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Obedience
One of the most often asked questions that is asked by skeptics of the Bible today is this. Why would God create man that is full of sin.
The man that God created was without sin. He had only one command to obey. Do not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- KJV Genesis 2: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Being such a loving God, he also gave us free will. The freedom to make our own decisions. Why would God give us free will? Look at it this way. Would you want for someone to love you that HAD to love you or would you rather have someone love because THEY want to.
What would you want?
If you were to say that you wanted someone that had to love you, you might as well get yourself a robot. Sounds like a very pleasing life doesn't it. Go home to a programmed machine that has to love you no matter what you did to it and will show no emotion or affection to you? Would this be true love?
No.
That is why God gave us the freedom to make our own choices in life. We can choose to love Him or not to. He wants us to love Him out of our own desires. We also have the freedom to make many other choices as well.
As we walk down the path of life so many decisions will have to be made.
We will need to decide on if we want to study hard in school, what kind of career we want, what kind of car we would like to own, do we want to buy a house and where. Will you get married, have children, so many questions to answer that it would take a library full of books to contain them all.
In the Garden of Eden, man had a choice to make. Obey God's word or not to obey. Man chose not to obey Gods one simple rule and that is what brought sin into this world. Disobedience. That is where sin came from. Not from God but through mans disobedience to God's word.
Obedience is something very crucial throughout your life, especially your Christian walk, and having free will, sometimes it is pretty hard to be obedient.
Out of all of the decisions we make, there are only a couple that are very crucial. Where do you want to spend eternity and how do you want to live your life. These kind of go hand in hand.
By being obedient to Gods word, your life will be much easier. God has set rules for us to follow. Just like in the garden of Eden. Man didn't follow the rules so now he is paying the consequences.
A lot of people try and blame their failings on other people but that wont always work. Sometimes, you have to accept responsibility for you own actions and deal with them.
Some people seem to think they can always correct the problems by saying I'm sorry. That doesn't work either for disobedience.
So many people today are so wrapped up in material possessions that they may not even take the time to make these two critical decisions.
- KJV Matthew 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
This holds true in so many things other than material possessions. It may be alcohol, drugs, adultery, gossip, lust, all types of sin. All of these things become habitual and are very hard to take control of once you have opened the door.
- KJV Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
No matter what, you are going to be a slave to something. Sinning or a good solid Christian walk.
Let me tell you right now that by being a slave to a good Christian walk, your life here on earth will be so much better. You will know that you are forgiven and your obedience to Christ will grow as you draw closer to Him.
There is a bonus in choosing a good Christian walk. You will have Christian friends that will be there for you through good times and bad times. You will be filling that library full of decisions of life with fruitful entries.
The big advantage is that you will have a great friend named Jesus. Ready to help you with all of your troubles, someone to talk to no matter where you are at. He can give you comfort in your sorrows, strength in your trials, peace in your rest and at the end of the road there will be eternal life with Him in Heaven.
- KJV Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Try telling God that on judgment day that you are sorry or that it's someone elses fault. Do you really think it will make a difference?
You know the way to salvation.
Accept Jesus into heart and ask for forgiveness of your sins.
By choosing this way, you will have found the true meaning of a life that will be very blessed and eternity in Heaven will be waiting for you.
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