Being a part of Gods Kingdom means Complete Obedience:

Being a part of Gods Kingdom means Complete Obedience:

Some may disagree with me on this but they are wrong, no where do we find in the Bible God saying it is okay to disobey a little.  Throughout the entire bible it demands complete obedience to Gods commandants.  It is through our obedience to God that we show the world who we Serve.  If we did whatever we wanted then what would be the point of serving God, if we could get to heaven just by saying we believe in God or just by reciting a prayer then  we wouldn’t really need God’s salvation at all.  We want to believe that a little bit of sin, a small compromise here and there are okay to live with.  We desire to serve God and at the same time do what we want to do, but Christ tells us this “no one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money”(Mathew 6:24).    In book Radical David Platt says, “the gospel reveals eternal realities about God that we would sometimes rather not face.  We prefer to sit back, enjoy our clichés, and picture God as a Father who might help us, all the while ignoring God as a Judge who might damn us. Maybe this is why we fill our lives with constant drivel of entertainment in in our culture---and in the church. We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands deeper worship than we are ready give.  But is this just the point we are ready to give Him what He asks for because our hearts are set against Him.  God’s revelation not only reveals who he is, but it also reveals who we are.”

Two Stories of obedience Two Different Results and the Same Results:

In Daniel chapter three we read about the time three young Jewish boys did not bow down to the King Nebuchadnezzar’s statue.  They instead said that they would not worship any other God, they were given  a few more chances to bow but refused, they were told that they would be thrown into a furnace if they didn’t they instead said, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.  But even if he doesn’t, Your Majesty can be sure that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”  Notice they told the king if God so choose to do so He could save them, but if He didn’t they were not going to bow to any other god.  As we read on we see that God did save them and they rejoiced.   In Acts 5:17-41, we read about the apostles preaching and teaching about Christ they had already told the Jewish leaders earlier in Acts  “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him (Acts 4:19)?”  This time the Jewish leaders grab them and begin to beat them for talking about Christ, and when they are done beating them we are told they rejoiced in the Lord for being able to be beaten for Him, and continued to preach about Christ.    In both stories we see God being given the glory and people being saved.  Why?  Because both times in these stories the people loved God and were obedient to His word.

Christ said in John 14:15-21, “If you love me, obey my commandments.  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor,  who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.  In just a little while the world will not see me again, but you will. For I will live again, and you will, too.  When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.  Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them.”  God doesn’t promise us riches on this earth but He does say if you love me you will obey me, and I will send you a helper who is going to live with you and be with you through the tough times.  I may not heal you on this earth or give you riches on this earth but I won’t leave on this earth forever I will come back and you will come be with me in a new body that does not know sickness or pain.  But you must love me.