When We Walk By Faith, We Walk As He Walked

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
"hoped for" =elpizo [G1679] =trust,
as in:Matthew 12:21 And in His name Gentiles will trust.
Thereby defining faith more correctly as to believe in without doubt,
anchored in complete trust.
Hebrews 11:1 was not an attempt to provide a unique and solitary definition of faith.
We don't comprehend gospel truth by coming up with a single definition, but by
considering the entire Bible presentation of faith, hope, love, trust.
Do you place your trust in dictionaries, or "every word that has proceeded from the
mouth of God". Honestly, a dictionary is the work of man.
One statement by the writer of Hebrews does not define faith.
How about the delicate balance between Paul and James.
Do you believe that faith without works is dead?
Jesus and the apostles did not impart faith simply by words, but by actions;
as "in all signs and wonders".
Did Jesus demonstrate complete trust in His Father?
How about when He walked on water?
And when Peter failed, He asked "where is your faith?"
Actions taken with complete trust in what you have placed your hope on,
without doubting, is to walk by faith, even on water.
Now that is a definition of faith also, allowing many scriptures to contribute
to our knowledge thereof, and consistent with Hebrew 11:1, which only works
when you provide an explanation for "substance". Have you? It is very interesting.
Then this will make more sense:
2 Timothy 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands.

Because "substance" is sentiment. You have heard of "settling on the lees"?
2 Peter 1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up
by putting you in remembrance;
Jesus came and showed us trust hope and love by real, yet miraculous
actions, because He had the Spirit without measure. Because He placed
complete trust in His Father, showing us the Way, the Truth, and the Life....in Him.
"We can be perfect, even as our Father is perfect", only with the faith, hope,
trust, and love that that we are given in Christ. We love, because He first loved,
for God is Love. We walk by faith when we walk in the Spirit that is given, from
which we receive the faith of Jesus Christ. When we walk by faith, we walk
just "as He walked". 1 John 2:6
You should notice that the longer I sit here and type under the anointing,
the more we receive, and for us to consider what the Spirit is saying to us. I am
not consulting a "database or reference", I am receiving in "the spirit of my mind",
then looking up the scriptures to make sure that I am quoting accurately, or then
cut and paste the scripture references that I am receiving by the Voice of the Spirit.
This is my morning devotional, and what I receive,
I present unto you... 1 Corinthians 11:23
Hebrews 6:
17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise
the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie,
we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of
the hope set before us.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,
and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become
High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom
My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:18 Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom
My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare judgment to the Gentiles.

John 1:
32 And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and He remained upon Him.
33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me,
Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is
He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.

Luke 4:14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and
news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.

1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk
just as He walked.

What is clearly seen by the testimony of the scriptures is that Jesus walked in
the Spirit He was given, not in accordance with some "walk through" that took
place in heaven before He was born.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.

Galatians 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Jesus walked in the Spirit He was given.
We are instructed to walk in "the same Spirit", which we are given,
which we receive when we believe in the One who sent His Son, and
raised Him from the dead.
We are instructed to walk by faith, not by sight.
We are instructed to walk just as He walked, after the Spirit we are given.

Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon
the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.

To walk by faith as faithful Abraham
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place
which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out,
not knowing where he was going.

And yet you say that Jesus did not walk by faith, that He always knew where He was
going because He is God.
So how are we to walk as He walked?
He walked in the Spirit. We are to walk in the same Spirit.
By the faith of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Corinthians 4:
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written,
I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus,
and will present us with you.

Jesus could "see" what His Father was doing at all times by the manifestation of the Spirit.
John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell
where it comes from and where it goes. So is for everyone who is born of the Spirit.

We cannot see the Spirit, but we can discern the move of the Spirit,and say "it is the Lord",
and act on what we "receive" into our spirit from the Holy Spirit. This is to be spiritual,
to spiritually discern". 1 Corinthians 2:10-16.
Believing without seeing, but by "experiencing" the unseen eternal,
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
In this way, we can walk as He walked, in the Spirit, by faith.

A lesson on "imparted faith" in action.
Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him,
He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

The Lord did not command the 12 to "go out and cast out spirits and
heal all kinds of sickness and disease."
The text says that He gave them "power and authority."
Luke 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority
over all demons, and to cure diseases.
This was not a test of faith, it was a test of obedience. If the Lord had already given them
all power and authority, all they had to do was obey.
They already believed that He had the "words of Life".
Now the Lord wanted them to see faith in action.
Again, the gift is received by the believer. He activates (stirs up) that gift,
when he acts in obedience. In the same way the Lord, who had the Spirit
without measure, was able to exercise "all power and authority"
given to Him by obedience. That is how faith works. That is how we walk
as He walked. He walked in the Spirit He was given by obedience. The disciples
worked miracles by obedience, activating the "power and authority" they had
already been given before they left His side. As we must also learn to do.
Hebrews 5:
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

Romans 1:
5 Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith
among all nations for His name,
6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ.

It is called The Way. "Jesus was led by the Spirit into the witness to be tempted by Satan."
If everything Jesus accomplished was based on His unique relationship to the Father as His Son,
and not by obedience to the Spirit He was given at baptism, then He has taught us nothing.
Jesus took on flesh, which Paul referred to as the veil, in order to destroy that veil.
Jesus' example teaches us that the veil of the flesh is removed when we turn to the Spirit
we have been given, and walk in obedience to that promised Spirit. He walked that Way
Himself, not as the Son of God, but as the son of man.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh, Justified by the Spirit, seen by angels.
Preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

Jesus was justified by the Spirit because when He came in the flesh, He was
not in His full glory. He told His disciples they had seen manifestations of His
glory when He performed miracles. Three saw His glory on the mount. Otherwise,
He surrendered His glory to the Will of His Father, as He was directed by the
Spirit that was given. This was His Way on earth, and it is the Way for all
who would walk in the same Way. In obedience to the Spirit given. Since Jesus
teaches that we cannot see the Spirit, but only His manifestations, we therefore
must walk by faith, not by sight. And then we will receive "the evidence of things
not seen". The manifestations are provided for us all. 1 Corinthians 12:7