As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
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… if you want to read more on the gifts of the Spirit, go to 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4. 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4. So let's read a few more verses. Romans 12, verse six. In this grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. If God has given you the ability to prophesize, speak out with as much faith as God has given you, prophecy. Is that gift still for today? I believe it is. When we think of a prophet, we think of someone that predicts the future. And the gift of prophecy can include this. However, if you claim to be a prophet, and I don't know if we really have what we would call prophets today. But if we do, and you claim to be one of these prophets, you better be accurate in your predictions. Otherwise, yes, you're a prophet with one word in front of it, false. So I see these people making these predictions. This will happen and it doesn't happen. …
… says that we are seated in heavenly places with Christ there goes the chapter on sit then Ephesians chapter 4 verse 1 says walk worthy of the calling wherewith you've been called to walk in and there goes the chapter on walk then he writes the last chapter on stand that's Ephesians 6 11 that says put on the whole armor of God so that you may stand against the wiles or the devices and schemes of the devil but what's ironic about the book is he doesn't start with you walking he doesn't start with you standing because you won't have the strength to walk you won't have the equilibrium to stand if you first don't embrace sitting he said the first call of every christian is to learn how to rest in what christ has already done for you he said you don't even have to sit down he said when you come to christ you've already been seated in heavenly places with christ because of what christ has already done for us some of y'all were confused a few minutes ago why y'all shouting about the blood because that's what he did for us living he loved me dying he saved me buried he carried my sins far away rising he justified me freed me forever one day he's coming back what a glorious day now tell me in all of those verses what did you do to save yourself absolutely nothing we're not saved because of our works we're saved because of the …
… Paul said, make sure you walk worthy of the Ephesians 4.1 calling you have been called with. Okay? This is where I get to tell you, you're not racing against me. You're racing with me. We're all on the course together, but you're not racing me. It's not like, well, how much is Levi doing? Okay, how much is this person doing? How much is my neighbor doing? Okay, well, I seem to be doing more adequately than they are. No, wait, wait, wait. You have no idea what they were given. You have no idea the gifts they had. Someone could be doing far less from a bulk tonnage perspective by be doing far more because God doesn't call you to do what you can't, just what you can't. And if he entrusts you with a little, he wants you to use that little for his glory. Jesus was the most blown away by a poor widow who put two mites in the box, not the big wigs who had lots that they gave because they didn't give according to their riches. …
… helping people be whole and healthy spiritually in the house of God Paul puts it this way in his letter in Ephesians chapter 4 verses 1 through 6 let me read it like this as a prisoner for the Lord then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received be completely humble and gentle oh I'm about to get on somebody's nerves be patient bearing with one another in love make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace there is one body and one spirit just as you were called to one hope when you were called one lord one faith one baptism one god and father of all who is over all and through all and in all do you hear do you see the picture he's telling you you you have to operate in humility you must operate in gentleness you've got to be patient you've got to love one another and make every effort you can to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace he's saying you keep unity by making sure that peace is your priority i'm dropping nuggets all the way through this if you want to know how i become more unified and ask yourself this is peace my priority when i'm in the meeting when i'm the leader as I follow the leader as I don't agree with what the pastor is saying as I don't like the direction that I see certain things going in am I prioritizing peace am I prioritizing unity …
… though it falls short. Now back to Ephesians 4, verse 1. Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called." Walk worthy of this calling. This is a calling, a salvation call. Walk worthy with this calling, consistent with its godly and righteous nature. Verse 17 again, walk no longer as the Gentiles walk, not like you used to. Don't go that way. Chapter 5, verse 2, walk in love just as Christ loved you. Verse 8, walk as children of light. Verse 15, walk wisely. In other words, this is a call for obedience. This is the definition of the Christian life. It's a walk. It's a step at a time, one step at a time. Peripatane, from which we get the English word peripatetic, which means to walk around. We live the Christian life one step at a time, one day at a time, one moment at a time. Romans 8, Galatians 5 says we walk in the Spirit. …