Footsteps (Part 1)

“Footsteps”

1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

Some people have no problems with talking to you about almost any subject you can think of. They can ramble on and on and say thousands of words, and not really say anything of importance.

Three boys were bragging to one another about their fathers. One of them said, “My father is a professor. When he is talking about nuclear physics, there are only fifty other people in the world who can understand him.”

The second boy said, “My father is a world class brain surgeon. When he is talking about his surgery there are only 20 other people in the whole world who can understand him.”

The third boy said, “That’s nothing. My dad is a Church of God preacher. When he is preaching, nobody seems to understand him.”



Talking is a wonderful thing. It is one of the ways that God gave us to communicate and relate to one another, but there are many people who call themselves Christians who can talk the talk, but they can’t seem to walk the walk. Being a born-again Christian is more than just saying the right words. It’s more than doing good deeds, and coming to church, and talking about the Bible. The test of a true Christian comes in our everyday walk with Jesus.

There is an old saying that has grown from its infancy until today that goes like this: “Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes”. Most accredit this old proverb to our Native Americans of yesteryear, but it is one proverb not directly in the Bible that we need to adhere to as we walk this path of life.

Jesus made some very distinct and definite footprints when He walked the earth. He blazed a trail that is easy for us to see, and, to walk worthy of Him, we must follow in His footsteps.

(1) Jesus said that there are two paths that we can walk on in this life:
Matthew 7:13, 14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

a. There is a strait gate that opens to a narrow way which leads to life, but few find it.
-It is the way of holiness.
-It is the way of righteousness.
-It is the way purchased with His blood.
-It is the way to heaven.
-It is the way of hope.
-It is the way of destiny.
-It is the way of eternal life.

b. There is a wide gate that opens to a broad way that leads to destruction, and many travel down that path.
-It is the way of despair.
-It is the way of darkness.
-It is the way of desperation.
-It is the way of spiritual death.
-It is the way of forgotten promises.
-It is the way of the fallen.