Our Daily Walk

Romans 13:11-14  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  (12)  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  (13)  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.  (14)  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

INTRODUCTION:  We as humans, not spiritual humans, not our soul, but those who call themselves Christians, what others see, our outer shell our physical being.  We have an allotted time here on earth.

Hebrews 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

              We have a preset time here on earth, a time, or appoint in our life here on earth we know exists, though we do not know the when.

              The older we get, the more important it is for us to shift into high gear for the Lord.  As every hour, every day and week, we are getting closer and closer to that time. 

              Now is the time for our walk to reflect God’s commands.  Our Daily Walk should always be as close to what the Lord wants from us as we can possibly muster.

                       

Hebrews 10:22  Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

              It must be with a “true heart” or a sincere heart.  A true or sincere heart being an “I really mean it this time heart.” 

              In (vv 11-12) Paul talks of “…knowing the time…” and “…awake[ing] out of sleep….”  These two phrases, for definitions sake, could be restated as “To properly see or perceive that I have bee in a deep sleep and now is the time to get active, or revive myself in the Lord.”

              We need as individuals to look at the cross we carry.  Most probably consider that the Cross they are bearing for the Lord is at its maximum or very near the maximum.  If we really looked, we might find we are still somewhat asleep, and we need the sincerity of our heart jump started.  It is time for each of us to go back to the Lord and ask, if we could carry a bit more for Him.

Luke 21:28  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

              God is looking to redeem us, have you done all you could?

Our time of redemption is drawing near.

I.            CAST OF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS               (v 12)

              A.           They Are Sins Which:

                             1.           Men keep secret

                             2.           Men know is unacceptable

                             3.           Men are ashamed of:

                                           i.            Yet continue with

Ephesians 5:11-12  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.  (12)  For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

              B.           The Armour of Light

                             1.           Entirely different

                                           i.            Than the clothing of darkness

                             2.           We are to strip ourselves

                                           i.            Of the darkness

                                                          a.           Remove the sin

                                                          b.           By repentance

Ephesians 6:10-11  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.  (11)  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

                             3.           Put on the “whole armour of God”

                                           i.            So we can stand against the devil

              C.           Put On The Armour of Righteousness

                                               

2 Corinthians 6:7  By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

                             1.           It is the “…armour of God…”

                                           i.            The Belt                             - Truth

                                           ii.           The Breastplate  -  Righteousness

                                           iii.          The Sandals        -  The Gospel

                                           iv.          The Shield           -  Faith

                                           v.           The Helmet         -  Salvation

                                           vi.          The Sword           -  The Word of God

                             2.           Our supernatural Resource

                                           i.            Prayer

                                                          a.           A soldier of Christ

                                                          b.           Our only defense - Prayer

II.           LET US WALK HONESTLY IN OUR DAILY WALK      (v 13)

              A.           Cast Off Our Sins

1 Peter 4:3-5  For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:  (4)  Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:  (5)  Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

                         

                             1.           Rioting

                                           i.            Unrestrained reveling

                                                          a.           Giving license to our basic

                                                                        urges

                             2.           Drunkenness

                                                                       

Luke 21:34  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

                                           i.            You could be caught unaware

Habakkuk 2:15  Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

                                           ii.           Become a stumbling block for others

                             3.           Chambering

                                           i.            Any sexual immorality

Habakkuk 2:15  Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

                             4.           Adultery

                                           i.            Fornication 

                                                          a.           Pre-marital sex

                                                          b.           Un-married people

                                           ii.           Including any form of

Romans 1:27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

                                                          a.           Homosexuality

                                                          b.           Bestiality

                             5.           Wantonness

                                           i.            An all inclusive word

                                                          a.           Includes all that we have

                                                                        discussed

                                           ii.           The worst of the worst

                                                          a.           Doing it all

                             6.           Do Not

                                           i.            Envy

                                           ii.           Cause strife

Galatians 5:26  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

                                           iii.          Do not envy

III.         PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST                                  (v 14)

              A.           Clothe Ourselves With Him

                             1.           By the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

                                           i.            We became a new man (person)

                             2.           Look upon only what Jesus would have looked

                                           upon

                             3.           Listen to only that, which Jesus would have                           

                                           Listened to

                             4.           Talk as he would have talked

Luke 9:23  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

                                           i.            Follow Him

              B.           Don’t Consider Your Flesh

                             1.           The lusts

                                           i.            Do not fulfill the desires

Romans 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

                             2.           Our old man is dead to sin

                                           i.            Do not revive him

CONCLUSION:               We as Christians have an obligation to God, in Our Daily Walk, to follow His commands.

              We need to Work to do His will; Shuck away the lusts of our minds, and constantly seek His Will.

1 Peter 4:2  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.