Obeying is better than sacrifices
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The sermon is about obedience and the importance of following God's commandments. It is based on the story of Saul in the book of Samuel where God commands him to destroy the Amalekites but he spares their king and takes the best of their livestock. This act of disobedience angers God and Samuel is sent to confront Saul. The sermon emphasizes the need for obedience to God's word, even when it is difficult or goes against our desires or affections. Disobedience is rooted in pride and rebellion, which is why God hates it. The story of Saul also highlights the danger of spiritual pride and the temptation to make monuments to ourselves. The sermon calls for a deep respect for God's character and obedience to his word.
The passage from 1 Samuel 15 highlights the importance of obeying God's specific commands to the letter. Saul was given a clear order to destroy everything in the city of Amalek, including the king and all the animals. However, Saul spared the king and some of the best animals, which resulted in God's judgment. The passage emphasizes the importance of knowing and respecting God's commandments, as well as obeying them completely without compromise or partial obedience. It also highlights the danger of justifying disobedience or blaming others for our actions.
The story of Saul in the Bible teaches us several principles, including the importance of obedience to God's commands, the ineffectiveness of praise and rituals as a substitute for obedience, and the need to follow God's sense of justice and mercy rather than our own. Disobedience will ultimately lead to disastrous consequences, so it is crucial to align ourselves with God's will, even if it is painful or difficult. God's mercy is long, but we should not take it for granted and should strive to walk straight in our lives.
The speaker urges listeners to obey and align themselves with God's will. They warn against playing games with God and emphasize the importance of obedience before sacrifice and cleanliness before boasting. The best conductor of God's blessings is obedience, and the speaker urges listeners to prepare clean vessels for God's anointing. The ultimate goal is to give God a people capable of containing his glory. The message ends with a call to consecrate our lives to the Lord and give Him our hearts.
The passage from 1 Samuel 15 highlights the importance of obeying God's specific commands to the letter. Saul was given a clear order to destroy everything in the city of Amalek, including the king and all the animals. However, Saul spared the king and some of the best animals, which resulted in God's judgment. The passage emphasizes the importance of knowing and respecting God's commandments, as well as obeying them completely without compromise or partial obedience. It also highlights the danger of justifying disobedience or blaming others for our actions.
The story of Saul in the Bible teaches us several principles, including the importance of obedience to God's commands, the ineffectiveness of praise and rituals as a substitute for obedience, and the need to follow God's sense of justice and mercy rather than our own. Disobedience will ultimately lead to disastrous consequences, so it is crucial to align ourselves with God's will, even if it is painful or difficult. God's mercy is long, but we should not take it for granted and should strive to walk straight in our lives.
The speaker urges listeners to obey and align themselves with God's will. They warn against playing games with God and emphasize the importance of obedience before sacrifice and cleanliness before boasting. The best conductor of God's blessings is obedience, and the speaker urges listeners to prepare clean vessels for God's anointing. The ultimate goal is to give God a people capable of containing his glory. The message ends with a call to consecrate our lives to the Lord and give Him our hearts.
I invite you to look in the first book of the prophet Samuel, Chapter 15. Thank you musicians, tremendous work, a blessing. Chapter 15 of the first book of Samuel.
Brothers, I want to share with you a word that has been burning in my spirit all week and in reality it is a topic that has been percolating, bubbling in my life through the last months And it's a topic that seems so basic that it's almost redundant in a sense, but it's so important that we can never preach enough about it. It deals with the theme of obedience, obedience, obeying the Lord. And if they asked me for a title for this sermon, we always put the titles of the sermons on the Internet and I would like to always remember, help our brother Ernst Diehl and Esmeralda by giving them the titles of the sermons, but this time I remember and I want to put it there and It is related to the very story that I want to tell you about, first Samuel 15, and the title that I would give it is 'Obeying is better than sacrifices', words of the prophet Samuel himself.
Brothers, I want to share with you a word that has been burning in my spirit all week and in reality it is a topic that has been percolating, bubbling in my life through the last months And it's a topic that seems so basic that it's almost redundant in a sense, but it's so important that we can never preach enough about it. It deals with the theme of obedience, obedience, obeying the Lord. And if they asked me for a title for this sermon, we always put the titles of the sermons on the Internet and I would like to always remember, help our brother Ernst Diehl and Esmeralda by giving them the titles of the sermons, but this time I remember and I want to put it there and It is related to the very story that I want to tell you about, first Samuel 15, and the title that I would give it is 'Obeying is better than sacrifices', words of the prophet Samuel himself.
