We study the descriptions of how we are to “walk” in our discipleship. To walk as Jesus walked. To walk in love. To walk in the Spirit. To walk circumspectly. To walk worthy of our vocation wherewith we have been called.
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From Philippians 3, we consider winning Jesus Christ. To lay hold on Jesus Christ and grow in knowledge and fellowship with the Lord. To press towards the mark of the prize of the high calling of God.
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What exactly does the Lord say that he requires of his children? To love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. To fear God. To walk in all his ways and commandments. To serve God with all our heart. To do justly. To love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
Preached at Five Mile PBC on 5/24/2026.
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We study the faithful saying of Christ as the Savior of all kinds of men, but specially of those that believe. There is a special salvation for those child of God who believe in Jesus Christ, saved from bondage and conviction, saved by the answer of a good conscience, saved from the untoward generation around us, and can even help other experience this special salvation through God’s word.
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“And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.” (1 Sam. 21:9)
In David’s victory over Goliath, swords are a prominent focal point of the story. When David shows a desire to fight Goliath, Saul offers him his own sword and armor. David does not take Saul’s sword nor armor because he had not proved them (1 Sam. 17:39) but instead relies upon his shepherd’s sling for the battle. Then, when David comes out against Goliath, he publicly declares that the battle is the Lord’s – not fought or won with the weapons of man, such as swords and spears. “45) Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied… 47) And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.” (1 Sam. 17:45-47) When David slew Goliath with just a stone from his sling, scripture makes sure to denote that there was no sword in David’s hand. “So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.” (17:50)
Every day we make decisions about how to dress and what clothes to put on, and in like manner in the kingdom of God, we have to make the purposeful decision to put off the flesh that comes naturally and put on the clothing of the elect. To be clothed with humility. To put on mercy, kindness, longsuffering, and love – and ultimately, to put on Christ.
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In the aftermath of the flood, God gave a token of his covenant, to never again destroy the world by water – with the rainbow. However, it is called an everlasting covenant and we see the rainbow in heaven. This makes us think there is a greater lesson that just the world will not be destroyed by water. Praise God for his covenant faithfulness that his people will never be destroyed because we have been saved by the ark of Jesus Christ!
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We feel like our daily duties in serving the Lord might be challenging, but are encouraged that God’s grace is always sufficient. It might seem daunting, but God will sustain us in fulfilling his calling.
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The Lord does not desire for us to live on the bare minimum of spiritual bread and water, but he desires for us to partake of the spiritual feast of fat things and wine on the lees. The Lord intends for us to enjoy the fullness of the abundant life, that our joy may be full. Let us lay hold of the joy of Christ and the feast of fat things and wine on the lees in the kingdom of heaven.
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As we consider faithful sayings and worthy of all acceptation, we study that Christ came into the world to save sinners. He didn’t come to offer salvation to save good people, but he came to save sinners who were dead in trespasses and sins before grace. And we all should feel to be the chiefest of sinners by the conviction of the Holy Ghost. Praise God for amazing grace that saved a wretched sinner like me!
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