TO OBEY GOD, OR NOT?
We all should be spiritually instructed by the teachings of Alexander Maclaren, regarding the relationship of faith and unbelief to one’s choice of obedience or disobedience. He writes, “Disobedience is the root of unbelief. Unbelief is the mother of further disobedience. Faith is voluntary submission within a person’s own power. If faith is not exercised, the true cause lies deeper than all intellectual reasons. It lies in the moral aversion of human will and in the pride of independence, which says, ‘Who is Lord over us? Why should we have to depend on Jesus Christ?’ As faith involves submission, so faith breeds obedience, but unbelief leads to high-handed rebellion. The less one trusts, the more one disobeys; the more one disobeys, the less one trusts.”
Think…then do.
The lyrics of an apropos old hymn wisely admonish: “Trust and obey…for there’s no other way…to be happy in Jesus…than to trust and obey.”
Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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