Submission & the Fear of the Lord

Went for a Rew followup to pray for the Sec1s today and ... even tho the message for for the sec1s , it sort of spoke to me also

Quote(Mr Ka²n)
Rebellion is Like the Sin of Divination

Quote(1 Samuel 15:23a [New International Version])
For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.

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Later in Bible Study Mr Ng played us an audio Sermon about the Fear of the LORD

the sermon was very heavy weight...(still digesting it now)

it gave examples of Obeying & Disobeying God and about obeying UNCONDITIONALLY(even when it didn't make sense)

Abraham went ahead to sacrificed Isaac on the Altar when God told him to do so(Gen 22:1-19) even though God said previously:
I will establish my covenant with him(Isaac) as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.(Gen 17:19b)

Didn't make sense right?
God later stopped Abraham and commended him

Abraham had the Fear of the LORD
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A case of Disobedience(Numbers 20:1-12)

God told Moses to speak to the Rock to get water out of it

Out of fustration of the Israelites(who kept complaining) Moses did not follow exactly

He struck the Rock...

Water still came out either way...

but.. this was Gods verdict
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them."(Numbers 20:12)

well Moses did not Do the BIG sins like fornication, drug abuse , murder..... he simply Disobeyed God... result...no promised land for him.

Quote(1 John 3:4)
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

Break a law its still broken law... Big or small
Sin is.................still sin ................. Big or small

additional mentions
we tend to equate success with results
Moses sucessfully performed a miracle
but that was a failure...

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the first Sin wasnt fornication, theft, murder,... it was simply disobedience...

and it cost a lot definately....

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on an aside note i did my O level oral English today and the topic was .... FASHION... Great..( how the heck do you answer that?)