OBEDIENCE TO GOD

WITNESS




9-3-13




OBEDIENCE TO GOD




It is important
To hear the Word of God


It is important to listen
To the Word of God
But once we are sure
We know what God
Is asking/telling us to do
Are we obedient to it
Are we obedient
To God’s Word


If we are
True followers of God
God sometimes
Asks us to do very difficult---very difficult things


“But the one
Who hears my words
And does not put them into practice
Is like a man without a foundation
The moment the torrent
Struck that house
It collapsed
And its destruction was complete” Luke 6:49


Love, forgiveness, kindness
Christ tells us that they are ROCK
Was he right
You know he was
Nothing was ever built on hatred


Being obedient to God
May be to just keep being kind
To that same difficult person
That turns their head
When we say hello
That treats us with contempt
And thinks we are beneath them


Being kind
To that same difficult human being
That takes us for granted over and over and over again


Christ taught us
About a different kind of love
It is called agape’
And means
Loving your enemies


“If your enemy is hungry
Give him to eat
If he is thirsty
Give him water to drink


In doing this
You will keep burning coals
On his head
And the Lord will reward you” Proverbs 25:21 & 22


Being a Christian
Means not only listening, hearing,
And knowing the Word of God
But being obedient to God
When he asks you
To do something difficult and uncomfortable


Do you think
Christ wanted to be
Mocked, ridiculed, humiliated, and die a shameful death


Of course not---But he did it
Because that is what God---his Father
OUR FATHER---told him to do


“Those who obey his commands
Live in him
And he in them
And this is how we know
That he lives in us:
We know it by the SPIRIT he gave us” 1 John 3:24


So the next time
God asks you
To do that difficult task
To love that difficult person
Who treats us with contempt


Lord we pray that we say YES
Just as JESUS---YOUR SON---did


Robert P. Wallman
6-16-11




Ps WITNESS 9-3-13