Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. But, perhaps, one of the most common objections that they make is this, that our Lord’s commands are not practicable, because contrary to flesh and blood; and consequently, that he is ‘an hard master, reaping where he has not sown, and gathering where he has not strewed’


In this marvelous sermon by one of the greatest itinerant preachers who ever preached the Gospel of Christ, Whitefield expounds on the text of Genesis 5:24 — “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”. Although the law of God is beyond the ability of any man to keep in his natural state, the indwelling of the Spirit provides not only the desire but ability to conform one to that which God requires, albeit not perfectly.

Whitefield writes:


In handling my intended subject, I shall,

First, Endeavor to show what is implied in these words, walked with God.
Secondly, I shall prescribe some means, upon the due observance of which, believers may keep up and maintain their walk with God. And,
Thirdly, Offer some motives to stir us up, if we never walked with God before, to come and walk with God now. The whole shall be closed with a word or two of application.



Read Whitefield's sermon here: Walking with God.

For later reading, you can find this sermon here: Sermon Library #2.

In His service and grace,

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