Seven Ways To Disobey God

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• This presentation is obviously and admittedly a
  negative approach, exemplifying how man can fail
  to submit to the will of God. It is our aim that
  by simply presenting these seven ways in which
  man can and does disobey God, we can be more
  sensitive and cognizant regarding any indication
  of disobedience on our part. We do not want to
  be ignorant of Satans devices (2 Cor. 2 11).
  I am not sure that these seven ways are the only
  ways, there can certainly be semantical
  consideration, however, in the main, they cover
  the possibilities.

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• God has always required man to accept and
  explicitly obey
• 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou
  wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If
  thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and
  if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door
  (Gen. 4, cp. Heb. 11 4).

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• The final dispensation in which we live, the age
  of grace, is no different
• 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he
  obedience by the things which he suffered9 And
  being made perfect, he became the author of
  eternal salvation unto all them that obey him
  (Heb. 5).

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• We must realize that God speaks to us and
  commands us through his Son
• Hebrews 1 1, 2, Acts 3 22, 23, 2 John 9-11,
  John 12 48.

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• 1. By Doing What Is Forbidden (Gen. 216, 17 3
  6).
• Adam and Eve, in eating the forbidden fruit,
  violated the Will of God.  We refer to this kind
  of sin as a sin of commission.  They committed an
  act which God specifically had prohibited.  Men
  today often do exactly what He has forbidden.

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• 2. By Refusing To Do What God Has Commanded (Jas.
  4 17 Luke 730 Heb. 10 25).
• Some believe that more sin by failing to do what
  is commanded than by any other way (cp. Luke 16
  19-31, Acts 10 1, 2, 11 14).

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Seven Ways To Disobey God

• 3. By Adding To The Word Of God (Deut. 4 2 Rev.
  22 18).
• Adding to Gods word or commandments is very
  common (cp. Eph. 5 19 Col. 2 12, I Pet. 5 2).
   

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• 4. By Taking From The Word Of God (Deut. 4 2
  Rev. 22 19). 
• To take from God's Word is a sin of the same sort
  as to add to His Word. Some talk about
  non-essential commands. (Cp. Heb. 5 8, 9
  Matt. 5 32).

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• 5. By ostensibly obeying, but the heart is absent
  (Luke 18 9-14).
• Saul learned this lesson the hard way (I Sam. 15
  22, 23. cp. Rom. 6 17, 18, Rev. 2 1-7).

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• 6. By Substituting For What God Has Commanded
  (Lev.101-3).
• Nadab and Abihu, though they offered fire, did
  not offer the fire that God had commanded, and
  thus were consumed because of the strange
  fire. (Cp. sprinkling for baptism.)

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• 7. By not respecting the silence of the
  scriptures (cp. Heb. 7 14).
• "Would it be scripturally allowable for brethren
  to form a missionary society, having its
  president, board of directors and treasury
  through which to preach the gospel, support
  preachers, and send out preachers, with
  theproviso that this "Reach the Lost Foundation"
  did not solicit or accept monies from churches
  (just individuals)? (I Tim. 3 15.)

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• Conclusion
• 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the
  servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his
  house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond
  the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more
  (Num. 22).
• 5 His mother saith unto the servants,
  Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it (John 2).