22/09/2021
IF YOU DON’T OBEY
Written in 2009
by Tony Alamo
aka Bernie Hoffman
And the people said unto Joshua, “The LORD our GOD will we serve, and HIS voice will we OBEY” (Joshua 24:24). “To OBEY is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22).
People can read the Bible all their lives, but if they don’t OBEY GOD, do what HIS WORD says, it won’t do any good. “Thou believest that there is one GOD; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:19-20).1 Those without works to back up their faith will lose everything, especially their souls.
Saul was the king of Israel for a time. He obeyed GOD in everything for a while, but alas, in one point he disobeyed.2 All the good he had previously done was no longer to his credit.3 Disobedience dissolved it. The Prophet Samuel told Saul, “Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the WORD of the LORD, HE hath also rejected thee from being king” (1 Samuel 15:22-23).
It was the same thing with the Psalmist David. He sinned concerning Bathsheba and his life thereafter was cursed! (2 Samuel 12:1-12).4 This happens to all who disobey. GOD is no respecter of persons!5 For people who don’t obey GOD, but claim to be Christians, there is no good reward, but an ill reward on Judgment Day.6 No one can fool the all-knowing GOD. HE will never let anyone enter Heaven with sin on their soul.7
GOD told Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast OBEYED MY VOICE” (Genesis 22:18).
Abraham passed his test when GOD told him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but GOD sent an angel to stop Abraham before it took place (Genesis 22:1-18). “Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, a