Exo 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exo 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exo 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
The LORD desired a covenant people who would obey him. He would then have them as a peculiar treasure unto himself. How many of us think of being a treasure for the LORD? We usually seek him for treasures of this world and blessings. He requires that we obey HIM. He knows what is best for us and obedience is the way of HIS blessings and better yet, that he may treasure us. Even though we who are Gentiles are not under the covenant to Israel, under the New Covenant we are God's treasure. He gave his only begotten son on a cruel cross to purchase us back from the devil. He loved us before we loved him. Now we respond to him in obedience and our life is in his hands. We are treasured as his adopted family. Obedience will make us a peculiar people apart from the world. The world has become perverted and we are called to be pure through faith in Jesus Christ. He paid for our salvation and eternal life. To follow him we must obey him. A final thought; put aside our hurts by forgiveness. Hurts can lead to a bitter heart and a bitter heart leads to rebellion. The LORD spoke through the prophet Samuel to King Saul.
1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, 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.
1Sa 15:23 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.
Obedience brings God's best life to us but, to rebel brings to us the spirit of witchcraft. Do we want to be controlled by an evil spirit, spirits of the devil? See how important obedience is? Let us put aside rebellion and obey the LORD. Who are we serving? A rebellious spirit serves self and the devil. An obedient spirit obeys God as a chosen son of God. We are to be like Jesus. To act apart from him is sin. In the Millennial kingdom, we who follow and obey Jesus will be kings and priests to the most high God. We are his spiritual born again people who have followed him in obedience to the very end of this age.
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