start caring about THE THINGS
OF JESUS CHRIST (prayer, attending church, fasting, giving to the poor,
patience, love, preaching the gospel, tithing, supporting missionaries, modesty
in dress, obedience, fleeing the love of money, motherhood, being an obedient
wife, being a godly husband, loving thy neighbour as thyself, working hard,
being honest, to name a few things). The world is selfish, self-righteous and
self-conscious; but as Christians we are commanded to live for OTHERS
(Philippians 2:4-5). You'll never truly know what it means to walk with God
until you get out of the SELF LIFE!
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