¶ Walking in the Ways of Jesus
Hello and hello . Welcome back , learning to live in truth . So glad to be before you one more time . Amen . I hope you've had a great day . I hope that you are just having an absolutely just great , great , great encounters with the spirit .
I mean , I don't even know what else to say outside of that , cause you know , it is always a blessed day to be before you and a blessed day to be used by God . Amen . It is always my prayer that we be effective . Amen . We want to go out , do what God has called us to do and be effective . While we're doing it , come on somebody . Amen .
I hope I ain't by myself in thinking that . Hallelujah , amen . So I hope you checked out Monday's lesson Amen , where we began 1 John 2 . We went through verses 1 through 5 . Amen . I didn't give a title , amen , because I , you know , I kind of just got to gauge what our title would be um based on um , what passage of scripture we go through .
But if I had a title for yesterday's , it would have been um , something to the effect of you have an advocate on your side , amen . Um , I mean people do it all the time . I mean you could read passages of scripture and go on about your business , but you get far more from starting the beginning of a chapter or book and going all the way through .
Amen , because you know , if we just jumped into the next one , we can wind up real easily doing a lot of works , a lot of works , without knowing that , whether we are working or not , that we have an advocate which is Jesus , fighting on our side . Amen , hallelujah .
So , before we go any further , to pick up where we left off at , we're going to go and we're going to pray . Amen , come on with me , father . We thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us to stay in this time to get into your word . I pray , in the name of Jesus , that you would use me to your glory .
I pray for everyone that is here . I pray that as they listen , whether they work in the car , in their kitchen , doing laundry , whatever they are doing , god , that their ears and hearts will be open and ready to receive what you have to say . Father , we love you again and we thank you .
We pray that this prayer , all of our prayers , are pleasing in your sight To receive what you have to say . Father , we love you again and we thank you . We pray that this prayer , all of our prayers , are pleasing in your sight . In Jesus Christ name , we do pray , amen , amen and amen , hallelujah . Alright , y'all . So we are picking up in verse 6 .
Amen , verse 5 . We left off talking about the spirit was saying to us when we keep our , keep his word , then in him we truly are made perfect . Amen . That lets us know that if we are in his word and keeping his word , we are going to grow .
Amen , we will be growing because he's consistently all the time moving and shifting uh things in our lives and touching us . That you know , when we are touched , the things around us , people around us are touched as well . Hallelujah . So , uh , with hearts and minds ready , let's's go to verse 6, .
He says he that saith , he abideth in him , ought himself also so to walk even as he walked . He says look . He says he that saith . Okay , that is important . If you are saying , and you are acknowledging who Jesus Christ is and you are , and you are acknowledging who Jesus Christ is and you are , uh , you know that he died for you on the cross .
He says abide in him , amen . Abide is , uh , just another way of saying , resting in him , amen , choosing to walk hand in hand in him . Hallelujah , him is Jesus and his ways , amen . If you are saying , if you are saying that you are trusting in him , um , and that you are abiding in him , he says don't just do it , or don't just say it and know it .
He says but do it . He says him also to walk Amen . Because I mean , it's the essence . It really is the essence . You know . You can know hey , I want something to drink and know exactly where it's at . Amen . My refrigerator is in the kitchen . Amen .
I don't know how many steps it is to get to my kitchen and then get in , get to the refrigerator , but I know I got to walk over there to get it . Amen . So I can know where it's at . I can know how to get there . Amen . I can say , oh , I got Kool-Aid in my refrigerator , hello , somebody . I can say I got Kool-Aid in the refrigerator .
I got a bottle of water in the refrigerator . I can know that it's there , but if I don't get up and walk in it , walk to go get it I will never have it . Y'all , that is a word . Come on somebody . Amen , that is a word . Amen , a whole lot of folks are not operating in the fullness of God .
It's because they know it's there , they know what they say , we know what they say to do what he requires of us , and we know that he died for us in all of these days , but some folk are unwilling to walk in His ways . Amen . Why are those who are professing Jesus not walking in his ways ? I dare to say it's because they don't know his ways , hallelujah .
They're not in relationship with him . If you are not in relationship with Jesus , then his ways are a bunch of duties and a bunch of or let me say it this way If you don't have a relationship with Jesus Christ , then his commandments are just that .
They become your laws , they become the boxes you check off every day and you're doing all of the right things , but you don't even know why you're doing it . And if you don't know why you're doing what you're doing , then you're really missing the point of doing what you do . Come on somebody , hallelujah , amen .
If you don't know why you're doing it , then why are you doing it ? Amen . Are you out to prove something to somebody ? Are you out to get something ? Selfishly , I mean , what are you doing ? Selfishly . I mean , what are you doing ? Because a relationship makes doing what you do worth it . Amen , because , at the end of the day , my why is so ? That ?
Not that I please myself , not that I prove myself to people , not that I earn the riches of this world , but that I would please my father . Amen , with a mind that says , look , I ain't got to chase after nothing . Come on somebody . Amen , because I serve the creator of it .
Hallelujah , amen , I understand that the things that belong to me , the things that he wants to give me , that if I am in him , he will give it to me . Amen , he will set me up in a way where those blessings overtake me .
Hallelujah , as it is talked about in Deuteronomy Amen , when we are willing to do it the way God says , to do it , amen , and abide and trust in him , there is nothing that he will hold back from us . Amen that we desire . Come on somebody , talk to me . Amen . Hallelujah , that's a word . Think about it , amen . I want you to think about it .
We're not in a hairy here . Amen . We want to be mindful of what we are doing and what we are not . This is a part of living in truth . Amen , the learning aspect of it . Amen . Joshua tells us to meditate on his word day and night . Hallelujah , amen . Meditate , just think about it . Amen , ponder over it , get quiet , get by yourself and listen .
Listen to what he is saying to you . Hallelujah , amen . He wants us to be able to prosper from all that he has for us . Hallelujah , amen . And our greatest prosperity is not what we can put in our hands . It's not defined by what's in our bank account . Our greatest prosperity is to know who we are in him .
Hallelujah , because when the things of this earth pass away , we still have the most valuable eternal blessing that we could ever have , and it is Jesus who rests in us . Come on somebody .
¶ Walking in the Light
Verse seven . He says brethren , I write no new command unto you , amen , he says , but an old command which ye had from the beginning . The old commandment is the word which we have heard from the beginning . Hallelujah , he says again , a new commandment . I write unto you . Which thing is true in him and in you ?
Because the darkness is past and the true light now shineth . He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now . He saith . He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him .
He says but he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whether he goeth , because that darkness hath blinded his eye . And we'll stop right there With the scripture text for today . So he says to us .
He says , before he even gets into what really this new commandment is , he really says to us look , if you are in me , then you ought to be like me . Hallelujah , amen . It's not plainly said , but amen . He says this about himself . He says that I am light , amen , he says . He says , when you hate your brother , then you're in darkness .
Amen , you can't see the value of this other person that is in your life . Hallelujah , amen , in the light , we can see . Amen . Hallelujah , come on , in the light , we could see . Amen . I mean , if you're in the light and you're dealing with someone who's in the darkness , you are . You have the upper hand because you could see what's wrong .
Amen , have the upper hand because you can see what's wrong . Amen , and it's just like the doctor who understands medically , um , some things that because you haven't been to medical school , you don't know what they are . He can enlighten you about what is wrong with this particular part of my body that is in dysfunction ? Amen , come on .
So , therefore , the one who is in the light , we got to be the help to the one who cannot see . Amen , and realizing this that , look , people have a choice of whether or not they want to be in the light or the darkness , amen . This is why verse these verses are postured in this way , and lets us know that we have a choice .
We choose to walk in darkness or in light . Amen . And you have a choice as to whether or not you're going to hate your brother or love your brother . Amen . But the reality is this if you are in Christ , you cannot look . You will not hate your brother or your sister if you're in Christ , amen . Why ? Because you are in the light . Hallelujah , amen .
And look , he says , he that hated his brother is in darkness . If you have a heart that is hating on somebody that is supposed to be your brother , your sister , in Christ , look , look , look , look . Brother and sister , period , amen . If you are hating on them , then you're not a part of the light , amen .
And I'm talking about I ain't talking about a type of hate that says look , I see what you're doing and you know I don't like the fact that you done got ahead of me I'm talking about . He's talking about heart posture Amen . How do you , if you're connected to the light , which is love , how can you hate ?
Amen , how can you hate if you're connected to the light ? Amen , it's impossible . Hallelujah , because the light allows you to be able to see . Be able to see , amen . And a whole lot of times we see the outward expression of people , but the reality is he wants us to see people from the inside out .
Hallelujah , because a whole lot of people , they do what they do not because that's really who they are , but they've been attacked , they've been hurt , they've been wounded from the inside because of life . Amen . And it causes them to behave in such a way . Amen , hallelujah . When you look at Isaiah 11 , you'll find verses one through five .
He teaches us look , we don't judge from what we see on the outside . Amen . We learn how to listen , we learn how to pay attention to the things that we can't see outwardly because we choose to look inwardly . Amen , the spirit allows us the same access that he has for us to be able to love each other above what we can see externally . Amen .
Look , layman turns . He allows us to be able to love without condition . Hallelujah , amen . But only the light can do that . Only the light , hallelujah , amen . So I'm going to stop right there . Hallelujah , amen . I'm going to stop right there .
And again , I believe last week , one of the questions was are you living in the light or are you living in the darkness ? This is a similar question for all of us . Am I choosing ? Are you choosing to walk in the light ? Because , remember , you say you are abiding in the light . You are abiding in Jesus , amen .
So that means that you ought to be walking in the light . So there's the question Am I walking in the light ? Amen . People are imperfect , just as you are . Amen . They're not going to make you happy all the time . The reality is they are going to make you upset . They are going to do some things that you don't like . They are , they are , amen .
They they not going to make you happy all the time . The reality is they are going to make you upset . They are going to do some things that you don't like . They are . They are they are , but are you going to love them in spite of that Cause ? This is what Jesus did for me and you , hallelujah , think about it . Amen , think about it , father .
We thank you so much again for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , god , for allowing us another day , another opportunity to hear what you have to say . I just pray , in the name of Jesus , that we got what it is we were supposed to get . We love you so much , father , so very grateful and so thankful .
We pray that this prayer , all of our prayers , are pleasing in your sight . We pray this prayer in the mighty name of Jesus Christ . We do pray , amen , amen and amen , hallelujah . So many blessings , so much love from me to you . I hope and I pray that you will come back . I hope that this is helping you .
Amen , because I don't care how many times I go through the word of God , it always helps me and it lifts my spirit that the Lord will use me to be a help to you . Amen , I just pray that this is helping you . Amen , because I am . This is the one thing that I've asked God for Amen . Solomon asked for wisdom and I asked for effectiveness .
Amen , and in effectiveness , it requires wisdom . Come on somebody , hallelujah , I just want to be effective . Amen , I want to be mindful of what I'm doing and what I'm saying , especially , especially , especially , across this microphone , because I don't know who I'm impacting amen . But I want to make an impact , amen .
And so I have to continually look to be effective , making sure that I'm speaking in a way that you can understand
¶ Heartfelt Message of Faith and Hope
. Amen , hallelujah , because I ain't got no degree , amen , I ain't got . I ain't got all of the , the money and all the things that a lot of folk think you need to have in order to be effective . All I got is my heart , amen . My heart is connected to Jesus and I'm giving you the very best that I can give you , amen .
So , again , have such a blessed day , amen . So many blessings and so much love from me to you . Y'all have a good one , amen . Make sure you come on back as we pick up in verse 12 . Amen , y'all have a good night , good day , and we'll see you next time . Amen and amen .