WALK WORTHY

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James 5:13 ESV

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.

Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Romans 12:15 ESV

15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Ephesians 4:1-6 ESV

1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,

urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body and one Spirit—

just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all,

who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians is divided into 2 halves

1-3 → God’s story

4-6 → Our story

Ephesians 4:1 ESV

4 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

REVIEW Chapters 1-3 →

1:3-14 → Benediction

1:15–23 → Thanksgiving & Prayer

2:1-10 → What God Has Done (Personal)

2:11-22 → What God Has Done (Corporate)

3:1-13 → The Mystery of the Gospel

3:14-21 → Prayer & Praise

Chapters 1-3 is the gospel

Similar to what Paul did in Romans:

Romans 12:1-2 ESV

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b]

2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]

Living a transformed life begins in our minds

Walking in a worthy manner begins with our minds

Thinking determines walking

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Colossians 1:9-10 ESV

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 2:11-13 ESV

11 For you know how, like a father with his children, 12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

13 And we also thank God constantly[a] for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

The word of God

The truth of God

The gospel

Who God is

What God has done

Who we are now because of what God has done

This must affect how we live

This will determine how we walk

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Philippians 2:5-8 ESV

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

This is a war

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

How does this work?

Thoughts → Beliefs → Expectations → Attitude → Behavior → Performance → Life

Thoughts → Beliefs

Everything begins with a thought.

Genesis 3:1 ESV

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[a] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

The thought is the originator.

What we think determines who we are.

Who we are determines what we do.

Beliefs → Expectations

Beliefs form expectations

Belief is knowing

“If you believe you can, or if you believe you can’t…you’re right.”

Expectations → Attitude

Expectations determine your attitude

Attitude → Behavior

Whatever has my ATTENTION determines my ACTION

When our ATTITUDE begins to change…our BEHAVIOR begins to change

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Behavior → Performance

I have to change my behavior to be able to change my performance.

“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent.”

Performance → Life

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Hope → CHANGE.

Failures lead to success.

I am responsible for how I walk.

We can only walk worthy when we take our eyes off ourselves

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,

Look full in His wonderful face,

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,

In the light of His glory and grace.

Through death into life everlasting,

He passed, and we follow Him there;

Over us sin no more hath dominion--

For more than conqu’rors we are!

Fix your eyes upon Jesus

Hebrews 12:2 ESV

2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Ephesians 4:1 ESV

4 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,