Obedience Is A Choice

God desires our obedience, but He does not force us to obey. - You have a choice: If you choose wisely and obey, you experience God and His blessings. If you do not choose wisely and disobey, you experience the consequences. - Joshua chose wisely and was blessed. (Joshua 24:15) - Gideon chose wisely and experienced a great victory. (Judges 7) - Moses chose wisely most of the time, but one moment of disobedience cost him. (Numbers 20:8-12) - Saul did not choose wisely and it cost him his kingship. (1 Samuel 15) v. 3. Saul was given a command from God. v. 9-35. Saul disobeyed God and suffered the consequence. v. 9 Partial obedience is complete disobedience. v. 22. "to obey is better than sacrifice." v. 23. Disobedience is sin. It is rebellion. It is the sin of divination. It is idolatry. - The consequence of disobedience is serious. It is sin which leads to death. "Jesus being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." (Philippians 2:8) TODAY is 3:16 God chose to love you even in spite of your disobedience.