The Ways of Man versus The Ways of God

“Teach me Your way, O Lord;

I will walk in Your truth;

Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

And will glorify Your name forever.

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,

And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”

(Psalm 86:11-13 NASB1995)

If you are a Christian, i.e. a follower of Jesus Christ, and if you have been on the internet for any length of time, on sites where other professers of faith in Jesus Christ are sharing their faith, you may have discovered that many of them are following after the ways of the flesh rather than the ways of God. Many of them are sharing false gospel narratives and not the biblical gospel of Jesus Christ. For they are believing the lies they are being taught rather than believing the truth of what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. But by faith in Jesus, we die to sin and we obey God, in practice.

Yet, what is most popular today is a more watered down and diluted and altered gospel message which is friendlier to human flesh, and which makes allowances for deliberate and habitual sin. For they teach that a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ promises them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their eternal destiny, but regardless of how they live, i.e. regardless if they continue to make sin their practice and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living. And they falsely refer to that as “grace.” But that is because they are misunderstanding God’s grace.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return (See Titus 2:11-14). For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23). For not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Matthew 7:21-23). For faith is not in words only, but faith reveals itself by faith in action.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we need to be those who desire to be taught of God as to what he requires and desires of us who profess his name. We should desire him and his truth and righteousness, and we should long to walk in his ways. And we should walk in the fear of the Lord, in obedience to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin. For to fear the Lord is to give him honor, respect, and obedience, and to take him and his teachings seriously. For salvation from sin is not a free ride to heaven, but it is deliverance out of addiction to sin to serve and obey God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Trust and Obey  

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

When we walk with the Lord 

in the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, 

He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey. 

But we never can prove 

the delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, 

for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet 

We will sit at His feet.

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.

What He says we will do, 

Where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

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The Ways of Man versus The Ways of God

An Original Work / February 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love