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Why We Disobey
Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Disobedience is an issue of misplaced trust and miguided "truth". Obedience is a matter of the heart and flows from a heart of trust and love. Build your trust in God and grow your love for God.
I am God. I am determined to do this. FOR THEIR SAKE. I will not reject them. I will keep to my promise and bring them back to this land.
• Listen closely, God is not saying the people will be blessed because they repent.
• He says, YET IN SPITE OF THIS, when they are still in the land of their enemies, I WILL NOT REJECT them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely.
• They’re blessed because God has chosen to bless them. He’s determined to do it.
God extends HOPE, period. God extends GRACE, period.
• Not in response to their repentance, but simply out of His heart of love and kindness.
• God CHOSE to remember His covenant. He has decided long ago to do it.
• That’s God’s grace for you. That’s God’s love for you.
God is not going to stop loving you because you disobey.
• He is going to wait for you to turn around and come home.
• His door is always open. His love is always there. It has always been that way.
We lose out when we disobey. It’s a foolish thing to disobey God.
• We can choose to be blessed. The choice is always ours.
Don’t focus on obedience to get obedience. Don’t obey for the sake of obeying.
• Building your trust in God and fall in love with Him again.
