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Walk in Wisdom

4 January 2014

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. - Ephesians 5:15-17

The third way we follow the leader in our game of discipleship is to walk in wisdom.

This walk actually teaches how to walk in love and in the light. As we study the Bible and attend church more, we will learn more about how our Savior loves us. This will encourage us to imitate that love toward others. In our active worship, we will also learn the moral absolutes of God. This will help us make good decisions in our daily walk in light.

All three of these walks point back to the Savior's sermon on the mount where He plainly taught that its not just the folks that go to church and hear the message that are wise. There are many that hear the message and forget it as soon as they go out the door. The Lord said that this is foolish and like building your house on shifting sand. We should be the wise ones that build our house on a strong rock foundation. We should read, study, pray, attend worship (both singing and preaching) and then we should live it in our walk.

If we passively worship the Lord with little attention and even less personal devotion to study, it is as if we see the other children play the game of following the leader but we are not playing it ourselves. We can see that there is joy in following God but we don't experience it personally.

When we walk in wisdom, we are making the most of the gift of eternal life that we have been given. We need to make a decision today, and everyday, to redeem the time! We may not have been active in the game of joy before, but we can start fresh each day and live our eternal life now. When we do this, we buy back the time that we lost in vain living. When we do this, we are acting like are Savior. When we act like our Savior, we fell like our Savior.

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Brentwood Hills Primitive Baptist Church is a community of believers working together to transform our lives to the image of Jesus Christ. We believe it is our duty and privilege to live the gospel of the doctrines of grace in such a way as to edify the families within our church and other children of God in our community. Through regular worship based on strong Biblical principles, fellowship, admonishment, and outreach, we glory in the grace of the sovereign God working in our lives thereby showing the Spirit of God in the world.

Brentwood Hills was organized in 1906 in Fort Worth, Texas as Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church. You can find much of the history of the church, as well as other churches here: Primitive Baptist History Database

We identify ourselves as an old-line Primitive Baptist church. If you read our Articles of Faith, you’ll see that we hold to such doctrines as the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. We recognize the King James Version (KJV) as the only English translation worthy of being called the Bible. We believe in salvation solely by the grace of a sovereign God. We believe that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, came to the earth to do the will of His Father, which was to deliver from the sentence of death all those the Father gave Him before the world began. We believe that Jesus fully satisfied the Father by atoning for all the sins of all His people. In time, we believe the Holy Spirit comes to each person that belongs to Jesus and regenerates them. Then (and only then) can anyone have faith, which is a fruit of the Spirit, by which you are able to believe the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether or not you ever hear the gospel, or believe it if you did hear it, or obey it if you did believe it, rest assured that Jesus will remain forever faithful to you because, if He died for you, He will never deny that you belong to Him.

We believe that everyone for whom Christ died will without fail be raised again from the dead to a glorified life. Even if we are alive when He returns to raise the dead, we shall be changed to a glorified life. All the Redeemed will meet the Lord in the air. Then He will take us to Heaven and there we shall forever be with the Lord. The wicked will be raised at the same time as the righteous, but the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment along with Satan and his angels. Until that glorious day when Christ returns to raise the dead, He has provided a place for His people to find rest for their souls. This place is the Church. Jesus Christ set-up His church on this earth before His death on the Cross. The church is there for those of His people who have come to believe that God saved them by His Son, Jesus Christ. To believe that Christ “paid it all” gives believers the strongest motivation to serve Him. Once enlightened to this glorious truth, then the child of God should feel an obligation to become and remain an active member of the His church. To serve the Lord in His church makes for one of the great blessings to experience this side of Heaven. It fulfills you to serve in His church and it gives your life purpose and meaning.