Before doing this study, read the one-minute introduction Partial Obedience. It explains how King Saul's partial obedience led to his loss of God's anointing.
What about you?
When you read God's instructions in Scripture, do you partially obey or fully obey?
1. If something about God or His commands is difficult to understand, remember this:
1 Corinthians 13:12: “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
2. If something about God or His commands makes people dislike you, remember this:
John 15:18-20: “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.”
Luke 9:26: “Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”
3. If something about God or His commands causes you difficulty, remember this:
Matthew 16:24-26: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?’”
So let's trust God's loving character when we don't understand His commands. Let's seek to please God, not man. And let's know that any sacrifice we make for our Lord doesn't begin to equal the sacrifice He made for us!
copyright 2015, updated 2025, BiteSizeBibleStudy.com, Gail Purath
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