the feature magazine available. Let's turn to Matthew's Gospel chapter 7. And as you turn there, you will know that that is coming to the conclusion of the Savior's Sermon on the Mount. We're coming to read part of this chapter together, beginning at the opening verse. So we're reading from verse 1 of Matthew chapter 7. Let's hear God's word. Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the milk that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? For how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the moat out of thine eye, and behold a beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou clearly see to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again, and rend you. and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. For what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law of the prophets. Enter ye in at the straight gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth on to life. And few there be that find it. We'll conclude at verse 14. Let's pray. Father, again, we want to acknowledge our need of Thee, the preacher's need of Thee, the need of Thee in filling of Thy Spirit to preach, to preach with power and authority, to preach as thus saith the Lord, a need within the congregation to hear the word, and their need to be those that are thine to be filled by thy spirit that they may hear are right. At times, Lord, we hear and our hearing is very dull. At times we hear, and Lord, we confess that what we hear is not what is said. Oh God, therefore help by thy spirit, we pray, Help hearer and preacher fill this house with thy presence and with thy glory. I pray this in and through the Savior's holy name. Amen. If nothing else, I trust that our studies over the last number of weeks and months have brought us to an understanding of how vitally important the Christian walk is to God. This reoccurring theme of our walk in the record of Holy Scriptures only but serves to remind us and serves to affirm how fundamental this matter is to Christian living. This afternoon I want to conclude. our series of messages, bringing them to a conclusion. We began the series on the 6th of November last year. And on that particular Lord's Day, we thought about how we are not to walk, looking at this subject matter in a negative way. The following Lord's Day, we then thought about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We thought about Him, taking Him as our example. And really we thought about the words there in 1 John 2 verse 6. Really what John is saying there is that the Christian ought to walk as Christ walked, or the Christian ought to conduct their life as Christ conducted his life, when he found himself in his humanity here on earth. And then began 12 weeks of messages. Dealing with various biblical statements that refer to how the believer who has commenced the walk of faith is to continue that walk within this world. Having dealt extensively with the matter of how we are to walk, today I want to address you on the subject matter of where we are to walk. Having thought about how we are to walk, today we're thinking about where we are to walk. And the Bible has much to say about it. I'm not going to say everything. I do not want, as it were, to go on too much with regard to this matter. And so I want to conclude, as I've said, the messages today. The Word of God teaches us that all who enter this world do so with their feet on the broad way. The Lord Jesus Christ speaking about that way in the Sermon on the Mount, He would say here in Matthew 7 verse 13, For wide is a gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat. The broad way is the way. of sin. The broad way is the way that is pleasing to our fallen nature. It is the way that appeals to our base and our sinful desires. It is a way that leads us towards iniquity, unrighteousness, that which God forbids and that which God prohibits. It is a way that is thronged thronged with multitudes, and it is a way that leads eventually to everlasting and to irreversible destruction. It might be today that you're on the Broadway. If there's ever been a moment when you have exercised faith in Christ, never been a time when you've known God's power, saving power within your soul, you can be sure that you're today on the broad way that lead us to eternal destruction. And therefore it is of utmost importance that you leave the broad way and that you walk another way. And that way we're going to think about for a few moments because in the first instance, when thinking about where we are to walk, the scriptures teach us that we are to walk the narrow way. We are to walk the narrow way. having warned his audience about their presence on the broad way, and the inevitable destruction that would befall them if they continued on that particular way, the Lord Jesus Christ spoke then of another way. In verse 14 of that same chapter, he said, Beyond the straight gate there lies the narrow way, a way that leads to everlasting life, eternal life. Life in heaven itself. The reality is that while many walk the broad way, Jesus Christ said few only ever find themselves walking the narrow way. Only few ever find the narrow way and only few ever come to walk the narrow way. The Savior's words here in Matthew chapter 7, in them there is an allusion to the architecture, the design of ancient cities. Such cities were surrounded by broad walls, large bulwarks as it were. The only way into those cities was through various gates. You'll know that to be the case with regard to the city of Jerusalem itself. We think about the Damascus Gate. We think about the Golden Gate. We think about the Fish Gate. Read the book of Nehemiah and you'll notice all of the various gates, the Sheep Gate, all of these gates that led into the city of Jerusalem. Some were broad, like the Golden Gate. Others were quite narrow. Some of those city gates connected with the great avenues and the great boulevards of the city were broad, as I've said, and thronged with multitude, masses of people entering in and through them. Other gates that were used for more private purposes were narrow, and only few were ever seen entering in through those particular gates. And it is to that illusion, it is to that picture that Jesus Christ is bringing his listeners here. They would have been very much aware of what Christ was speaking about when he spoke about this particular straight gate. Now it isn't straight in the sense that it isn't crooked. The word straight here doesn't refer to, as it were, the lineation of that particular gate. The word straight, it means narrow. It means that it's been made narrow from obstacles standing close about. That's how it can literally be translated from the Greek, narrow from obstacles standing close about. And here we find that Jesus Christ said, such is the gate, and such is the pathway to heaven. The gate is straight, this gate is narrow, It's not the great highway that multitudes tread. No, only few ever come to walk this road. And it is through this straight gate. It is through Jesus Christ. He is the gate. He is the door. He said, I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, Jesus Christ is this particular straight gate. And all that enter in through Christ come to walk the narrow way that eventually leads to heaven. And that is something that we Christians need to remember. And that is something that we Christians need to realize. We need to realize that the masses will never come to walk the narrow way. Multitudes will not come to walk alongside with us on this narrow way. By and large, society will find itself quite happy to walk the broad road. The masses will not come to walk this pathway. They look at this narrow way from the outside in, and as they look at the narrow way, they see that it's too restrictive, it's too constrained, it's too limited, it's too difficult. No, they want to walk the broad way, because on that way there's ample room, ample room for every kind of thinking. There's ample room for all kind of diverse and perverse theology. On the broad way, there's room for all kind of sin and all kind of iniquity. On the broad way, there's room for tolerance. There's room for immorality. It's a way that puts no curbs, a way that puts no boundaries. It's a way that puts no restrictions whatsoever on the person who wants to walk the broad way. You can do anything and be anything on the broad way. That's why society is the way that it is. They've come to walk the broad way. However, the narrow way is the antithesis. It is the complete opposite. of the broad way. If the broad way is night, then the narrow way is day. Such is the difference is if the broad way is black, the narrow way is white. Those who walk the narrow way are those who walk in obedience to God's revealed will and his word. They are people who now walk in holiness and in purity. These are individuals who have come to walk in virtue and in goodness. The one who comes to walk the narrow way comes to understand that they cannot they no longer can walk the way that they once walked. They no longer are to walk the way that they even want to walk. There are places that they're going to have to avoid. There are practices that they cannot engage in anymore. There are substances that they cannot put into their bodies anymore because God has forbidden such things within His Word for their good. Now don't miss it. It's for their good. It is for our good that we are to walk the narrow way. And so today, if you're here and you're not a Christian, well, when deciding about whether or not to become one, make sure that you understand that when you become a Christian, you're going to have to walk the narrow way. Make sure you put that into your equation. Make sure you understand that. You're going to have to walk the narrow way. You're going to no longer walk the broad road that allows you to do everything and anything that you think. But there's going to be a narrow way in your decision-making process regarding salvation. Let me encourage you not just to look to the way itself. You know their people and they say, well, it's the narrow way and because it's the narrow way and I don't want to live a life that is restricted and curbed by God and by His word. And so they reject walking the narrow way and they choose to walk the broad way. But what I want to encourage you as you now come to make a decision with regard to Jesus Christ, even in this meeting, that you don't just look to the way, you just don't look to the road, but you look to the end of the road. What do you mean, preacher? You need to look to the end of the road. Because the end of the road, the broad road or the broad way, Jesus Christ said that the end of that road is destruction. Destruction. Jesus Christ said it. That leadeth to destruction. But the narrow way doesn't end in destruction, but rather the narrow way, it ends in life. Life, eternal, everlasting, satisfying life in heaven itself. And so, sinner, make sure you look to the end of the road, the road, and then base your decision on what end you wish. And if you want the end of your road to be life, then you're going to have to walk the narrow way. You're going to have to walk it. You can't expect to walk the broad road all of your life and die as one who's still on the broad road and expect, expect to inherit life in heaven. You cannot expect that. You need your feet to be on the narrow way. And so if it's heaven that you want, then begin by walking the narrow way. If it's hell you want, then keep on the road you're on. The road of sin. And the Lord Jesus Christ was talking about the narrow way. He was talking about a life that was, about a pattern of life that was according to righteousness. It's really a life that lives by the standards of God's Word. It's living according to God's desire. It's living a life that will glorify Him. It's living a life in accordance with God's Word and with God's will. And the thing that I love about the Lord Jesus Christ as a preacher is that He doesn't conceal from His hearers that the way to heaven is narrow. He's very upfront. about the fact that the narrow, the road begins narrow, and it continues to be narrow. He said, straight's the gate, or we could use the word narrow, because that's the word. Narrow is the gate, and narrow is the way. It isn't that it begins narrow, and then it sort of broadens out. It's always going to be narrow. You need to understand that. It's always going to be narrow. You know, people say you're very narrow-minded to say that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. But you see, that's what it means for the gate to be narrow, to be straight. Jesus Christ made the exclusive claim. He says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh on to the Father but by me. You see, there's no attempt by the Savior here to lure his audience onto the road with assurances that although the road will be difficult at the start, being a Christian might be difficult at the start, that it's going to simply get easier as you go along, and that somehow the road's contour is going to eventually widen out. No, the Lord Jesus Christ says it begins narrow with salvation in Christ alone, and it remains narrow right up to the gates of pearl. Right up to heaven. It's always going to be narrow. Always going to be narrow. God's way to heaven. People say, well, it's too narrow for me. Well, that's fine, you stay in the broad way. But remember the end of that road. Remember the end of the road. The road to heaven, it never broadens. It stays narrow, narrow. No matter man, he hits a narrow way. Why? It impinges upon his personal liberty. I am the captain of my soul. I decide what is best for me. But those in the narrow way have come to realize, no, God knows how I'm to live my life. It impinges upon their personal liberty. It tells modern man what he must do and what he mustn't do, and it interferes with his sinful living. God's way to heaven is impossibly narrow, too cramped, too pent up, too confined for 21st century man. And sad to say, some professing Christians view the narrow way in the same light as the ungodly that causes me to ask the question, are they actually converted? God's way is too narrow for me, too restrictive, too cramped. I don't want to live that kind of life. I asked them the question, are you genuinely a Christian? Because those who are genuinely saved have no difficulty in walking on the narrowness of God's way. In actual fact, they're quite relieved that it's narrow. They're quite relieved that it's narrow, especially when they look at the confusion and the chaos that exists in the lives of those who are walking the broad way. All the safety that there is in walking the narrow way. I can only but recommend it to you as one who has been walking it for 25 years and I trust by the grace of God will walk that way until my feet find themselves standing on streets of gold. The narrow way, are you walking in the narrow way? It's narrow. Don't you think that as a Christian you can somehow do a road widening scheme on God's narrow way? God's way is narrow. He built it, He maintains it, and He expects us as Christians to live and to walk in the narrow way. Now, there are other terms that speak of the narrow way that runs through, that runs the whole way from the cross to heaven. This narrow way, that's where it begins, the cross. And this way, it runs from the cross all the way to glory itself. We want to think about those terms as we continue to think about the way or where we are to walk. When walking the narrow way, we come to find ourselves walking in the paths of righteousness. That's why we sang Psalm 23. We don't just sing hymns or psalms just for the sake of singing hymns and psalms. We sing the hymns and psalms so that they tie into the message that is being brought to emphasize it. And that's why we read Psalm 23 if you want to turn there, because there we read concerning the sheep. In verse number three, David the shepherd, he said, As one of Christ's sheep, we are led by Christ to walk no longer in the paths of unrighteousness, but rather in the paths of righteousness. The term righteousness simply means right. And thus we could read these words, He leadeth me in right paths, or He leadeth me the right way. And that's what God does for His people. He always leads you the right way. He'll always lead you the right way. It is a right way that corresponds to a right rule. And that right rule is obviously the Word of God. Now I want you to notice what the psalmist does not say. He doesn't say that we're driven to walk that way. That we're driven, forced, as it were. We're not forced against our wills to walk that path. We're not frog-marched at gunpoint to walk the narrow way, or to walk the paths of righteousness. But rather, the psalmist said, we're led. We're led. He leadeth me. He says, he leadeth me to walk in paths of righteousness. He leads me by his love. And He leads me by His grace to walk the paths of righteousness. Now, you'll know the Middle Eastern Shepherd is much different than the Western Shepherd. You'll know that the Middle Eastern Shepherd walked before and not after the sheep, and He called them all by name. They were like family members to the Shepherd. He called them all by name. And thus the sheep, as they moved forward, they came to place their little four hooves where the shepherd had already placed his large footprints. They came to walk the path that the shepherd had already walked. What a point it is to remind us that Christ, the great, the chief, the good shepherd, he leads us in no other path than such as he walked himself. He always walks in paths of righteousness. 145 verse 17, the Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works. righteous in all of his ways. One preacher said, God leads us in ways suitable to him. He is unholy God and therefore leads in holy ways. A righteous God and therefore leads his people in righteous paths. And therefore to walk habitually, and I add that word habitually, continually, because at times as Christians we can stumble, We can fall into unrighteousness in times, but to walk habitually in the paths of unrighteousness evidences that a person does not belong to the Good Shepherd. They are not one of His sheep. You see, one of the marks of Christ's sheep is that they walk in paths of righteousness. Our righteous walk is one of the marks that evidences that we belong to the Good Shepherd. We're not saved. because of our righteous walk, but our righteous walk proves that God has saved us. We now walk in right paths, the right paths. The searching questions, brethren and sisters, are then these. Are you following the shepherd? Are you following after your shepherd today? Are you listening for his voice? Are you following his leading? Are you pursuing after righteousness? Is it your desire to walk in the paths of righteousness? Are you seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness? Whenever God is leading you, He will lead you away from sin and towards that which is right. And thus, when we sin, we're choosing to go our own way, and we're deciding to depart from the paths of righteousness that have been clearly designated by God in His Word. And maybe you're here today, and your feet have strayed from the paths of righteousness. Maybe today you're in by-path meadows. Maybe today you're in the paths of sin. Well, thank God the great shepherd can restore your soul. This is what it says, he restoreth my soul. And whenever he restores your soul, you'll be walking in the paths of righteousness. A soul that is healthy, a walk that is healthy will be marked by such a walk. Walking then in paths of righteousness, where did your feet take you this week? Did they take you into the paths of righteousness? And so the narrow way, it's known as paths of righteousness. The narrow way is also deemed, it's called by another way, it's called the way of truth. During the book of Psalms, turn to Psalm 190 and the verse 30. Psalm 190 in the verse 30, the psalmist here, unknown who the penman is, but the psalmist by inspiration, he writes in verse 30, Psalm 119, I have chosen the way of truth. Thy judgments have I laid before me. I have chosen the way of truth. You see, David, or the psalmist, makes a conscious, a deliberate, an intentional decision to walk in the ways of truth. Notice that he doesn't drop onto the way of truth. Notice that he doesn't drift onto the way of truth. No, he doesn't drop onto the way, he doesn't drift onto the way, but he decides to walk the way. He says, I have chosen. I chose it. I made a conscious decision I'm going to walk in the ways of truth, the way of truth. Having come to be let hold off by the truth, brought himself to believe the truth, the psalmist now comes to walk in the way of truth. And so the way of falsehood, the way of lies, the way of error, the way of deceit has been rejected by God's servant, and the way of truth has been chosen instead. Look at the previous verse. Verse 29, here he says, remove from me the way of lying and grant to me thy law graciously. I have chosen the way of truth. In those two verses there are two ways, the way of lying and the way of truth. And there are only two ways in which we can walk. There's no third way. There's no middle way. A person must either walk in the way of truth or walk in the way of error. Which is it? Which is it for you? Which is it for me? I don't need to remind you that we live in a world of lies. Lies about morality. Lies about sexuality. Lies about economics. Lies about politics. One Christian author wrote through the millennia, Satan has not changed his strategy of deceit since his first encounter with Eve in the garden. He has inundated every area of society from government, educational systems and mass media to the family and even the church with lies and half-truths. He has convinced the world, for instance, that life only begins at birth and not at conception. That living begins being, sorry, spring forth from non-living coincidence. The true happiness is found internally, that one's gender can be chosen, that eternal life is a result of many paths and so on. Satan wants us to eat the deadly fruit of doubting truth. It seems that with every passing day in this world is not only ambivalent to the truth, but this world has set itself up to oppose the truth. As Christians, we must choose to walk in the way of truth, not because there's no other way, but because we know of no better, no safer way. The way of truth is the best way. It is the safe way. I confess it's not the easiest way to walk. Especially whenever you see others within society, maybe even within your own family, they twist, they distort the truth in order to advance their own interests and their own promotion within society. It would be easy for us to lose heart when surrounded by lies at every turn, but in each of our stations in life, we're called to walk in the truth, however hard that would be. Let's choose the way of truth, then, as our walk. Let others choose to walk another way, because it was the way that the Master walked. He walked in truth. And so we walk after Him. And just as the paths of righteousness are suitable for us to walk, Because God is righteous, so the paths of truth are proper for us to walk because He is the God of truth. Do we love God's truth enough to walk in it? That's really the question. Is that not what was said in 3 John? Remember we spoke about just a few weeks ago, I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth. They're walking in the paths in the way of truth. We need to pray that God would help us then to discern between truth and error on so many levels and pray that God would give us the grace to choose the path of truth every time. David prayed a prayer. Thought about it just after Sunday morning's message last week. It really ties these two thoughts together. It's found there in Psalm 86, 11. Let me read it to you. He prays, teach me thy way, O Lord. I will walk in thy truth, unite my heart to fear thy name. He says, I will walk in thy truth, unite my heart to fear thy name. It's the way of truth. It's the way of righteousness. It's a narrow way. In the fourth place, it is the way of holiness. It's the way of holiness. The narrow way is a holy way. Isaiah 35, verse 8, and a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those. The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. It only but stands to sense that if God leads his people in paths of righteousness and paths of truth, then he's ultimately going to lead them in the way of holiness too. God requires his people to walk in holiness, a way that is separate from that which defiles and mars many a life. Hebrews 12, 14, follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Did you know that the way to heaven is a holy way? Whenever you look at some Christian's lives, you would hardly think that was the case. But God's way is a holy way for holy people. God's way to heaven is a way of holiness. Those whose lives are not conformed to God, to Christ, to God's commandments are not then on that particular way. None but those who have been made positively holy. Through the imputation of righteousness to the crediting of righteousness to us, Christ's righteousness are on the way to heaven. Whatever a person may profess, whatever church they may be in, whatever external acts of religion they may perform, if they're not walking in holiness, is the root of the matter in them. To never walk in holiness indicates that a person has never experienced the new birth. Christ died to make us holy. He died to make you and I holy, and thereafter to walk in holiness. Holiness, it's a way of holiness. Can I say in the fifth place, it is the good way. This narrow way, it's called the good way. Jeremiah 6, 16, thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways and see, and asked for the old paths, where is the good way? And walk therein, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. But they said, we will, we will not walk therein. The old paths, I believe, refers to the paths trodden by godly men and godly women in previous generations. It is the path of hearty obedience. It is the path of full surrender. It is the path of holy consecration. It is a path of sincere godliness. Such paths are the good way. The way of trodden will bring profit and benefit and good to our souls. It will be a way that will bring fulfillment and true satisfaction. It is a way that will bring happiness and true God. You know, folks, we live in an age where novelty rather than antiquity attracts a greater following. And this desire for something novel. And I take that out in the general population. Oh, something new, something novel. It attracts such a crowd, does it not? But I tell you, this desire for new things at the expense of the old, it can spill over into the church. The cry goes up from the pew. Give us something new, preacher. A new way to worship. A new method to communicate truth. A new format to the meetings. A new version of the Bible. new standards to live by that are not as restrictive as the old standards that our parents and our grandparents and our great-grandparents and our forefathers lived by. Oh, bring me something new. But let me say, by consenting to such demands, it's not only non-biblical, but it opens the floodgates for all kinds of nonsense that will require then a further downgrade. Whenever the novel is no longer novel, something else needs to be brought in then. And then all kinds of madness comes into the church. Give us something new, because that which was new a few years ago doesn't satisfy us anymore. We need something else to excite us and make us come to church. I tell you, if the preaching of the Bible doesn't encourage you to come to church, then you'd be better just to stay at home. The Bible is enough. preached by the power of the Spirit of God. And so I say the cry ought to be from those inside the Church of Jesus Christ, not for something new, but preacher, take us back to the old paths. Preach to me the old book. Sing to me the old hymns and the old Psalms. Confront me with the old truths. Encourage me to walk the old path. Take me back to the old cross. The old rugged cross. Take me back to God's paths. You see, God's paths are just like himself. They're the same yesterday, today, and forever. God's paths may be old, but I tell you, they're good. They're good. And the one who walks in them finds rest for their souls. Child of God, ask for the old paths, but don't just ask for them, walk in them. Oh, take us back to the old-fashioned meeting, and you're not even here. Don't be praying for it. Take me back to the old book, and you never open it from one Lord's day to the next. Bible says we're to ask, and then we're to walk in them. Walk in them. Walk in them. One final thought. And I could say about walking before God and other kinds of walks, where to walk. One final thought, very quickly. We're to walk in the way of peace. One reason why the Son of God came to earth was to guide our wandering feet into the ways of peace and in the way of peace. Zacharias, do you remember him there in Luke chapter 1? He said, the day spring from on high hath visited us. And then verse 79, he says, why did he visit us? To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Oh, thank God he guided my feet into the way of peace. Peace. Jesus Christ through his life and death made peace. He made the way of peace for us. Divine toil and tears and blood saw to that road's construction. And all have come to know Christ, they walk now the way of peace, at peace with God. and possessed with the peace of God. And whenever storms and troubles rage around us, and whenever chaos envelops society, the Christian is possessed with a peace that the world never gave and the world can never take away. As Christians walking the path of peace, we have come to have spiritual peace here and eternal peace thereafter. Are your feet on the way of peace today, sinner? Let him justify you. For those whom he justifies by faith are those who are at peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Saint of Gods, God's way is a way of peace. Let us follow after things which make for peace. Romans 14, 19. Let the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. Romans 15, 13. Let us live in peace. 2 Corinthians 13, 11. Let the peace of God rule your hearts. Colossians 3, 15. Let's be at peace among ourselves. 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 13. Christians are to walk the walk of peace, the way of peace. With this question, I close. When you take your last step in time, And you take your first step in eternity. Where will your feet land? Where will your feet land? Will they land on heaven's streets of gold? Or will they never find a solid landing place? As you fall and fall and fall forever in the bottomless pit. your feet never finding a solid landing place. I trust your walk ends in heaven. And when your feet find themselves walking on those streets, you're then going to find yourself following the Lamb. For the rest of God's great eternity, they followed the Lamb. They followed Christ. For you to follow Christ in heaven, you must follow him here on earth. Why not do that today? And may God help us now to put into practice all that we have heard in this series of messages. May God help us to walk and to conduct ourselves as God would have us to walk, for Christ's sake. Amen. Let's bow our heads in prayer, please. Our most gracious and loving Father in heaven, we are challenged again today by where we are to walk. May our feet walk in these paths, paths of righteousness, the way of truth. Grant us, Lord, to walk the narrow way, the holy way. Help us to walk in the path of peace. Grant, dear God, our hearts to run out after thee and to walk after our God. May our feet never be found in places that would be displeasing to God. May our feet always be directed towards thy house and towards the closet. and towards the Bible and to prayer. O gracious God, we have wandering feet. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart and take and seal it. Seal it from thy courts above. We cry to thee for a closer walk with God. Help us to walk as Christ walked. And may we follow after the shepherd. We pray these prayers in and through your Savior's precious name. Amen.