The believer calls himself a child of God.

A believer has joined God's family,

belongs to the Heavenly Father.

And that says something about how he ought to live.

If I am my father's child, then I will honor my father.

The sad failure in our commitment,

it is indeed not to live up to such an identity.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Thanks for joining us as John begins a series on the attitudes and actions that should characterize

every believer.

It's a foundational study titled Getting in Step with the Christian Walk.

You know John, I think the study we're about to start today is going to be extremely

helpful for our listeners.

Scripture lays out some very specific instructions for us to follow for living the Christian life.

It's really step by step as our title implies.

And we don't have to guess about whether we're doing things the right way or the wrong way.

This is really practical stuff.

Well, of course, it's practical stuff because the Christian life is just that.

It's living the Christian life.

And I think it's really helpful that the Apostle Paul uses the term walk because that breaks

it down to one step at a time.

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