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Obeying God is different

than serving God

Judges 2:1 NLT The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to

Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never

break my covenant with you.

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Judges 2:2 NLT For your part, you were not to make any

covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But

you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this?

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Judges 2:3 NLT So now I declare that I will no longer drive out

the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a

constant temptation to you.”

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Judges 2:4-5 NLT 4 When the angel of the LORD finished

speaking to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

5 So they called the place Bokim (which means “weeping”), and they offered

sacrifices there to the Lord.

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Judges 2:6 NLT After Joshua sent the people away, each of the tribes left to take possession of the land

allotted to them.

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Judges 2:7-8 NLT 7 And the Israelites served the LORD

throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the leaders who outlived him— those who had

seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

God expects people to obey voice.

1 Samuel 15:22 NLT But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices

or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,

and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

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1 Samuel 15:23 NLT Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and

stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of

the LORD, he has rejected you as king.”

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Jesus obeyed the Father as a Son not

as a slave or servant.

Mark 10:41 TPT Now the other ten disciples overheard this,

and they became angry and began to criticize Jacob and John.

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Mark 10:42 TPT Jesus gathered them all together and said to

them, “Those recognized as rulers of the people and those who are in top leadership

positions rule oppressively over their subjects, but this is not the example you are to follow.

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Mark 10:43-44 TPT 43 You are to lead by a different model. If you want to be the greatest one, then live as one

called to serve others. 44 The path to promotion and prominence comes by having the heart of a bond-slave

who serves everyone.

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Mark 10:45 TPT For even the Son of Man did not come expecting to be served by everyone,

but to serve everyone, and to give his life as the ransom price in exchange for the

salvation of many.”

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Jesus learned to obey the Father

through suffering.

Hebrews 5:7 NLT While Jesus was here on earth, he offered

prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from

death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

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Hebrews 5:8 Even though Jesus was God’s Son,

he learned obedience from the things he suffered.

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Hebrews 5:9-10 NLT 9 In this way, God qualified him as a perfect

High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.

10 And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

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Loving Jesus empowers us

to obey His voice.

John 14:15 TPT “Loving me empowers you

to obey my commands.

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John 14:16 TPT And I will ask the Father and he will give you

another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will

never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you will know him intimately, because he will make his home in you and will live inside you.

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