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Introduction
When a person gets saved, that person is taken off of the path of death and destruction, and put on to a new path.
The change of direction, and the new experience that comes with salvation is a dramatic contrast.
Like from Black to white, or utter darkness to light, or death to life.
The Bible puts it this way:
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
He that loveth not his brother abideth in death
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
If we are not careful however, we may be tempted to return to the old path, or the old way before we were saved.
I want to challenge you to stay on THE RIGHT PATH.
I. Directed Path
God has a Plan for You
The purpose of salvation is not only to save you from the penalty of Sin (Death and Hell), but to give you a greater purpose in life.
Before, when we were lost, we didn’t have God’s Plan and Purpose for our life, but now as believers we have to discover God’s plan and follow it.
God’s plan comes from God’s Word
God’s Plan Requires Faith
In order to follow God’s plan and path, it requires us to trust God.
It requires FAITH.
Turn to:
French Tight Rope Walker at Niagara Falls
Back in the 1800s, there was a great acrobat.
His name was Blondin.
He was a tightrope walker.
He actually walked more than a thousand feet across Niagara Falls without any safety net, hundreds of feet above the roaring falls.
A fall would have been devastating.
It would have been deadly.
Blondin was so good; he had so much confidence that he walked across Niagara Falls on stilts.
There were some twenty thousand who were watching.
Blondin said, “How many of you believe I could do this with a man in the wheelbarrow?”
They all put up their hands.
He pointed to one man who had his hand up and said, “All right, you come get in the wheelbarrow.”
But he nor anyone else would volunteer to get in the barrel.
It’s one thing to have an intellectual belief; it’s another thing to give your heart to Jesus Christ
faith is not a mental conviction about doctrine, nor positive religious feelings, but a passionate commitment to God in the face of uncertainty.
Faith is a risk (the “leap of faith”), an adventure that requires the denial of oneself.
To choose faith is what brings authentic human existence.
Review: The Path God gives us is a Directed Path
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Delightful Path
Lead by God Himself
God rewards Faith
The Christian life is a delight when you are doing it the Bible way.
Review: Directed Path, Delightful Path
III.
Devoted Path
As we follow God, we will continue on the Path he has for us.
In the Pilgrim’s Progress - the Protagonist, Christian, listens to Worldly Wise Man and next thing you know he is way off track.
The take away from this is that we need to be careful who we make friends with, and who we allow to influence us.
Or we may end up somewhere we shouldn’t be, and wonder how did I get here in my life?
The Path of devotion leads to righteousness and not to regret.
When people make foolish decisions, it is because they left the path God gave them.
Righteous Path
A righteous path is a path that brings honor to God.
Are you on the path of righteousness?
Personal Path
The journey of faith you have with God, is a personal one.
No one can walk with God for you, it is a personal decision.
Notice the personal relationship that is described:
Turn to:
How is your personal relationship with God?
Review: Directed Path, Delightful Path, Devoted Path
WARNING!
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Dangerous Path
The Right Path, the path that God has for you is straight, but the Dangerous Path is a crooked one.
Proverbs 2:10-22 describes it well.
Notice in the passage that the word “paths” is mentioned five times.
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Yikes, there is Dangerous Path that needs to be avoided
Conclusion
Follow the Right Path!
Follow God and enjoy the life of faith that God has prepared for you.
The choice is yours.
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