To Follow our Savior We Must Walk as He Walked
- 1 John 2:6 -
It is a narrow path that very few enter because Yahshua (Jesus) said, “most people want to go to heaven but they don’t count the cost because it is too high, too difficult, too lonely, and too many trials to follow Him and walk as He walked.”
- Matthew 7:14, Luke 14:28, Acts 14:22, 1John 2:6 -
The hour is so late, we are at the edge of the precipice at the end of time. To follow Yahshua (Jesus) is a wholehearted “all in” commitment, having “counted the cost” knowing that we will be going “outside of the camp of this world to bear the reproach He endured”, that we might “know Him and the fellowship of His sufferings.”(Luke 14:28, Hebrews 12:12-13, Philippians 3:10) It is not for the cowardly or the weaklings, but everything we have and will need will come from the Holy Spirit if we are wholehearted. It is a narrow path that very few enter because Yahshua (Jesus) in essence said, “most people want to go to heaven but they don’t count the cost because it is too high, too difficult, too lonely, and too many trials to follow Him and walk as He walked.” (Matthew 7:14, Luke 14:28, Acts 14:22, 1 John 2:6) This “lukewarm” Christianity that most people have bought into, especially in Westernized countries, is not following the true Yahshua (Jesus). (Revelation 3:16, 2 Corinthians 11:4) The majority of professing believers who think that it is all about themselves and a better life down here are deceived and on their way to Hell and will be eternally stunned when they find out Yahshua’s (Jesus’s) words, “I don’t know you or where you come from” were applied to them. (Matthew 7:23) But for the ones who “love Yahshua (Jesus) with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength” because of all that He did out of unfathomable love for them, no price and cost is too high. (Mark 12:30) They are 100% “all in”, completely committed and will follow Him and learn to walk as their Savior walked, preparing, and preparing others for His Kingdom. A half-hearted commitment will not be acceptable, it is our whole lives that He redeemed for Himself.
It was the Almighty God of Israel’s infinite love to send His Son to earth, to be born into a Jewish family, and to die for our sins. (John 3:16) It was the compelling boundless love in Yahshua’s (Jesus’s) heart to pour out His life’s blood so that faith filled believing Jews and Gentiles could be saved and spend eternity with Him in the Kingdom of Righteousness. (Ephesians 1:7) This same compelling love is deposited within His redeemed children’s hearts. We read, “the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Romans 5:5) Messiah’s “born again” children have been “saved by grace, through faith” and are filled with the incomparable gift of the Holy Spirit, the indwelling Helper, who leads us into all truth” and teaches us how to “walk as He walked.” (John 3:3,14:26,16:13, Ephesians 2:8)
Messiah’s “born again” children have been “saved by grace, through faith” and are filled with the incomparable gift of the Holy Spirit, the indwelling Helper, who leads us into all truth” and teaches us how to “walk as He walked.”
- John 3:3,14:26,16:13, Ephesians 2:8 -
How did Yahshua (Jesus) walk? “The Son of God”, “the Son of man” walked with utmost passionate love and desire to manifest the Kingdom of Heaven to others, “to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Him.” (Luke 1:35, John 3:13, Acts 26:18) It is not enough to say we know and love our Savior because to many who call Him “Lord Lord” He asks, “why do you call Me your Master? Why do you say you love Me, but you do not do as I say?” (see Luke 6:46) Apostle Paul proclaimed, “find out what pleases our God and Savior” in His written word. (Luke 18:27) Apostle John taught, “Whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” (1 John 2:6) The Messiah “left us an example of how to walk” bearing “the fruits of His Spirit”, bringing the Father the praise and glory that is due only to Him. (1 Peter 2:21, Galatians 5:22-23) “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.” (John 6:63) The flesh can never produce “the fruits of the spirit”, as it is written “not by our might or power but by His Spirit” can anything be produced of eternal value. (1 Peter 2:21, Galatians 5:22-23, Zechariah 4:6)
This is how you can tell if someone is led by the Holy Spirit, they are wholeheartedly speaking the truth in love that glorifies our Father and points people heavenward through faith in the Messiah’s atoning blood."
Everything Yahshua (Jesus) did in word and deed was done by the leading and power of the Holy Spirit. He emphatically stated, “The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own authority, but the Father who dwells in Me does His works.” (John 14:10) The Messiah was compelled to do everything to bring glory to the Father. (see John 7:18) Shortly before His agonizing crucifixion Yahshua (Jesus) prayed, “Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” (John 12:28) This is the utmost example to His spiritually “born again” children that “whatever we do in word or deed”, life or death, we are to wholeheartedly and diligently do it for our Heavenly Father’s name’s sake and glory. (John 3:3, Colossians 3:17) Apostle Paul stated, “Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.” (Romans 6:13) As redeemed children of God at all times we are to seek to be instruments who bring our God and Savior praise, honor, and glory. The Messiah gave us an example and wisdom to discern if someone is speaking by the flesh or by His Spirit. Yahshua (Jesus) stated, “The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” (John 7:18) In vain glory many people choose to glorify themselves or glorify other people, which robs Yahveh of the glory that is His due. If you say that that you are doing something for Yahveh and in reality your true motivation is not, then you are also a deceived liar. Anything and everything that is not done by the Spirit for His glory does not even make it to the throne room, “it counts for nothing”. (John 6:63) If someone is led by the Holy Spirit, they are wholeheartedly speaking the truth in love that glorifies our Father and points people heavenward through faith in the Messiah’s atoning blood. They follow in the footsteps of Yahshua (Jesus) to walk as He walked and speak as He spoke according to Yahveh God’s written word and holy will. (See John 7:18, 1 John 2:6)
As “born again” “new creations” we are to grow up to bear the likeness of Yahshua (Jesus) who always spoke the language of truth."
- John 3:3, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 4:15 -
Yahshua (Jesus) spoke the fluent language of truth according to His Father’s uncompromised word. He proclaimed to all unredeemed humanity, “you are the offspring of the inherited sin nature, bearing Satan’s identity” and “your father is the devil”. He is the “father of lies” who only speaks his “native language”, which is deception.” (see John 8:44) Yahshua (Jesus) said, “I have come to set you free”, “to destroy the work of the devil” in your life, and cause you to be redeemed and “born again” to “a living hope.” (John 8:32, 1 John 3:8, John 3:3, 1 Peter 1:3) Those who are redeemed have been delivered out of bondage, out of darkness and deception, into the Kingdom of truth, light, and love. As “born again” “new creations” we are to grow up to bear the likeness of Yahshua (Jesus) who always spoke the language of truth. (John 3:3, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 4:15) Our Savior gave us an example and exhortation that we are to follow in His footsteps. The indwelling “Helper, the Spirit of truth” teaches us how to speak and “walk in a manner worthy of the high call” for which we have been redeemed, “in order to be fully pleasing to Yahshua (Jesus), being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…” (John 14:26, Colossians 1:10, Philippians 3:14)
The righteous redeemed remnant desire to “put to death the deeds of the flesh”, because they recognize the flesh nature as the enemy to the Spirit."
- See Galatians 5:17, Romans 8:13 -
It is vital to understand that our flesh, with its inbred, willful and unruly sin nature, is to be treated as a deadly archenemy to our eternal salvation. “…Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.” (Romans 8:5) Our Savior said, “every tree is known by its own fruit.” (Luke 6:43) He will judge us by our fruit, whether it is of the flesh or of the Spirit. Yahshua (Jesus) warned, “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 17:19-23) We read, “… If the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua (Jesus) from the dead dwells in you” that same power is working in your “born again” Spirit to raise you up to new life, bearing His likeness as a child of God, who at the appointed time will be resurrected and united with Him in the Heavenly Kingdom. This righteous redeemed remnant desire to “put to death the deeds of the flesh”, because they recognize the flesh nature as the enemy to the Spirit. (See Galatians 5:17, Romans 8:13) God’s redeemed holy children are obedient to the mandate to follow Yahshua (Jesus) by “denying themselves, picking up their crucifixion stake as He leads them out of the flesh and the enticing preoccupations of the world into His Kingdom of righteousness. (Matthew 16:24)
