Our Walk with the Lord Jesus Christ
Amos 3:3
Walk-to live and act or behave; to pursue a particular course of life
People that walked with God pleased God
Genesis 5:22-24 – Enoch walked with God
Genesis 6:9 – Noah walked with God
Genesis 17:1 – God charges Abraham to walk before the LORD (Abraham’s response;
Genesis 24:40)
The Lord requires it
What does it mean to walk with God? The word “walk” and it’s variations appear over 400 times in the Holy Bible and most of the time it doesn’t refer to literally walking with your feet, buy obeying the Lord and living in accordance to his ways and will.
Micah 6:8 & Deuteronomy 10:12 – What the Lord requires of thee
Exodus 16:4 – walk in his law (see Exodus 18:20, Leviticus 18:4, Deuteronomy 5:32-33)
Jeremiah 7:22-24 Walk in his ways
Psalm 119:1
Negative walking
Leviticus 20:23 – walk not like the nations, II Kings 17:8
Deuteronomy 8:19 – walk after other gods
I Kings 15:1-5 – heart not perfect before the LORD
II Kings 10:31 – didn’t walk with all of his heart
II Kings 17:19 – they made up their own rules
Job 31:7 – walk not after thine eyes (walk by faith not by sight II Cor 5:7)
Promises
Psalm 84:11 not withhold good things to them that walk aright
Proverbs 2:7 Shield to those that walk uprightly
Other Verses
Jeremiah 10:23 The way of man is not in himself
Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise
Hosea 14:9 The Lord’s ways are right
Proverbs 14:2 Walking shows your fear of the LORD
Jeremiah 6:16 Find rest unto your souls (see also Matthew 11:28-30)
Jeremiah 18:11-12 On backsliding
Micah 2:7 His words do good to them that walketh uprightly
Luke 1:6 Walking in the commands and ordinances of God renders one blameless
NT on walking
Romans 8:1, 4 Walk after the Spirit
Galatians 5:16 Walk in the Spirit
I John 1:7 and Proverbs 16:3 Walking, committing works to God establish thoughts
II John 1:6 This is love, walk in his commandments