Obedience

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse [Deut. 11:26].

Israel was commanded to obey. Obedience was the very nub of the matter.

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day [Deut. 11:27].

Obedience is something which has been dropped into the background today. I believe in the grace of God. I preach the grace of God. We are saved by grace, we are kept by grace, we grow by the grace of God. We are going to get to heaven by the grace of God. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, it will still be by the grace of God. But, my friend, there are great spiritual blessings today which you are going to miss if you are not obedient to Him. Jesus told us, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Obedience offers a personal, wonderful, glorious relationship with God.

The opposite is also true. Disobedience brings with it a curse.

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lordyour God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known [Deut. 11:28].[1]

[1]J. Vernon McGee, Thru the Bible commentary [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1981 by J. Vernon McGee.