1. ELEVATE
OBEDIENCE
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2. ELEV TE
OBEDIENCE
1 Samuel 15:22-23
Deut. 30:11-19 & John 2:1-10

3. 1 Samuel 15:  But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices     as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice,     and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

4. 23  For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,     he has rejected you as king.”

5. 5 Consequences for
DISOBEDIENCE

6. 1. Disobedience Defies Lordship

7. 2. Disobedience Defiles Loyalty

8. 3. Disobedience Detours Blessing

9. 4. Disobedience Distracts Devotion and Focus

10. 5. Disobedience Derails Opportunity

11. Deuteronomy 30:  Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

12. 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

13. 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.

14. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

15. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

16. 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed
18  I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

17. 19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

18. 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

19. Obedience Breeds Opportunity

20. John 2:1-10 1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee
John 2:1-10  1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

21. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

22. 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

23. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

24. 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

25. 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

26. The Servants became the Heroes!!!

27. 1. Their Purpose was Enhanced

28. 2. Their Position was Elevated

29. 3. Their Presentation was Exceptional

30. Their Publicity was Eternal (Forever recorded in Scripture)

31. ELEV TE
OBEDIENCE
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