Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
James 4:17 (KJV)
IT is never a minor thing to know God's will and not do it. God calls this sin. We can make excuses for luck of obedience: "I'm just not ready yet" or "I'll will make a difference" or I can't afford to! " We rationalize, we procrastinate; yet, in God's eyes, rationalization and procrastination are nothing more than disobedience. At times we decieve ourselves into thinking that good intentions equal obedient actions. They do not. A good intention without corresponding activity is disobedience. When we encounter God and He gives us a direction, it is not enough to write down the date of our Cellgroup meeting or even going to church to hear the message." God's callis not to make "decisions" but to obey! Deciding to obey is not equal obeying (Matt. 21: 20-31)! Loudly affirming the necessity of obedience is not the same obeying read (Luke 6:46). Making commitments, even publicly, is not the same as obeying our Lord. Substituting our own good works is not the same as obeying. Here. God told king Saul to wait until the prophet Samuel arrived. Instead of waiting, Saul took matters into his own hands and offered a sacrifice. Saul discovered, to deep dismay, that other acts of supposed piety do not take the place of obeying a clear command from God (1 Samuel 15:22). As with Saul, God expects you to obey everything exactly as He tells you. Only obedience satisfies God's desire for obedience! The prophetic here is in (Matt. 21:31) it is not me talking it is Jesus Christ. " Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into kingdom of God before you.
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