There is a Way. There is a way that is not the way.
Acts 19:23
And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.
A way that satisfies. A way that does not satisfy.
Gen. 2:15-17
Then the Lord God took the man and
put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely
eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
A way that leads to God. A way that does not lead to God.
Gen. 5:2
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
A way that prospers us. A way that consumes us.
Psalm 1:1-6
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
A way that ends well. A way that does not end well.
Psalms 23:1-6
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
A way that is the truth. A way that is a lie.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
A way that few find. A way that many find.
Matthew 7:13-14
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide
is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there
are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is
the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
A way that harmonizes everything. A way that destroys everything.
Col. 1:15-20
He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created
that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were
created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him
all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may
have the preeminence.
For it pleased the Father that in Him
all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to
Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having
made peace through the blood of His cross.
Which way in 2016?
Bud McCord
Abide International
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