And 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 listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king. 1 Samuel 15: 22-23 Obeying God is better than sacrifice. Obeying God comes from a true heart. Obeying God is better than the outward form of worship, service, or personal gift. Saul’s sin was placing his ideas over God’s. People will…
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My True Disciples
When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. John 15:7-9 Jesus is Truth and the True Vine. God’s word is true and trustworthy. In John 15:8, we learn that God makes true disciples yield much fruit. As a result, God gets the glory. True disciples are the kind of follower-abiders who make a difference and produce hearty, lasting fruit. However, what about the hypocrisy that has caused walls to be built up against Christ. We need to live our lives in authenticity. We need to be as real about who we are in Christ behind closed doors as much as we…
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Fellowship That Is Genuine
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 Read the following passages! 1 John 2:9-11 – Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going because the darkness…
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True Faith That Requires Action
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” James 2:26 When our action doesn’t show our faith, our faith is dead. Our true faith requires us to have action. By your actions, do you have true faith? Let’s read Hebrews 11. Abel offered God a better sacrifice . By faith he was approved as a righteous man. He speaks through his faith. By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death. God took him away. Without faith it is impossible to please God. By faith Noah built an ark. He was warned what was yet not seen and motivated by godly…
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Who Will Go To Heaven
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many Mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, your workers are Lawlessness. Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus taught the carrying out God’s purposes and desire was a condition for entering the kingdom of heaven. This does not mean that we can earn spiritual…
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A True Heart
And 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 listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being King. 1 Samuel 15: 22-23 Obeying God is better than sacrifice. Obeying God comes from a heart that is true. Obeying God is better than the outward form of worship, service, or personal sacrifice. Saul’s sin was placing his own ideas over…