Obedience

This is a core value of a Christian and their life in Jesus. When a Christian applies it to their daily life it separates church goers from disciples of Christ. Why should there be a difference? Because, people who go to church, regularly or not, are hearers of the Word but many don’t live that way. There are many who have heard many sermons during their lifetime but their life doesn’t reflect Him. It’s like a car that goes to the station for gas once a week. They get filled on Sunday and then try to run on that for a week or more. Their life and even their heart doesn’t show the transformative power of the sermon or of God’s Word.

I know that we aren’t supposed to judge people and I’m really not doing that. It’s just that there are certain things which show up in the life of a believer after they have given their life to Christ and for many “church goers” those changes aren’t there.

God’s one requirement for all of us, especially believers, is obedience. The Ten Commandments are a prime example of what all of us should be trying to follow in our lives daily. So many believers try to do this and many of us fall short. We let anger and frustration get in the way of our walk with Jesus. We let family squabbles get in the way too. Life is too short to allow things like arguments or hurt feelings get in the way of our walk with Jesus. It happens, but if you truly belong to Jesus, you are forgiven and can claim forgiveness from those sins, big or small.