1. Samuel 15
Obedience is better than victims
God clearly says that Obedience is more important than victims or Any good deeds we offer to God place obedience. As is clear from the example of King Saul, who lost the entire kingdom due to disobedience. In the time of the Old Testament, God has not yet spoken to everyone, as is the case today. His most frequent intermediaries used to be the prophets.
Prophet Samuel says to King Saul: ‘So says God of multitudes: I want to punish Amalek for what he has done to Israel… All who belong to them, wipe out Like cursed. …So Saul called an army… Saul, however, spared his army (King) agaga i the best brav and cattle. breeding or young pieces and everything that was good, They didn’t want to wipe out, but they wiped out everything inferior and weak as cursed. unabled They thought they knew better than God.
After that God said to Samuel: Sorrythat I appointed Saul as king, for turned away from me and does not follow my words.’ unabled Disobedience puts God on the same level as turning away from him.
Here Samuel ignited with anger and prayed fervently throughout the night. He greeted him: ‘God bless you! I filled out God’s word.’ unabled King Saul lies as if he is printing.
Samuel, however, asked: ‘And what about the bleating of the sheep that reach my ears, and the hum of the cattle I hear?’
Saul explained: “The people saved the best pieces of brav and cattle, to sacrifice them to your God. But we exterminated the rest as if it were damned.” tho King Saul blames the people: ‘They, not me!’ Just like Adam when he said: ‘It’s Eve’!
Samuel Saula interrupted: ‘Stop it! I must tell you what God spoke to me this night.’
Saul said to him, ‘Speak.’
Samuel said: ‘Aren’t you the leader of the tribes of Israel, although you used to feel small? amalekovci as cursed. You will fight against them, Until you completely destroy them. Why didn’t you obey God but He pounced on the prey and committed what is wrong in God’s eyes?’
Saul explained to Samuel: ‘After all, I obeyed God.by!!!) I set out on the path that God sent me on. I brought the Amalac king Agago and I wiped out the Amaleks like a cursed. People Then he took the best brav from the booty, and the cattle, forged to curse, to sacrifice them to your God in Gilgal.’
Prophet Samuel:“Do God like burnt offerings and sacrificial feasts more than listening to God? Listening is better than sacrifice, listening to him is more than ram’s fat. Defiance is like sinful divination and obstinacy like spells and honors of house gods. Because you rejected God’s word, he also rejected you as a king.’
‘I sinned!’ Saul told him. ‘I have broken God’s order and your instructions. I was afraid of the people, That’s why I listened to them. But now please forgive my sin. return with me to bow to God.’
‘I won’t go back with you,’ Samuel replied. ‘Because you rejected God’s word, and God rejected you. You won’t be the king of Israel.’
…‘I sinned,’ Saul repeated. ‘But now please show me the honor …and come back with me to bow to your God.’ So Samuel returned to Saul and Saul bowed to God. (Even if we feel sorry for it, sometimes if we don’t listen to God, we lose a certain blessing he had for us.) … And Samuel never saw Saul again until the day of his death, but he mourned Saul.
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obedience to God – not to adapt to this world
Where in the Bible is it ever written that Christians should adapt to this world and today’s culture? On the contrary, it is repeated here how important it is to stick to the standards of God’s word and what it teaches us. Especially when the world begins to interfere with our dear biblical world and our beliefs.
Key Bible verses about not adapting to this world
Romans 12:2 Stop imitating the customs and ways of the rest of the world A Change your whole mindset to be able to distinguish, What is God’s will, So what is right, perfect and nice to him.
What’s interesting about this verse is that it’s here condition, if we want to find God’s will, and that is – to stop imitating the customs and ways of this world, and on the contrary to change our thinking (according to the Bible). So if we do this – then we will find God’s will and find out what is right, perfect and lovely to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 and 18 Whoever becomes a Christian becomes a completely different person. He is never the same again as he was before. A pretty new life has begun! This is the change that God himself is working.
Christians are called to resist worldly passions, to live morally right and stand out from the crowd instead of adapting to the ungodly norms. How is it possible to make it happen? – With God’s help! We will focus more on God’s values than on superficial worldly customs. We will fill our minds with God’s word, and thus our desires and actions will change. Then they will no longer have the customs or modern pressures of the world on us, such an influence, and we will live in a way that reflects how Jesus behaved.
2. Timothy 4:3-5 For the time will come when people will not want to hear the truth and will surround themselves with teachers who will agree to their opinions. They won’t be listening to the Bible anymore; They blindly flock to their delusions. But you stand firm and don’t be afraid to suffer for Christ. Bring people to him and devote yourself fully to your service.
How Christians Can Heal From Any Personal Brokenness
Romans 12:2 Stop imitating the customs and ways of the rest of the world and Change your whole mindset…
How can we be purified, Whatever it is from? si first We will realize that it is contrary to God’s word, then to God we know. then him We will ask for help. We will be on a regular basis read and listen to God’s word on that relevant topic and fight for victory above all by his strength – Spiritually. Also we will remove from the the path of temptation. First of all, we will do everything in order to They changed our minds By God’s word. Even by being on the subject memorize verses – We surround ourselves with those verses (we write them on tiles, on the phone and anywhere else where we always have them in front of our eyes). especially that We do not give up. We do our part and let God do his part.
1 Corinthians 6:20 You no longer belong to yourself. a ransom was paid for you (darly). Therefore, give honor to God with your body.
A call to endurance
Jude (Brother of Jesus) 1:17,20, 21 and 24
But you, my beloved ones, remember the words of the apostles of Jesus who predicted to us that they Recently, people will discover God’s truth. Their only goal is to ‘enjoy life’ as much as possible. There are rifts. They are people controlled by their instincts, and not by God’s Spirit.
But you, my friends, Continue to build on the foundations of perfect faith, Pray in the Holy Spirit and remain in God’s love. Patiently wait for eternal life given by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God has the power to protect you from falling and bring you pure and perfect to glory in eternally enduring joy. Only to him, the only one who saved us through Christ, belongs all the glory, majesty, rule and power now and will remain forever!
amen
