My dear beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, you and I have an immeasurable privilege and responsibility to bear the name of Christ in a worthy manner. This was a consistent theme throughout Paul’s epistles.
To the Ephesians he wrote, “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” Ephesians 4:1–3.
To the Philippians he said, “Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ . . . standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel; in no way alarmed by your opponents” Philippians 1:27–28.
And to the Colossians he wrote, “That you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might” Colossians 1:10–11.
Each of those passages gives us some insight into the particulars of a worthy walk, a life we should strive to follow and characteristics we should ask God to make prevalent in all our lives.
The following is a New Testament list of all that is encompassed in a worthy walk:
• Humility Eph. 4:23
• Purity Rom. 13:13
• Contentment 1 Cor. 7:17
• Faith 2 Cor. 5:7
• Righteousness Eph. 2:10
• Unity Phil. 1:27
• Gentleness Eph. 4:2
• Patience Col. 1:11
• Love Eph. 5:23
• Joy Col. 1:11
• Thankfulness Col. 1:3
• Light Eph. 5:8–9
• Knowledge Col. 1:10
• Wisdom Eph. 5:15–16
• Truth 3 John 3–4
• Fruitfulness Col. 1:10
If you truly belong to Christ, you ought to walk as He walked 1 John 2:6.
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