1Samuel 15_23-24
For rebellion is like the sin of divination and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry. Since you have rejected Adonai’s word, He has also rejected you as king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned! For I have transgressed against the word of Adonai and your words—because I feared the people and listened to their voice.
This bit of scripture tells us that rebellion to the Word of Yehova is like the sin of witchcraft…
Being stubborn against the Word is iniquity and idolatry.
Can we agree that in scripture, the sins of witchcraft and idolatry are considered to be extremely bad? If we are to believe what these verses are saying, rebellion to the word of Yehova is equally as bad.
Are there things in the Word that you have learned, yet refuse to do? Are you in rebellion to anything in the Word? Are you stubborn with regard to obeying anything you’ve learned in scripture?
John 3:36 tells us this:
He who trusts in the Son has eternal life. He who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
And we get this in Hebrews 10:26-31
For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.[h] 29 How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “Adonai will judge His people.” 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
If you have studied the word, but do not do the things you’ve learned in the word, what is the reason for your rebellion?
My goal with this post is not to criticize you, but to show you how serious this is.
1John 2:4
The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
James 1:22-23
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror— 24 for once he looks at himself and goes away, he immediately forgets what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect Torah, the Torah that gives freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts—he shall be blessed in what he does.
From James Chapter 2
V14 ~ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can such faith save him?
V17 ~ So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.
V18-20 ~ But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder! 20 But do you want to know, you empty person, that faith without works is dead?
V22 ~ You see that faith worked together with his works, and by the works his faith was made complete.
V24 ~ You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.
V26 ~ For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
James 4:6-8
But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 Therefore submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!
My goal is to encourage you in the Word!!
Do not just learn scripture, but do the things you learn.
It is how we show our love for Messiah (John 14:15 ~ “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”).
James 5:19-20
My brothers and sisters, if any among you strays from the truth and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that the one who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
This bit of scripture debunks the “Once Saved Always Saved” mentality, as does Hebrews 10 listed above.
Learn the Word and be doers of the Word.
Hyper-grace is death.