Being Obedient

June 22, 2020

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HE SPEAKS WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT

1 Cor 10:21-22 NKJV
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

Obedience is so very important when we are learning to hear God speak in so many wonderful ways. The more pure we live our lives according to scripture, the more pure our hearing will become. If we are disobedient, He can turn us over to sifting where we hear the enemy.

He allows this as His most urgent and loving warning, so that we make a decision to live for Him. We certainly do not want to be given over to counterfeit hearing, and end up in hell. I have been in prayer rooms and known the sins of several, and then listened to them share their visions received in the room. Without a doubt they were counterfeit and they did not even know it.

Luke 8:18 Take heed therefore how you hear: for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.

OBEDIENCE TO SCRIPTURE

What does the NT scripture say about obedience? As I pondered this, I looked up the words obey, obedience and obedient in the NT. In these scriptures, it tells us:

That Jesus, Who is our standard for righteous living was obedient to God even unto death. (Phil 2:8-9 ; Heb 5:7-11)
That we are to be obedient in our thoughts through obedience to Christ Jesus. (2 Cor 10:5-6 )
That we are to be obedient against sin, lust & unrighteousness. (1 Peter 1:16; Rom 2:5-11; Rom 6:12-14; James 1:12-15)
That we are to be obedient to the rhema Word of God, like the disciples who obeyed the angel’s command. (Acts 5:19-20; 27-32)
That we are to be obedient to leaders. ( 2 Thess 3:13-15; Heb 13:17; 1 Peter 3:1-2)
That we are to be obedient to the gospel. (1 Peter 4:17-18)
That we are to be obedient in all things. (2 Cor 2:5-11)
That we are to be obedient in our confession of the gospel. (2 Cor 9:13-14)