Obedience Is A Choice

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.