PASTOR DARRYL BAKER
teaching you how to walk in the light of god's word
Walk Like Jesus
1 John 2:5-6
5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
Many ministers talk about God’s love for us, but what about our love for God? Jesus said if we love Him we would keep His commandments. We walk as He walked, living in obedience to the Word motivated by love, not by law. We don’t keep His Word because it’s a law but simply because we love Him. Obedience to God’s Word is what faith is all about. Faith is an act and faith is revealed to the degree that we trust God. How far can you trust the Lord? That is the extent of your faith. Faith believes, speaks, and acts in line with God’s Word, but faith works when motivated through love. Jesus was obedient to His Father and He did so motivated by love. Jesus said that He only did that which He saw the Father doing. How different our lives will be if we would only do what we see in our Fathers Word. His Word is to be a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path. So walk in the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, keeping His Word, motivated by love. it will be a life lived that you won’t regret. A life filled with all that God is, and all that God has for you, for He and His Word are one.
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Complete In Christ
Colossians 2:10
…and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;
To be complete here means to fill to the full, be satisfied. You will only be satisfied in life when Jesus is what you are focused on. Everything else will leave you feeling empty and unfulfilled. If your happiness and joy in life is found in the things of the earth, what you posses, or in the approval of other people whether they like you or not it will be temporary, for what is seen is subject to change. If we think anything other than Jesus is going to fulfill our life and make us complete we are still living under the deception of Adam and Eve looking to God’s creation to find joy and contentment in life instead of the Creator Himself, Jesus Christ of Nazareth through whom all things were created. Don’t worship the creation, including other people, for there is only One who will bring full value and worth and satisfaction to your life; the One who gave His life for you. The Lord is eternal and when your heart is set on Him you will walk in the only thing that will make you complete, Him.
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Rooted In Him
Colossians 2:6-7
6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
For all who have received Christ and been born again we are to now walk in Him, established in a lifestyle of faith. There are keys to walking by the faith of God that we must know to learn this new walk of faith. Faith is always present tense. Hebrews 11:1 reveals that faith is now (present tense). When we look to God’s Word we don’t see what Christ has done for us as something in the future, we see His Word as already fulfilled therefore we act upon the Word as if it is so because it is. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, which means we don’t base what we believe on what we see in the natural, we base our belief on what God’s Word says. His Word is the source of our faith so we feed on the Word of God for this is how faith comes. Faith also calls those things which be not as though they were. Faith does not deny the circumstances we see, but we confess God’s Word magnifying God and His truth instead of magnifying natural circumstances. We do not look to the things which are seen, but to the Word of God our source of faith. We abound in faith with thanksgiving, always grateful for what Christ has done for us. To walk in Him we must be established in bible faith, for this is how Jesus our example lived His life here on earth.
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Knowing Him
Philippians 3:8-9
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
In verse 9 the phrase “and be found in Him” means to obtain Christ. When we put our faith in Jesus we should no longer strive to obtain things, or human status, we have obtained all we need in Christ Jesus. Our sole worth in life should now only be found in Him and nothing else, and like the apostle Paul we should count all things loss and focus on knowing Jesus. The apostle Paul before coming to Christ found his worth in how he lived his life. He described himself as a strict Pharisee, someone who was wrapped up in finding his own self worth and believed he was better than other people. But after receiving the gift of salvation he knew that his self worth was no longer to be found in what he had done, for he could not make himself right with God. He realized his worth was now found in who he was in Christ as a child of God and not how he had lived his life. Once you are born again don’t continue to live your life basing your worth on what you have done, but instead on who you are in Christ Jesus. Find yourself “in Christ” by counting all things as loss and focusing you life on getting to know Him. As you do, you will find the new you.
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The Great Exchange
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
By Jesus becoming sin for us we have become the righteousness of God, we now have right standing with Him. This right standing is what gives you the right to all that Jesus Christ has purchased for you. Many times I have asked people when sharing the Word of God if they were working on becoming right with God to raise their hand. Hands always go up when you ask this question. I would then tell them they are trying to do something that is impossible for if you could make yourself right with God you would not have needed Jesus to come and give you His righteousness. This is what hinders many from receiving what God has for them because they don’t think they are right with God. But if you are born again you have been given the gift of righteousness. He became sin so that we could become righteous. He took our sin and He gave us the free gift of righteousness. Once born again we are as right with God as we will ever be. We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Walk in your rightful place with God by acknowledging who you, what you have, and what you can do in Christ Jesus.
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God’s Promises
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
Everything we have been promised through Jesus Christ is available to us. Many people today think God only heals or blesses certain people as if He shows favoritism toward certain ones but that is not what scripture reveals. In Acts 10:34 the bible reveals that He does not show special favor to anyone. If you have ever wondered if you could have what God has promised us the answer is yes. Every promise we have in Christ is available to anyone. We must give our “Amen” to receive it. The word amen means: So be it unto me. It is a statement of faith. You see God is no respecter of persons but a respecter of faith. Here is a vital key to receiving His promises. To walk by faith you have to see what is a promise of God as a present day reality for faith is present tense. Hebrews 11:1 declares, “Now faith is…”. Most believers are not walking in bible faith. They put what they say they are believing for off into the future. For example when someone says they are believing for God to heal them that is future tense and that is not faith. The bible says you were healed. When you give your amen to what God has promised you see it as already done. When you do you will walk in what God has promised you.
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Know God
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
When man sinned in the garden his relationship with the Father was broken. He could not have intimate fellowship with God because of the sin nature that was now separating him from God. But that is why Jesus hung on a cross and bore our sin, and the punishment our sin deserved. In doing so He provided the way for that old sin nature to be removed and for us to receive a new spirit within so God the Father and man could once again be resorted to have intimate fellowship. Jesus tells us in John 17:3 that eternal life is to know the Father. Not just know about Him, but know Him intimately. That was the primary reason Jesus came. Eternal life does not mean to exist for ever for all will do so, but those who know Christ will not face separation from the Father. The sad truth is the moment you become born again you should not wait to get to heaven to know your heavenly Father. He wants us to get to know Him now. James tells us when we draw near to Him, He draws near to us. We can do so through His Word, through prayer, and by coming to His house and worshipping Him, being equipped to go out and work together with Him. So don’t receive the grace of God in vain. Get to know your Father personally. You will be glad you did.
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In Him
Acts 17:28
…for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’
The very existence of our life is found in Jesus Christ. Because of Him we have life. Jesus is the Word that became flesh, therefore He and the Word are one. To truly live we must allow His Word to work in us. In 2 Timothy 3:16-17 we are told that all scripture is profitable for doctrine, rebuke, correction, and instruction in righteousness so that we may be throughly equipped for every good work (what God has planned for us). We must continually receive doctrine, teaching from the Word of God. As we are taught the Word rebuke will come, which means to reveal areas of our life that needs to change. If we will not turn from rebuke we will then receive correction from the Word, which is God revealing how to change the areas we are not walking in line with His will. As we make the corrections we are instructed in righteousness, which refers to a deeper relationship with God for we were given righteousness (right standing with God) so we could develop our relationship with Him. Letting the Word do it’s work in your life is how you truly live, move, and have the kind of life God has for you.
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Walking With God
2 John 1:9
Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.
To walk with Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father you must abide in the doctrine (teachings) of our Lord Jesus. You can’t live the way you want to and walk in close fellowship with God. As a great man of God Dr. Roy Hicks said, “God loves everyone the same, but He does not fellowship with everyone the same.” Getting to know the Lord Jesus and our Heavenly Father is the main reason Jesus came. Through sin man’s fellowship with God was broken and man became estranged from God. Jesus provided for us a way back to the Father so we could once again have fellowship with Him and get to know Him. Coming to God’s Word and learning His ways is how we get to know God for He and His Word are one. The great Smith Wigglesworth said, “I can’t understand God by feelings. I can’t understand the Lord Jesus Christ by feelings. I can only understand God the Father and Jesus Christ by what the Word says about them. God is everything the Word says He is. We need to get acquainted with Him through the Word.” Jesus taught us how to walk with Him and the Father. If we will follow His teachings you will walk in fellowship with God.
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Get To Know Jesus
2 Peter 1:5-8
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Would you like to have a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ? Peter tells us how we can obtain it by adding to our faith (salvation in Christ) the list of things he names in the above scriptures. So once born again if we really want to know our Jesus Peter said you must then add these to your life. Virtue – Moral excellence, living a holy life set apart unto God. Knowledge – Having an understanding of God and His Word for His people perish for a lack of knowledge. Self-Control – One who masters his desires and is not ruled by the flesh. Perseverance – A consistency in the things of God. Godliness – A reverent fear and respect for God. Brotherly Kindness – A genuine love for other believers. Love – A compassion for the hurting and the lost. There you have it straight from the Word of God. If we will be diligent to add these attributes to our salvation in Christ, we will truly get to know our Lord and Savior who purchased our salvation.
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Pastor Darryl Baker
Join me each day as we dig into the scriptures and share God's wisdom that will help you grow in your walk with God.
