Ephesians 4:1 KJV
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:17 KJV
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Gill says
"Now to walk worthy of it, or suitable to it, is to walk as children of the light; to walk in the liberty wherewith Christ and his Spirit make them free; to walk by faith on Christ; and to walk in the ways of God, with Christ, the mark, in their view, and with the staff of promises in their hands; and to walk on constantly, to go forwards and hold out unto the end."
But it occurred to me this morning that a worthy walk would be not to "...walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind."
A worthy walk is unique and different than any that men have devised. It is a walk that is obedient to the Lord regardless of what men may think of it. It is a walk that is based upon the Word of God and upon the Lord's providence in discovering to our minds what that Word means.
May God grant me that walk.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:17 KJV
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Gill says
"Now to walk worthy of it, or suitable to it, is to walk as children of the light; to walk in the liberty wherewith Christ and his Spirit make them free; to walk by faith on Christ; and to walk in the ways of God, with Christ, the mark, in their view, and with the staff of promises in their hands; and to walk on constantly, to go forwards and hold out unto the end."
But it occurred to me this morning that a worthy walk would be not to "...walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind."
A worthy walk is unique and different than any that men have devised. It is a walk that is obedient to the Lord regardless of what men may think of it. It is a walk that is based upon the Word of God and upon the Lord's providence in discovering to our minds what that Word means.
May God grant me that walk.
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