THERE IS MANY TODAY IN THE CHURCH WHO ARE JUST LIKE SAUL AND ARE HEADED FOR A BAD AWAKENING IF THEY CONTINUE CLAIMING GRACE, YET STILL DO THINGS THEIR OWN WAY WHICH IS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES~~~GODS SON AND GODS WAY IS WHAT WILL GET YOU TO THE END THAT LEADS DOWN THE NARROW PATH JESUS SPOKE OF! IF YOUR A SAUL BEWARE OF THE MANY WARNINGS!!!! ***There is a partial obedience which, with the will of God well known, draws back from part of it. It does not fill the cup of obedience to the brim. It does not follow the entire specifications. It falls short of the full demands of duty, even when that duty is well known. We have a striking example of this in King Saul. The will of God was definitely revealed to him. He did not stand in doubt concerning it. He was to destroy utterly the Amalekites and all that was theirs. He went with his army, fell upon them, and slew, not only the people, but many of the cattle; but when Samuel went out to meet him, perhaps to congratulate him upon his success and upon his obedience to God, he found that Saul’s obedience had not been full and complete. ***The Prophet heard the lowing herds, and the bleating flocks, and saw King Agag, who had been reserved alive for some future purpose. Did Saul appear, acknowledging his guilt, with the consciousness that he had not fully obeyed? No, he came to the Prophet with the full-voiced assertion of duty completed, of the will of God fully performed. Perhaps there was a secret sense of unrest and fear in his soul, but he did not show it. He boldly declared that he had done the will of the Lord. ***There are may “Sauls” today. They do a part of the will of God and make much of what they have done, but say nothing of what they have not done. What has not been done, takes away all the virtue of what has been done. Saul, instead of receiving approval for what he had done, was severely condemned for what he had not done. When we obey only partially, our obedience is not acceptable to God, for it leads only to rebellion. When the obedience has gone as far as there is willingness to obey, it comes to a wall of rebellion, to a will set on disobedience, which is exceedingly hateful to God, and which shows that the partial obedience that has been rendered has not come from a genuine disposition to obey, but from some other consideration. Where there is a genuine disposition to obey God, there is no choosing of what part of his will we shall do. One part of his will is then just as acceptable as any other part of it. NOW ASK YOURSELF DID NOT JESUS SAY HIS SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE AND FOLLOW HIM? THERE IS THE TRUE GRACE THAT COVERS ONES SIN!!!
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:47:17 +0000
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