THE IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE TO GOD

THE IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE TO GOD

God commanded King Saul in 1 Samuel 15:3,” Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
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9 But Saul and the people spared Agag-their king, and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them.

10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.”

God commanded King Saul not to spare ANY Amelekites nor their belongings, but Saul did not obey the Lord, because he thought, God would be happy with these as on offer to the Lord.

You see sometimes, we thought things that might delight God, but it’s not what He wants. What He wants is Obedience.

Did He not say, not to bow down to any images of his creation of likeness that is in heaven, on earth or in water? That He is a jealous God and doesn’t want to share His glory to anybody or anything.He is the Creator.

That He wants you to believe in Jesus.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Many would say, “I believe in Jesus”, but bow down to images and pray to them. They may know Jesus, but did not make Jesus as their Lord of their life.

YOU WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN?

Many people want to be in heaven. Of course, who would ever want to be in hell? Many people have a wrong notion that God is Loving, Understanding, and will always wants His creation to be happy:Those are true indeed! BUT,many people only know the one side of God, and so they fail to know the other side of God which is Wrath; that God hates sins and His wrath is against Sins. Father God said, no unholiness (in sin) can see me and live. So if you die in your sin, hell is waiting for you. Unbelievers believes that if they do good things in life, they are sure to be in heaven. Doing good things is just part of being a good son of God, but will not be your passport to heaven. The very first way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. Did He not said, ” I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. He is the only way, your passport to the kingdom of God. Did not the Father said,”Whoever believes in Him(Jesus) shall not perish -meaning death which is hell, but have everlasting life. Satan, ruler of this world has injected so many lies in this world, such as false gods and false way to true God, and instead is a road to destruction ,which is hell. Did not Jesus said,” narrow is the road People who are not seeking God( they only seek God for some self interest), will not be able to find the true God. Did not Jesus said in Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.Only few people finds it😟. People may accept Jesus and believes in Him as the only way, the truth and the only life, but does not follow Him. He said, in the Book of Matthew 16:24, “Whoever wants to be my disciple(does not only mean His apostles), must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. Therefore,take up the Cross and not the Rose that this world is giving. There are so many pleasurable things that this world is offering, that gives glory to yourself. I’m also a culprit for this😟, sometimes .We must only do things that glorifies God. However, most of the things of this world offers is, glory to Oneself: My talents, my achievements, my ideas, my accomplishment, my works, which which makes you feel so proud and makes you feel so arrogant.
Father God said, Luke 14:11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Also in Book of Proverbs 29:23, A man’s pride will bring him low.But a humble spirit will obtain honor. Remember that PRIDE is the very first Sin, which Lucifer did, when he was still the most beautiful Cherubim. Perhaps, because of what he possessed, he became very proud. Most often than not, people who possessed talents, riches, powers, are very prideful person. With the knowledge they got from this world, their minds has been twisted, making Good for Evil and Evil for Good. They forgot that the good things they received, comes from the Creator. They forgot that they were given such things, not for themselves, but to glorify God. We are created to Worship Him, to Praise Him, to Glorify Him.
Life is only found in Jesus, for life is light and Jesus is the Light. If you follow Jesus- following His Words, you will never be in darkness, and it’s a sure way to be with Him in Heaven. Many people in this world are in darkness and cannot see the Light, which is in Jesus. Yes, they do believe Jesus, who is the only way, but still consult other gods created by minds of man molded into images. So, they still have gods for themselves, like prayer for healing, prayer for husband or wife, prayer for safe travel, etc., when all these can be found in Jesus. Some even consult Seer, the heavenlies, and other creations of God🙄
There are so many things in this world, that people are not aware of, that leads them to hell. In the Book of 1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Proverbs 14: 7-9, “Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception. 9 Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.
I HOPE PEOPLE WHO ARE LAZY TO READ AND ARE SKEPTICAL, FINDS TIME TO READ The Bible, THAT HE MAY HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.