WALKING
WITH GOD III
Memorise:
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted upon his soul
Read:
Psalm 24:3-6, 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from
the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that
seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Bible in
one year: Deuteronomy 19:1-31:13, Job 8:20-9:12
MESSAGE!!!
Walking
with God requires living holy because God is holy. According
to the
Scriptures, two can’t walk together if they do not agree. When we live holy, we
are in agreement with God. The Lord spoke with Abram thus:
“And when
Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto
him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.”
“Genesis
17:1
In our
Bible reading for today, we are confronted with some fundamental requirements
for an acceptable walk with God. The first one is clean hands. If your hands
are defiled, you cannot walk with God. What is it that defiles a man’s hands?
Blood money is one; money that belongs to another person or organisation but
you have taken unlawfully is another. Also, your hands are defiled by the
unlawful touch of another man’s wife or another woman’s husband.
“Can a man
take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot
coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour ‘s
wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.”
Proverbs
6:27-29
Moreover,
only a man with a pure heart can effectively and acceptably walk with God. The
heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, but God is able to remove this
wickedness. This is why everyone must surrender his or her heart to God for
spiritual surgery through genuine repentance. The Scripture says all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God. If we confess our sins to God, He is
faithful to give us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God also promises:
“And I will
give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take
the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them an heart of flesh:
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God.”
Ezekiel
11:19-20
Jesus
Christ said that we cannot serve God and Mammon. Also, the Bible enjoins us not
to love the world and its vanities. Failure to heed this scriptural injunction
is lifting up our soul unto vanity. The love of money can hinder our Christian
walk with God. It makes Christians do such things as swearing to false
affidavits. May the Lord deliver you from anything that works against your walk
with God in Jesus’ name.
Action
Point
Using 2nd Corinthians
6:14-18, pray that God will enable you to shun anything that will hinder your
walk with Him.
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