Story of Disobedience - September 28, 2017

 Deutoronomy 11:28

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Today's Thought: Stop disobeying the commandments of the Lord to reap the joys He could give.


One of the greatest preachers who ever lived was Charles Spurgeon. He had a story of a man who had been a Christian for forty years but still delayed the waters of baptism. Spurgeon wrote:

I felt grieved that he had so long been disobedient to a known duty, and I proposed to him that he should be baptized at once. It was in a village, and he said that there were no conveniences. I offered to go with him to the brook, and baptize him, but he said, ‘No; he that believeth shall not make haste.’ Here was one who had willfully disobeyed his Lord, for as many years as the Israelites in the wilderness, upon a matter so easy of performance; and yet, after confessing his fault he was not willing to amend it, but perverted a passage of Scripture to excuse him in further delay.

The Bible is clear: blessing if we obey and curse if we disobey. There is no middle ground in here. When we choose to go our own way, the penalty of disobedience is readied for us.  The problem is not lack of knowledge, but it is the lack of will to do what is right. Several Christians know of what to do with the Word of God, but they don't have the will to follow what God says. For instance, young Christians know of the admonition not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. They know, but they just don't want to follow.

When we know of something and yet we don't follow, it is deliberate disobedience, it is willful rebellion against Him who commanded us. The military has grave penalties for disobedience. The Lord also has penalty for disobedience.