It was Spurgeon who wrote of ' the folly which is satisfied with hearing God's word and neglecting do what it says'.How imporant it is to be not just a hearer of the word as one translation puts it,'Do not merely listen to the word,and so decive yourselves.Do what it says. (James 1 v22) Obedience can be costly,but disobedience can be even more costly.The unsaved pay a terrible price by not obeying the gospel,a price so awful, so terrible,let us remind you that hell is real.For us who have obeyed the gospel we can rejoice in all blessing that has brought us into,forgiveness freedom and the presence of God. But obedience to the gospel brings us into lifetime of obeying God, The days of doing things our way is finished with,everyday brings the challenge of doing it God's way. The days of running with the crowd are gone,instead we are now under the challenge ,of walking in obedience to our Lord and Saviour. We as Christians have the Holy Spirit within us and when we grieve the Holy Spirit by our disobience,it will affect our relationship with God,the word of God tells us if we have sin in our lives the Lord will not hear us when we pray He will not listen to us (Psalm 66 v18).Your peace will go ,joy will go,a sense of God's nearness will go, but all is not lost,repent seek forgiveness, and fellowship with God will be restored.(1 John 1 v 9)
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