Obedience with a Blessing.
God has laid down rules for Christians to obey. He loves us and wants to bless us.Deuteronomy 11:27 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.Obeying God is attached to a blessing. But you must first have to see obeying God has a sacrifice of Love. Jesus said“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.John 14:15.
Honoring your parents is being respectful in action and words , esteeming their position. God commanded us in the ten commandments to honor father and mother. Honoring our parents is important to God to the extent that God had to include it in the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20:12 and again in the New Testament: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth” Ephesians 6:1-3. Honoring parents is a command in the word of God that promises long life as a reward. Do you honor your parents?. Have they offended you so badly that you think they are not worth honoring? Is it well with you? Do you want to live long? Today, when you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion Hebrew3:15.
For those who are married men dealing treacherously with your wife and not honoring your wife can hinder your prayers and stop God from accepting your offerings.Malachi 2:13-16And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14.Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because theLord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lordof hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Are you dealing treacherously with your wife? Do you have unanswered prayers? Is there stagnation in any area of your life?Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.1 Peter3:7. Don’t harden your heart today. Reconcile with your God, parents,giving honor to whom it is due. They might not deserve it but for your own good. Obey God and He will bless you. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.2All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:Deuteronomy 28:1&2.
Grace and mercy.
Good Evening Metty & JMG. The Word of Glod clearly states that “Obedience is better than sacrifice.” Amen. Praise God for Metty & Pastor Ewing.