Christian Code of Conduct

Roy Walkup Miles

The Way of the Lord

There is a way God wants man to live. Throughout the Bible thisis referred to as the way of the righteous, the blameless way, the establishedway, the pure way, the narrow way, the way of peace, the way of truth, and theway of God. Man is instructed to fear the Lord and walk in all His ways. He isnot to turn aside to the right or to the left but he is to stay on the Lord'spath that things may go well with him and his days be prolonged. Indeed therighteous man will study God's Word and learn His ways so that he will know howto order his steps of the Lord and thus be pleasing to Him (Ps. 37:23).

The gospel of Jesus Christ begins with John the Baptist boldlyproclaming, "Make ready the way of the Lord, make His paths straight"(Mk. 1:3). The Lord was coming to show His people how to live. And Jesus taughtHis disciples how to walk in the path. He told them to , "Ener by thenarrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads todestruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and theway is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it" (Mt.7:13,14). Jesus even said, "I am the way" and "no one comes tothe Father, but through Me" (Jn. 14:6).

The New Testament Christians even referred to their movement as"The Way" (Acts 9:2). Believers were encouraged to be blameless andinnocent in the midst of a crooked and perserse generation (Phil. 2:15). In allthings they were to avoid the deeds of darkness and never walk in the ways ofthe unrighteous.

The Christian Code of Conduct is a study of the way God wouldhave man live. There are ten basic areas in our lives presented in the TenCommandments which will be used as an outline. Upon this will be added theteachings of Christ and the New Testament church. Let us begin by looking atGod's original code of conduct - The Ten Commandments.