I DID IT MY WAY Part 3

This is the third of a three part series covering the need for us to be faithful to God’s Commands.  This week we will look at answering God’s commands.

1 Samuel 15:32-35 KJVR

(32)  Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

(33)  And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

(34)  Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

(35)  And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Disobedient servants face God’s judgment.  Saul had to answer to God for his disobedience and it cost him the Kingdom.  People today seem to take no thought as to the consequences of their disobedience.  God takes our disobedience seriously.  One thing that was true in Saul’s day and it is still true today, is that unrepentant servants make shallow confessions.

Saul asked Samuel to pardon him.  He wasn’t sincere.  How many times do we see the same thing repeated today?  We have a form of Godliness but certainly deny the power that God has.  God withdrew from Saul and he was shocked.  People today wonder why they no longer have God’s blessings.  Could it be that due to our rebellious nature that God has withdrawn from us.

When we rebel against God we will suffer His wrath.  God withdrew from Saul and by the way, God didn’t forget about Agag.  He sent Samuel to kill him.

My friends we must always listen and heed God’s commands.  If we do not we will most certainly suffer His wrath.