Doing Is Better Than Saying

"Then Samuel said, 'Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.'"

(1 Samuel 15:22)

 

In other words, obedience is everything.  Think of what evangelical Christendom has emphasized--- prayer, the Bible, missions, church activities, etc.  Yet the Bible says, "To obey is better...."  The "obedience factor" either validates or invalidates my life.  I can confess, preach, witness, which are all "obedience" practices, but if there is selective obedience in me anywhere, "I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal."

 

Today it is incumbent upon you and me to work on our obedience.  The Lord Jesus tells us, "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?"  How selective we have been.  But if you and I consider the Word of Father as Truth, then no matter what we are about today, the happiest we will be, the greatest delight in this day will be the obedience life.

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, help me to look for every opportunity to obey.  Amen.   

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"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2

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"Away with your hymns of praise!  They are only noise to my ears.  I will not listen to your music, no matter how lovely it is.  Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry." (Amos 5:23, 24--NLT)

 

This is the American National Day of Prayer when the American church will gather in public places to pray.  Yet in the last almost 50 years the American church has been steadily losing the battle for the soul of the nation.  The enemy beat us by taking prayer and Bible reading out of the state school system.  The enemy beat us by the legalization of the murder of the unborn.  And in just the last few years, states, one by one, have been legalizing same gender marriage. 

 

There is much need for prayers of repentance in today's gatherings, but just as importantly there is much need for acts of obedience.  If this day's gathering is just marked by more fancy praying without more tangible obedience, it will be just another tribal war dance.  It was the American "Christian" who helped elect a president and Congress, and soon to witness more Supreme Court Justices who will increasingly reject the Judeo/Christian roots of the nation.  Yet the American church just goes on preaching, worshipping, jumping around, while at the same time voting reprobates to lead the nation.  Prayers which are not accompanied by obedience to the Word of God just bring further judgment. 

 

I am just as much a sinner as the next person.  Without the Blood of Jesus, I would be going to the Great White Throne Judgment, and straight to the fires of Hell.  Obedience to Jesus Christ and His Words is the key to salvation, "peace with God,"  and a home in Heaven for individuals.  And obedience to Jesus Christ and His Words is the key to revival and societal transformation for any people group on the planet.  The modern church speaks of "the prayer movement" and the "worship movement."  Thus says the Lord God, "Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry."

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, I confess that disobedience has too much triumphed over obedience in my life.  I pray for continual conviction, Holy Spirit, for that to change.  Amen.

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* For No Nonsense Prophetic News: www.antipasprayerforce.blogspot.com

 

 

 "Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2

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"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)

Literally, "to live--Christ, to die--gain."  Life and death is "swallowed up in victory" in Jesus Christ. 

Through the centuries, the great attack on Christianity has not been on Father or the Holy Spirit.  The attacks, and hence, the creeds have centered on Jesus Christ.  Peter was very clear when he said of Jesus, "who by Him [you] believe in God."  Satan knows that any talk of Father, any talk of the Holy Spirit without Jesus Christ as the center and basis of that "talk," leaves man vague and uncertain about God, left to create a god of his own choosing.  The Breath of God is clear, "No one has seen God at any time.  The only begotten (revealed, made manifest) God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him."  This is why Jesus said, "I am the light of the world.  He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."  The enemies of God realized long ago--- minimize, marginalize Jesus, and you have destroyed faith in the Eternal One.  "To live-Christ."

The moon god religion, Islam, rejects Jesus Christ as "God with us," rejects Jesus as, "He has explained Him."  This is why Islam is a violent religion.  It has spent centuries denying Jesus Christ as the only One in Whom "dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."  The "founder" of Islam commands the slaughter of Jews and all who will not submit to his religion.  The "Founder" of Christianity advocates, "love your enemies....I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me."  Jesus offers humanity, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest."  Our choice-- "If anyone"-- but what sweet choice---- "To live-- Christ." 

And the choice is a daily, not just a one-time sinners prayer, "altar call," choice.  For the rest of our sojourn on this planet, the lies, deception, and distortion of the Truth will continue to come from everywhere.  But press into Jesus Christ, abide in Jesus Christ, and look to Jesus daily in the "God-Breathed" Word; there we will continually see that it is only "by Him you believe in God," and only, "He has explained Him." 

Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You that You have explained Yourself.  Amen.
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* Preaching this weekend in the CCE meetings
* Prophetic News, Commentary: www.antipasprayerforce.blogspot.com

"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2



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