Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

The Greek word in use here for testament is dietheke Strong’s number G1241 which has a primary definition of a disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last disposition which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death, a testament or will.

Now here is the man Jesus Christ who has no home, no wife, no children, no property, and no earthly possessions. This begs me to ask what can He bequeath and who is named in the will?

Since the man Jesus Christ had nothing of earthly value, then that only leaves the Son of God to bequeath anything. This series will identify the disposition of His will, His last will and testament, the new testament.

Because Jesus revealed His blood as being the offering for the remission of sin here in the opening verse, we should examine that verse to identify what is listed in that will. The first thing I noticed there is the use of the word many. This denotes conditional acceptance into the list of beneficiaries, not everyone will be named.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

We find the qualifying statement in the best known bible scripture. You see just “John 3:16” at the football game, it does not have to be quoted, it is that well known. So we have the qualifying statement for beneficiaries, but what do they get Johnny?

Ephesians 1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Our inheritance is, you guessed it, the promises.

Galatians 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

I spent three years writing “Walking in the Spirit”. I wrote it as I walked it out, one experience after the other. I had hoped to use it as a manual to help others in learning how to walk in the spirit. As I read and reread that work I find nothing that explains how to walk in the spirit.

I lived it out, I walked it out but I could not write it out. It is nothing more than a collection of truths. If I had to use one word that summed up how to walk in the spirit, I guess it would be surrender. That word tells you what to do but does not tell you how to do it.

Recently I tried writing a devotional about clinging to an ideal. I trashed it, but one visual from that writing I held onto and will share with you here in this life we live. That is of a young child clinging onto the leg of a father with all joy, love and excitement. The child sits on the father’s foot as dad walks around the room.

In some ways that is a better picture of walking in the spirit than the thirty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty-four words I used to try and explain it. It is in the truest sense us going on that joy ride, where we are nothing more than a passionate passenger. What we cling onto may be different for each of us. For some it may be a doctrine, for others a theology, and for others it may be emotional or even irrational. The issue of what makes you cling so closely to the Father is not as important as the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control you experience while clinging on with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.