Exodus 3:4-6 Walking in the way of sin.

4When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

““Moses, Moses!””  Notice the urgency when He called Moses.

“As this sole must like in dust, gravel, and sand about the foot when travelling, and render it very uneasy, hence the custom of frequently washingthe feet in those countries where these sandals were worn. Pulling off the shoes was, therefore, an emblem of laying aside the pollutionscontracted by walkingin the way of sin.” (Clarke)

In his years in the wilderness of Midan, Moses must have often remembered how he murdered an Egyptian and how proud he was to think he could deliver Israel himself. Moses might have remembered a thousand sins, both real and imagined – now, when God appeared, he responded in a way completely different than he might have 40 years before. (Guzik)

Moses matured with the time he spent in the wilderness of Midan. 

In a sense the same thing happens to us when we come to Christ. The longer we are in His word the more mature we become and understand what it is to be a Christian. 

We must as Clarke stated, “laying aside the pollutionscontracted by walkingin the way of sin.”

We must stop walking in sin and understand what it is to have the love of Christ!

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8Love never fails.

A Christian isn’t sinless, a Christian try’s to sin less.

Are you walking in the way of sin?

Blessings, David