can two walk together?

Can two walk together?

Tashana Samuels

Stage 1: Poor in spirit

God takes you through the process of agreeing with him

Amos 3:3

Agree – Being in harmony of opinion, or of one mind

But before you can walk with God you must see yourself for who you are? You need a mirror


He takes you through a process James 1:25God shows you were that Sin comes from

that is found in youEze 28:12-15 – Iniquity /sin started with

SatanJohn 8:43-44 – he is a Murderer


Those who know that they cannot possibly save themselves, or of themselves do any righteous action, are the ones who appreciate the help that Christ can bestow. They are the poor in spirit, whom He declares to be blessed. {MB 7.1}

Stage 2: Mourn

As you see yourself for who you are you then cry out

Isa_6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Stage 2: Mourn

As you see yourself for who you are you then cry out

Dan 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Stage 2: Mourn

Dan 10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

Dan 10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Stage 2: Mourn

Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Stage 2: Mourn

Luk 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Stage 2: Mourn

The mourning here brought to view is true heart sorrow for sin. Jesus says, "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me." John 12:32. And as one is drawn to behold Jesus uplifted on the cross, he discerns the sinfulness of humanity. He sees that it is sin which scourged and crucified the Lord of glory. He sees that, while he has been loved with unspeakable tenderness, his life has been a continual scene of ingratitude and rebellion.

Stage 2: Mourn

He has forsaken his best Friend and abused heaven's most precious gift. He has crucified to himself the Son of God afresh and pierced anew that bleeding and stricken heart. He is separated from God by a gulf of sin that is broad and black and deep, and he mourns in brokenness of heart. {MB 9.2}

Stage 2: Mourn

When He permits trials and afflictions, it is "for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness." Hebrews 12:10. If received in faith, the trial that seems so bitter and hard to bear will prove a blessing. The cruel blow that blights the joys of earth will be the means of turning our eyes to heaven. How many there are who would never have known Jesus had not sorrow led them to seek comfort in Him! {MB 10.2}

Stage 3: Meek

Praus (prah-ooce‘) mild, that is, (by implication) humble: -

meek. Lets look at why God humbles his people?

Stage 3: Meek

Deu_8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Stage 3: Meek

Deu 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Stage 3: Meek

Throughout the Beatitudes there is an advancing line of Christian experience. Those who have felt their need of Christ, those who have mourned because of sin and have sat with Christ in the school of affliction, will learn meekness from the divine Teacher. {MB 13.2}

Stage 3: Meek

Num_12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

Psa_22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psa_25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Hunger - To Crave, to Famish Thirst – a physiological need to drink Hunger = Food and Thirst =drink Joh 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am

the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Joh 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,

verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

Joh 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Joh 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the

ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the

law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Mat 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took

bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

Mat 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness 1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he

brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

Stage 4: Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness Hunger – eat- bread – body of Christ Thirst – drink – Christ blood – new testament -

forgiveness

Stage 5: Merciful

oiktirmon (oyk-tir'-mone) Compassionate: - merciful, of tender mercy.-The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do

something about it/ a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

Luk_6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Stage 5: Merciful

Matt 18:21-35 The heart of man is by nature cold and dark and

unloving; whenever one manifests a spirit of mercy and forgiveness, he does it not of himself, but through the influence of the divine Spirit moving upon his heart. "We love, because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19, R.V. {MB 21.3}

Stage 6: Pure in Heart

Clean – katharos (kath-ar-os‘) clean (literally or figuratively): - clean, clear, pure.

Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psa 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.


Pro 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Psa_24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

1Pe_1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:


The Holy Spirit takes the truth concerning God and Him whom He hath sent, and opens it to the understanding and to the heart. The pure in heart see God in a new and endearing relation, as their Redeemer; and while they discern the purity and loveliness of His character, they long to reflect His image. They see Him as a Father longing to embrace a repenting son, and their hearts are filled with joy unspeakable and full of glory. {MB 26.3}

Stage 7: Peace Maker

eirenopoios (i-ray-nop-oy-os‘) pacificatory, that is, (subjectively)

peaceable: - peace, 3 Mar_9:50, 2Co_13:11, 1Th_5:13 peaceably, 1 Rom_12:18


Pro_16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.


And "blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." The spirit of peace is evidence of their connection with heaven. The sweet savor of Christ surrounds them. The fragrance of the life, the loveliness of the character, reveal to the world the fact that they are children of God. Men take knowledge of them that they have been with Jesus. "Everyone that loveth is born of God." "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His;" but "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." 1 John 4:7; Romans 8:9, 14. {MB 28.2}

Stage 8: Persecuted for Righteousness 2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in

Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Matt 10:22

Stage 8: Persecuted for Righteousness Heb 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,

yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: Heb 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were

tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Stage 8: Persecuted for Righteousness

Jesus does not present to His followers the hope of attaining earthly glory and riches, and of having a life free from trial, but He presents to them the privilege of walking with their Master in the paths of self-denial and reproach, because the world knows them not. {MB 29.1}

Stage 9: Man Shall revile you

1Pe 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1Pe 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

1Pe 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

You are the Salt of the Earth

Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

You are the Light of the world

Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Mat 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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