Walk Out What You Believe

Many people have been told to walk out what they believe by coming to church, paying tithes, singing in the choir, serving on the usher board.  The list is almost endless.  The truth of the matter is those things are all good if put in the right perspective.  But, to walk out what you believe is to practice what the Bible says.  This is quite simple once you understand that you "yourself" are not required to do anything to gain God's approval.  In attempting to do so, you would be putting yourself back under the bondage of the law.  You would be saying that the sacrifice of His Son was not good enough for you.

The law was given because God wanted to show the children of Israel how sinful they were so they would realize their need for a savior.  Instead, being the stiffnecked generation that they were, they forsook the law and murmured and complained against God.  When the 2nd generation elders came to enquire of the Lord in Ezekiel 20, in anger God said, "I will not be enquired of by you," and proceeded to rehearse not only the history of the sins of their fathers, but their sins as well.  Ezekiel 20 is a picture of the longsuffering of God.  He suffered with their misgivings through the wilderness.  He said they tempted Him 10 times.  When they failed to worship Him as God, He allowed the 1st generation, 20 years and upwards, to die in the wilderness.  He promised that their children whom they said would be a prey in the wilderness would inherit the promised land, which they did.  But they disobeyed by giving their sons and daughters to the heathens in marriage and worshipped the idols of the people of the land when God had given them explicit instructions not to do so.  Then the rest of history finds them, as an entire nation, refusing to return to God.  But God always had a remnant who obeyed. Him

Keeping the law is not meant for a born again believer today.  This is the dispensation of grace, the free flowing, unmerited favors of God.  Jesus died for us.  He took our sins and gave us His righteousness.  His judgment at the cross was payment for our sins, and God would be unrighteous to try the same sin twice.  Therefore, as born again believers we can claim the promises of God back to Adam.  When we learn who we are in Christ and as we grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, we become more aware of our spirit side.  To walk out what you believe, as I've stated before, is quite simple if done in the spirit and not in the flesh (according to your five senses).  Following are a few examples: 

1 Thes. 5:18 - In all things give thanks for this is the will of God concerning you."  Do just that "in all things give thanks" whether good, bad, or mediocre.
 
2 Ti. 2:22a - Flee also youthful lusts.  Run for your life from those things that tickle the flesh! 

Practicing sin always leads to something worse happening.  Remember, sin is a thing that takes you into bondage.  Ask an alcoholic!  Ask an addict!  Ask someone that smokes!  They really cannot help themselves.  The power is not there. 

1 Chr. 5:6 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you.

Respect and give reference to what belongs to God.  You have been bought with the precious blood of Jesus.   When you were polluted in your own blood, Christ died for you.

James 4:17 - Submit yourself therefore to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you.  

Resist means to actively fight against the devil.  If you don't give him permission, he can't do anything to you.  Remember the battlefield is the mind.  God gave us power over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:17).  The word power means inherent power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature.  If you truly believe you are a son of God, then you know that you are a new creature in Christ.  But we need the word of God to renew our minds (Rom. 12:2); transformation takes place effortlessly.  The word has an inherent power like the power residing in you.  Mix the word with faith and good things happen by virtue of the power working in you. 

Don't give the devil an inroad into your life by doing things to defile your temple.  Walk out what you believe by developing an intimate relationship with God through His word.  As the Holy Ghost teaches you, your walk with God will become effortless and you will constantly go back for more.