Lordship: Salute Or Dilute Series

iv. SAMUEL UNDERSTANDS THAT LORDSHIP INVOLVE PERSONAL OBEDIENCE, NOT DECEPTION AND SHALLOW FORGIVENESS

GOD DOES NOT WANT A SACRIFICE WHEN HE COULD HAVE OUR HEART

d. SAUL IS CANCELED BY GOD

1 SAMUEL 15:24-26 THEN SAUL SAID TO SAMUEL, "I HAVE SINNED. I VIOLATED THE LORD'S COMMAND AND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. I WAS AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE AND SO I GAVE IN TO THEM. 25 NOW I BEG YOU, FORGIVE MY SIN AND COME BACK WITH ME, SO THAT I MAY WORSHIP THE LORD." 26 BUT SAMUEL SAID TO HIM, "I WILL NOT GO BACK WITH YOU. YOU HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND THE LORD HAS REJECTED YOU AS KING OVER ISRAEL!"

i. REPUTATION IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK WE ARE AND CHARACTER IS WHAT GOD KNOWS WE ARE.

ii. D.L. MOODY SAID, "CHARACTER IS WHAT A PERSON IS IN THE DARK WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING."

iii. SAUL COULD NOT BE OBEDIENT TO GOD BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED WITH WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT OF HIM

iv. SAUL WAS CONSUMED WITH REPUTATION INSTEAD OF CHARACTER

v. WHEN OUR EYES DRIFT FROM GOD FOR ANY REASON, WE ARE IN DANGER OF NO LONGER SUBMITTING TO HIM AS LORD

IV. HOW HANDLE AND THE BENEFIT OF LORDSHIP/OBEDIENCE ISSUE

a. HOW TO REMAIN OBEDIENT TO THE LORD TODAY

i. DON’T MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT PRAYING ABOUT IT FIRST.

ii. DON’T MAKE A DECISION THAT VIOLATES BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES.

iii. BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR GOD TO ANSWER OR ACT. BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET AHEAD OF THE LORD.

b. THE BLESSING OF BEING OBEDIENT TO THE LORD

i. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD WE ARE WALKING WITH GOD.

ii. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD WE CAN OBEY HIS VOICE.

iii. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD, WE WILL BE BLESSED BY GOD.

iv. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD, WE ARE CHOOSING GOD’S BEST FOR US.

v. WHEN WE ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD, WE ARE TRUSTING GOD TO BE GOD.

IN THE END, GOD DESERVES OUR OBEDIENCE BECAUSE HE IS LORD AND WE REVEAL THAT HE IS LORD IN OUR LIVES BY OBEYING HIM.