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Bobby Stafford How To Disobey God     Disobedience November 23, 2014 Sunday AM Sermon

How to Disobey God

Introduction:

Hopefully all of us desire to obey our Heavenly Father and one day to hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant.  Enter into the joy of you Lord.”  But the Bible indicates several different ways in which we can disobey God.  We need to be aware of these so they won’t become our downfall.

[Adapted from G. Taylor]

Body:

I. Doing What Is Forbidden

· The first couple, Adam and Eve, ate forbidden fruit.  (Genesis 2:16-17, Genesis 3:6)  They transgressed God’s will.

· The sin of commission is going beyond God’s will.  It is doing what is prohibited.  (II John :9)

· Some believe this is the only way one can disobey God. 

II. Refusing to Do What God Has Commanded

· Pharisees rejected God’s counsel by not being baptized. (Luke 7:29-30)

· They disobeyed God by not doing what God told them to do.  This is sin of omission.

· When you know to do good but don’t do it, it is sin.  (James 4:17, Titus 2:14)

· One disobeys God when he does not obey the gospel plan of salvation.  (Romans 6:17

III. Adding to the Word of God

· The Bible informs the reader what the outcome will be for the one who adds to the Word.  (Deuteronomy; 4:1-2, Revelation 22:18)

· Sin is lawlessness.  So doing anything for which there is no law or authority is disobedience.  (I John 3:4)

· To act or speak where Jehovah has not spoken is a presumptuous sin.  (Numbers 15:30-31, Leviticus 10:1-3)

· This person presumes to speak for God. This is disobedience.  Adding musical instruments; adding female elders/preachers. . .  

IV. Taking from the Word of God

· This action produces some terrible consequences.  (Deuteronomy 4:1-2, Revelation 22:19)

· Not taking the Lord’s Supper every Sunday; not immersing [baptizing] for forgiveness of sins; not practicing church  discipline. . . 

V. Substituting for What God Has Commanded

· Cain substituted a different sacrifice than that which was commanded.  (Genesis 4:3-8, Hebrews 11:4)

· God doesn’t accept substitutes.  (I Samuel 15:20-23)

· Today people make substitutes in the Lord’s Supper, choirs substituted for congregational singing, sprinkling for baptism. . .

Conclusion:

We must be aware of these ways of disobeying God so that we can make it to the end. 

Bobby Stafford 

November 23, 2014 

 

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