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Walking Circumspectly. Walking Circumspectly. Walking Circumspectly. What does it mean? “Be careful how you walk” - NASB “Be very careful, then, how you live” - NIV “So then, be careful about your conduct” - Commentary by Bruce “So, pay close attention to how you live” - GNB.
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Walking Circumspectly • What does it mean? • “Be careful how you walk” - NASB • “Be very careful, then, how you live” - NIV • “So then, be careful about your conduct” - Commentary by Bruce • “So, pay close attention to how you live” - GNB
Walking Circumspectly • What does it mean? • Luke 1: 3 • Matt 2: 8 • Overall, the word expresses that accuracy which is the outcome of carefulness. • Careful, diligent, exactly and perfect.
Walking Circumspectly • Could have at least three applications: • Watch out how you live: • WORLD - COL 4: 5, 2 COR 3: 2, 1 TIM 6: 1, ROM 2: 24, TIT 2: 9-10 • BRETHREN - 1 COR 14: 19, TIT 2: 2-5, 1 COR 8: 9-13, 1 TIM 4: 12 • YOURSELF - PSA 1, PROV 4: 14-15, GAL 6: 1
Walking Circumspectly • The “Careful Walk” explained further by Do’s and Don’t’s • Don’t be UNWISE, but Do be WISE. PROV 9: 10 • Don’t be FOOLISH, but DoUNDERSTAND THE LORD’S WILL. EPH 5: 17, LK 12: 19-21, 2 TIM 3: 15, GAL 6: 7-8, 1 COR 6: 9, 1 COR 15: 33, PROV 20: 1, 2 COR 2: 11, GAL 5: 19
Walking Circumspectly • The Urgency of the “Careful Walk” • EPH 5: 16: • “Redeeming the time” • “The days are evil” • GAL 1: 4, JOHN 9: 4, ROM 13: 11-14
Walking Circumspectly • CONCLUSION • Carefully examine your own life in light of God’s word • Seek the advice or guidance of someone more spiritually mature than yourself