Ever hear someone say, " DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO !!! " ? Walk always means talk. Your walk is speaking all the time. Talk does not always mean walk. You can talk the talk and not walk the talk. Is your walk saying something different than your walk in saying?
Let's go to the bible for an example of someones walk undoing their talk.
King James Version Mark 14:27-31
27. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
28. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
29. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
30. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
31. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
Peter talked a big talk. His talk was contrary to what Jesus was saying. Peter said he would not deny Jesus even unto death. WOW a great talk.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT PETERS WALK.
MARK 14:64-72 (KJV)
64. Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
65. And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
66. And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
67. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
68. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
70. And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
71. But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
72. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
PETER'S WALK DID NOT LINE UP WITH HIS TALK.
PETER'S STATEMENT WAS THIS.
29. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
JESUS WORD TO PETER WAS THIS.
30. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
PETER'S FINAL WORD WAS THIS.
31. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
Peter heard the Words of Jesus, rejected them, and gave words of a self deceived person. We can never walk above the Word no matter how big the talk.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINGDOMS. GOD'S LIGHT AND GOODNESS OR THE DEVILS DARKNESS AND EVIL.
YOU AS A HUMAN WALK IN ONE OF THESE TWO KINGDOMS. SOME OF US PROFESS TO LIVE IN ONE KINGDOM, BUT WALK IN PARTS OF THE OTHER KINGDOM. THEN EXCUSE THE BAD THINGS WE CONTINUE IN AWAY. I WAS TALKING TO A RELATIVE ABOUT HOW GOSSIP IS IN THE BACKBITING FAMILY AND HOW WE AS CHRISTIANS WERE NOT TO DO IT. HER EXCUSE FOR DOING IT WAS, " OH WELL EVERYONE DOES IT." i DON'T THINK THAT WILL HOLD UP AT THE FACE TO FACE WITH THE LORD THAT WE WILL HAVE ONE DAY.
Romans 6:13-16 (KJV)
13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
IT IS A CHOICE THAT WE MAKE TO GIVE OVER TO EITHER THE TRUTH OR A LIE, TO WALK IN DARKNESS OR LIGHT, TO DO RIGHT OR WRONG. WE CAN NOT BLAME OTHERS FOR OUR FAULTS. WHAT THEY DO IS NOT A TEMPLATE FOR OUR LIVES. JUST BECAUSE WE THINK EVERYONE DOES IT, DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT FOR US TO DO.
James 3:1-13 (KJV)
1. My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12. Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
A MERE MAN CAN NOT CONTROL HIS TONGUE, HOWEVER WITH THE LORDS HELP AND HIS WORD IN US, WE CAN CONTROL THE TONGUE. A GOOD CONVERSATION CAN COME FROM A WISE PERSON.
Amplified Bible James 1:19-22
19. Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.
20. For man's anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires].
21. So get rid of all uncleanness and the rampant outgrowth of wickedness, and in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your souls.
22. But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth].
(KJV)Passage James 1:19-22
19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
SELF-DECEIVED : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid
Text: to cause one's self to believe what is untrue ..Synonyms beguile, bluff, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, misinform, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick Related Words cheat, chisel, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, rook, swindle
WHEN WE TALK OURSELVES INTO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE WORD OF GOD REVEALS, BY EXCUSING AWAY THE TRUTH WE DECEIVE OUR OWN SELVES, AND ARE HEARERS ONLY AND NOT DOERS. KING SAUL WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS AND IT COST HIM HIS DESTINY. DO THE WORD WITHOUT EXCUSE.
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