The Walk that Pleases God!

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The Walkthat Pleases God!

• 1 Thessalonians 41-8

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The Walk that Pleases God

• A fruitful walk (abounds, vs. 1)
• A pure walk (abstains from sexual
  immorality, vs. 3-6)
• A holy walk (as determined from God, who
  has called us, vs. 7-8)
• Note Our priority in our walk
  is to please God, not man (Galatians
  110-12)

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Galatians 110-12

• For do I now persuade men,
  or God? Or do I seek to please
  men? For if I still pleased men, I would
  not be a bondservant of Christ. 11 But I make
  known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was
  preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I
  neither received it from man, nor was I taught
  it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus
  Christ.

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We Must walk

• With God (Companionship)
• 1 John 15-7 Ephesians 41-3

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1 John 15-7

• This is the message which we
  have heard from Him and declare
  to you, that God is light and in Him is no
  darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have
  fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie
  and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk
  in the light as He is in the light, we have
  fellowship with one another, and the blood of
  Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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Ephesians 41-3

• I, therefore, the prisoner of the
  Lord, beseech you to walk worthy
  of the calling with which you were called,
  2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with
  longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
  3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in
  the bond of peace.
• For us to walk with God, our walk must be
  determined by God to be worthy

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We Must walk

• With God (Companionship)
• 1 John 15-7 Ephesians 41-3
• Before God (Inspection)
• Hebrews 412-13 Galatians 67-9

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Hebrews 412-13

• For the word of God is living
  and powerful, and sharper than any
  two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of
  soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is
  a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
  heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from
  His sight, but all things are naked and open to
  the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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Galatians 67-9

• Do not be deceived, God is not
  mocked for whatever a man sows,
  that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to
  his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but
  he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap
  everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary
  while doing good, for in due season we shall reap
  if we do not lose heart.

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We Must walk

• With God (Companionship)
• 1 John 15-7 Ephesians 41-3
• Before God (Inspection)
• Hebrews 412-13 Galatians 67-9
• ... After God (Discipleship)
• Deuteronomy 134 Mark 834-37
• 2 Timothy 41-4

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Deuteronomy 134

• You shall walk after the LORD
  your God and fear Him, and keep
  His commandments and obey His voice, and you
  shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

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Mark 834-37

• When He had called the people
  to Himself, with His disciples also,
  He said to them, Whoever desires to come
  after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his
  cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to
  save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
  life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.
  36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the
  whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what
  will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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2 Timothy 41-4

• I charge you therefore before God
  and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will
  judge the living and the dead at His
  appearing and His kingdom 2 Preach the word! Be
  ready in season and out of season. Convince,
  rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and
  teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will
  not endure sound doctrine, but according to their
  own desires, because they have itching ears, they
  will heap up for themselves teachers 4 and they
  will turn their ears away from the truth, and be
  turned aside to fables.
• Included in following is doctrinal purity!

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Conclusion

• We must be very careful how we walk, to ensure
  that we are pleasing to God!
• Ephesians 515-17

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Ephesians 515-17

• See then that you walk
  circumspectly, not as fools but as
  wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are
  evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but
  understand what the will of the Lord is.