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By James Quansah
IT IS dangerous for a Christian to hear the words of God and disobey them. God is sovereign, and He may take any action that He deems fit to punish any acts of disobedience.
When King Saul disobeyed the commands of God, he was rejected from being king over Israel (1 Samuel 16: 1). That was a punishment for disobedience.
“…And Samuel said, ‘Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in OBEYING THE VOICE OF THE LORD? BEHOLD, TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE, and to listen than the fat of rams” (1 Samuel 15: 17- 22).
Obedience is always better than sacrifice in our walk with the Lord. We can plant churches, preach and teach the Word of God, and yet be disobeying Christ in other areas.
It is always better for us to do what God’s Word tells us to. We need to know whether we are at the centre of the will of God as we labour in the name of God, otherwise we may be rejected without knowing it.
Saul, Israel’s first king, disobeyed the Word of the LORD by sparing “Agag, the King of Amalekites, and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lamb – everything that was good” (1 Samuel 15: 9).
Saul’s disobedience incurred the anger of the LORD. Consequently, God rejected him from being King over the people of Israel. Interestingly, however, for some years, Saul continued to dress in royal robes and was seen as King of Israel, but spiritually God had rejected him.
This is a serious lesson to all Christians especially pastors that we are under the authority of the Spirit of God. It is to warn us that no Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor/Bishop owns any local church.
A local church and everything in it belongs to God. Christian leaders who understand their calling this way will do well to go about their duties by first seeking to function at the centre of the perfect will of God.
It is a sign that a minister may be dressed in priestly garment, and be pastoring a church, yet he might have been rejected by God for disobeying His commands.
Are you a man of God? Who called you into the Christian ministry? If the Lord Jesus was the One who called, trained and sent you to work as His servant, then, you must preach and teach what the Lord commanded you.
When someone says he is a Christian apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor/bishop or teacher, ask him to tell you the kind of message they were given to preach and teach. Genuine men of God in Christianity know what they are called to proclaim.
Brethren, we must obey God, knowing that He has the power to reject those who persistently disobey Him, and grief the Holy Spirit. In our walk with the Lord, obedience is the main thing that makes us happy in Christ Jesus.
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James Quansah is the Executive Director of Christ-Conscious Leadership Centre (CLC) and lead Pastor of End-Time Christ’s Commissioners (ECC), Kumasi, Ghana. James is also a journalist by profession. He is married with four children.
