Bible Study walk as he walked

[for_his_glory]

The key to walking in love is, keeping in step with the Spirit...

This is a moment by moment exercise. Quite the challenge when one has to step out into the world everyday for work. It does get easier over time.

I have been inviting the Lord to come with me, to go with me. Perhaps this is wrong thinking? Maybe I should be asking can I go wit you, Lord? And follow Him to work...

It's like those bumper stickers that say Jesus is my co-pilot. They need to say Jesus is my pilot as I follow Him.

 

[Edward]

It's like those bumper stickers that say Jesus is my co-pilot. They need to say Jesus is my pilot as I follow Him.

I was thinking the same exact thing a couple days ago, lol.

 

[ezra]

Actually the fruits of the Spirit are not the results of walking in the Spirit, but what the Holy Spirit gives us for the purpose of God's ministry within the body of Christ. Everything within our walk is the result of the greatest gift of all being that of God's pure love.

no actually they are ! Jesus left us the comforter the moment we get saved the Holy spirit comes into us.. paul told the Galatians walk in the spirit 1 john walk in the Light john 15 tells us to ABIDE IN Him ,,none of this is possible with out the Holy spirit . since we have the spirit in us we are to produce fruit .the Fruit of the spirit should be in us he is the true vine we are the branches which draws from the vine.. what is in the vine the spirit of God what gives us the ability to walk to live a holy Life? the Holy spirit love is part of the fruit

 

[for_his_glory]

no actually they are ! Jesus left us the comforter the moment we get saved the Holy spirit comes into us.. paul told the Galatians walk in the spirit 1 john walk in the Light john 15 tells us to ABIDE IN Him ,,none of this is possible with out the Holy spirit . since we have the spirit in us we are to produce fruit .the Fruit of the spirit should be in us he is the true vine we are the branches which draws from the vine.. what is in the vine the spirit of God what gives us the ability to walk to live a holy Life? the Holy spirit love is part of the fruit

I agree, but none of this is possible unless we walk in the greatest commandment of love that is the light of Christ through God's grace as we walk in this light. We in Christ and Christ in us first and foremost then comes everything else by His Holy Spirit. If we are walking as Christ walked then it is that love we are walking in.

 

[ezra]

I agree, but none of this is possible unless we walk in the greatest commandment of love that is the light of Christ through God's grace as we walk in this light. We in Christ and Christ in us first and foremost then comes everything else by His Holy Spirit. If we are walking as Christ walked then it is that love we are walking in.

what is one the fruit of the spirit? love the holy spirit produces the fruit
Four Kinds of Love; Eros, Agape, Phileo & Storge Eros, (romantic love), Phileo, (enjoyment, fondness, friendship), Storge (family loyalty) and Agape (unconditional love with stick-ability).

 

[for_his_glory]

what is one the fruit of the spirit? love the holy spirit produces the fruit
Four Kinds of Love; Eros, Agape, Phileo & Storge Eros, (romantic love), Phileo, (enjoyment, fondness, friendship), Storge (family loyalty) and Agape (unconditional love with stick-ability).

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Without love being first there is no walking as Jesus walked.

 

[ezra]

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Without love being first there is no walking as Jesus walked.

lol ok your right im wrong do you love each and every person ? do you walk in love when someone wrongs you? %100 of the time...

 

[for_his_glory]

lol ok your right im wrong do you love each and every person ? do you walk in love when someone wrongs you? %100 of the time...

Yes, I do love everyone including my enemies as I have been seriously wronged by others many times and always love them and also pray for them for they know not what they do to others.

Mark 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

 

[stovebolts]

do you walk in love when someone wrongs you? %100 of the time...

I sure dont, not all the time anyway.
Pray for me, I've been struggling with somebody for a few years now. I've accepted it, but thinking of coming face to face with these individuals next year causes me a lot of anxiety.

If it were a matter of forgive and forget, that was done years ago... except the forget part, which makes the forgiving part even harder.... especially when they dont see the harm they have done.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Fabulous post Ezra.
My thoughts on it are that we should live our lives as Jesus lived His, as much is as humanly possible. To list all the ways to do this would take pages of long posts.

As a youngster Jesus honoured His mother and father. When Mary told Him it was not time to start His Father's business He obeyed her.

When the time did come Jesus obeyed His heavenly Father. He spoke the words God told Him to.

Jesus was :-

Humble, patient and shown love to all.
He prayed constantly and always gave the glory to God.
He knew the scriptures.
Kind, gentle, truthful, fearless and faithful.
Resisted temptation , fasted and suffered for God and mankind.
Forgiving, loving , understanding and pointed out people's mistakes.
Jesus had tremendous faith. His main goal was to honour His Father and to save souls.
He had many more attributes that posters will list.
We should be striving in all these things. Jesus is our example. He had all the fruits of The Holy Spirit. We should be praying for these gifts, or the fruits God wants us to have.
We will never be perfect but we should aim for the highest we are capable of. Because of Jesus we have obtained salvation. We owe Him tremendously.

As many as be perfect, for Jesus said to be perfect, nothing short of the scriptures, and he also said: If you love me keep my commandments.

 

[for_his_glory]

I sure dont, not all the time anyway.
Pray for me, I've been struggling with somebody for a few years now. I've accepted it, but thinking of coming face to face with these individuals next year causes me a lot of anxiety.

If it were a matter of forgive and forget, that was done years ago... except the forget part, which makes the forgiving part even harder.... especially when they dont see the harm they have done.

We all struggle with those who have wronged us and forgiveness doesn't always come easily, but yet must come. I hate confrontations and try to avoid them if I can, but sometimes things need to be set right and that is when I pray and ask God for His words to speak so I can remain pleasing to Him and bring Him glory.

 

[stovebolts]

We all struggle with those who have wronged us and forgiveness doesn't always come easily, but yet must come. I hate confrontations and try to avoid them if I can, but sometimes things need to be set right and that is when I pray and ask God for His words to speak so I can remain pleasing to Him and bring Him glory.

Yup, I've been working on it for a few years. About the time I think I'm at peace with it, nope, it sneaks back. And no, it's not as simple as saying, "God, please take this away from me", because what I hear is, "My grace is sufficient for you".

If you know the roots behind Yom Kippur, the lesson is this. As long as one party is willing to reconcile, reconcilliation is always possible. But. Just as it takes time to build a relationship, once it is broken it may take twice as long to repair.

Note, Moses was on the mountain 40 days after the Sinia covenant (marriage) occured only to come down to find they were in adultry (golden calf). Moses then goes back on the mountain as an intercessor which takes 80 days.

 

[ezra]

I sure dont, not all the time anyway.
Pray for me, I've been struggling with somebody for a few years now. I've accepted it, but thinking of coming face to face with these individuals next year causes me a lot of anxiety.

If it were a matter of forgive and forget, that was done years ago... except the forget part, which makes the forgiving part even harder.... especially when they dont see the harm they have done.

your not in a boat by your self .. a person does not just single out one fruit and say its the most important.it takes all the fruit of the spirit .. which means we are a wip

 

[ezrider]

I sure dont, not all the time anyway.
Pray for me, I've been struggling with somebody for a few years now. I've accepted it, but thinking of coming face to face with these individuals next year causes me a lot of anxiety.

If it were a matter of forgive and forget, that was done years ago... except the forget part, which makes the forgiving part even harder.... especially when they dont see the harm they have done.

I have had a conflict of a professional nature with the manager of large facility in the way he is running the property that has created a some angst within our organization, as this is a very high profile facility. I had actually lost my temper with him at the time. I had no use for the guy, but I was reminded by a co-worker that even though I wrote the sequences and programming to control this facility, it was not mine to run, only fix when there was a problem. This little reminder helped me to let go, because I was proud of the work that I had done, and quite frankly still am. I let it go, and let it be, as the effects would eventually bare themselves out. Well they did, and I was asked to attend a meeting at the facility today with this individual to address these issues. I was quite anxious, and asked our operations manager to attend with me, so she did. I prepared for this meeting a summary of issues as well as proposed sequence modifications for the facility. Although I was a bit anxious, I held nothing against him, and with my write up and calm explanations of the ramifications of the way he was operating his building and with the proposed changes that I offered, I walked out of there the hero, and managed to regain his trust in the process. For me, it is more important that I have his trust and confidence in me and the things that I can provide than it is for me to establish the same trust and confidence in him.


I no longer find it that difficult to truly forgive someone, no mater how they may have wronged me. But that does not mean I that I have to keep and trust them as a friend. When I set my mind to forgive someone, it is not for their benefit, but for mine. I do not look for someone to apologize to me first that I may forgive them in my heart, as I must forgive them in my heart before they ask or even know that they have offended. You see, if I can not forgive them in my heart, then that resentment causes me to dwell on the things of the flesh, and robs me of my union in the Spirit.

Walk as Jesus walked. Hear the words of the Father that Jesus spoke. Hear the words of the Father. For I forgive them for mine own sake.



Isaiah 43:23-26
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;
neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices.
I have not caused thee to serve with an offering,
nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money,
neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices:
but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins,
thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.


Luke 10:25-29
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

 

[ezrider]

If it were a matter of forgive and forget, that was done years ago... except the forget part, which makes the forgiving part even harder.... especially when they dont see the harm they have done.

Sometimes its not a matter of forgive and forget, because we have memories greater than that of an elephant. Sometimes we can't forget. What we have to do is approach it with a new understanding. After all, there is a no bigger critic of sin than he who is a former sinner.

 

[sunflower]

I agree, but none of this is possible unless we walk in the greatest commandment of love that is the light of Christ through God's grace as we walk in this light. We in Christ and Christ in us first and foremost then comes everything else by His Holy Spirit. If we are walking as Christ walked then it is that love we are walking in.

Nicely said! This made me think of Colossians 1:27: "To whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

 

[stovebolts]

Sometimes its not a matter of forgive and forget, because we have memories greater than that of an elephant. Sometimes we can't forget. What we have to do is approach it with a new understanding. After all, there is a no bigger critic of sin than he who is a former sinner.

So very true. And sometimes time is needed for those new understanding to really take root. I can know, but it doesnt mean I truly understand. Understanding sometimes comes from deep inside of us. Its where peace is truly found, because I think it's the true seat of forgiveness.

 

[ezra]

unless we are walking in the spirit which is walking in the light ..then all we are doing is just talking and not walking . there are many things that hinder our walk ..mainly us james wrote to be a doer of the word not a hearer only. the word and the spirit instructs us /guides us actions speaks louder