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.