- Today, 09:42 AM
And so its done [walking in God's commandments without blame] by walking in the Truth that has been revealed to us by the Spirit and the Gospel, its walking by Faith or according to the Spirit Rom 8:1-4
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
To walk after the Spirit is the same as walking by Faith, because Faith is a fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:22 and Truth is received by that Fruit !
2 Jn 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
So those in Lk 1:6 were nothing short of Gospel Believers, trusting in what Christ the Messiah would accomplish by His death. for remember that Zacharias, the man in Lk 1:6 says this later in verses 69-75
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Vs 75, he was already walking in that promise in Lk 1:6 ! Also compare Lk 1:75 with Eph 4:24
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Do you notice any similarities ? How about the Holiness and Righteousness ?
Now herein lies the big and crucial difference, those who truly walk in the commandments of God in a blameless manner are looking outside of themselves to Christ and His Imputed Righteousness making them that way before God's sight, but those who walk after the flesh and their ungodly lusts, are looking within themselves to walk before God keeping His Commandments without blame, Some are trusting in Christ, the others in the flesh, and this is the difference in walking in the Spirit and in walking in the flesh !
Jer 17:5
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm,and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
And so its done [walking in God's commandments without blame] by walking in the Truth that has been revealed to us by the Spirit and the Gospel, its walking by Faith or according to the Spirit Rom 8:1-4
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
To walk after the Spirit is the same as walking by Faith, because Faith is a fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:22 and Truth is received by that Fruit !
2 Jn 1:4
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
So those in Lk 1:6 were nothing short of Gospel Believers, trusting in what Christ the Messiah would accomplish by His death. for remember that Zacharias, the man in Lk 1:6 says this later in verses 69-75
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Vs 75, he was already walking in that promise in Lk 1:6 ! Also compare Lk 1:75 with Eph 4:24
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Do you notice any similarities ? How about the Holiness and Righteousness ?
Now herein lies the big and crucial difference, those who truly walk in the commandments of God in a blameless manner are looking outside of themselves to Christ and His Imputed Righteousness making them that way before God's sight, but those who walk after the flesh and their ungodly lusts, are looking within themselves to walk before God keeping His Commandments without blame, Some are trusting in Christ, the others in the flesh, and this is the difference in walking in the Spirit and in walking in the flesh !
Jer 17:5
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm,and whose heart departeth from the Lord.