THE MOST HARDEST TEST IS OBEDIENCE 06/24/2023 Abraham offered Isaac, how harsh! Why didn't he reason? Because he knew that reasoning with Satan was suicide! Eve reasoned, committed suicide! Genesis 26:5. Because Abraham obeyed me and kept my commands, my laws, and my statutes. 1. Obedience is the key to salvation! Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, … Hebrews 11. Romans 5:19. For as through the disobedience of one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man the many will be made righteous. Philippians 2:8. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Hebrews 5:8, 9. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered, 9 and being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him. 2. The plan of salvation is set in motion! 2 Corinthians 10:5. By which we demolish arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 1 Timothy 2:4. He desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 3. Causing men to disobey is a successful attempt to destroy God's plan! 1 Samuel 15:22. Samuel said: Does the Lord have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? For to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 2 Corinthians 2:9. …For this purpose I have written to you, that I might test you, whether you will obey in all things. Revised Version: For this reason I have written to you, that I might test you, whether you will obey in all things. Hebrews 13:17. Obey your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch over your souls, as those who must give account… (Influenced by leaders) 4. The Last Days: The Time to Rediscover Radical Obedience! John 4:23. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him. James 1:25. But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continueth therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his doing it. Matthew 7, the false prophet: “Lord, Lord!” Acts 17:11. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. John 16:13. However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. John 17:17. Sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth. Colossians 3:6. Because of which things the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. Hebrews 3:17, 18. With whom was God angry forty years? …18 And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? Was it not to those who were disobedient? Revelation 14:12. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 1 John 2:4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 5:3. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.