“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ (Malachi 3:8)
The answer to that question in the days of Malachi was “in tithes and offerings”. But are there other areas in which we ‘rob’ from God? Are there other areas that we withhold [...]
Have you ever been given a list of things to do? Ever complete ‘most’ of the things on the list? Did you expect partial credit for partial obedience?
In 1 Samuel 15, the Lord tells King Saul to attack the city of Amalek and to “utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them [...]
When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly. (Luke 19:5-6)
Throughout scripture, obedience is expected to occur immediately. Sometimes the reason for immediacy was plain and [...]
This morning as we were getting the kids ready for school, Lisa (Mrs Feather) and I were discussing what the day’s schedule held. Our daughter has a district honors chorus recital today and wouldn’t be home until late in the evening. We are pretty much homebodies much of the time, particularly on Friday [...]
Obedience must be immediate.
· Delayed obedience = immediate disobedience
Obedience must be complete.
· Partial obedience = complete disobedience
Obedience must be continuous.
· Intermittent obedience = continuous disobedience
Obedience must be personal.
· Impersonal obedience = personal disobedience
Obedience must be without question.
· Questioned obedience = unquestioned disobedience
Obedience must be without reservation.
· Reserved obedience = unreserved disobedience
Obedience must be without thought [...]
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