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Discipleship Focus: Obedience
- Obedience: Genuine and satisfying obedience comes out of our identity. Our true identity comes only from our Father.
The last few days we’ve focused on God’s forgiveness. God’s forgiveness is of ultimate
importance. It is precisely what leads
us to the cross. Jesus came because of
God’s forgiveness.
But in Nehemiah 10 we get a strong sense of the pattern of life
that should exert itself in God. They declare
obedience. While God is forgiving, our
proper response is obedience. Before we
can be anything else in God, we must first respond in obedience.
This makes sense, actually.
Our sinfulness proves that we do not have what it takes within us
naturally. So in order to have what it
takes, we need to get it from God. How
will we get it from God? We will get it
from God by listening to Him and being obedient to His ways. We will be obedient to what we hear Him say.
Nehemiah 10 is all about the people’s response. They hear about their sins, turn, repent, and
declare obedience. Only then are they
ready to move forward. It is no
different for us.
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