Exodus 5 1 5 Who is the lord

Exodus 5: 1 -5 “Who is the lord, that I should obey his voice? ”

Some People Today Need Reasons to Obey • Ephesians 6: 1 “for this is right” • Titus 2: 10 “that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Savior in all things” • Romans 13: 7 “he is God’s minister to you for good” • Romans 13: 1 -4 “no authority except from God” “There are good reasons to obey all of these things. ”

Reasons To Obey God • Because I Believe There Is A God • Romans 1: 19 -23 • What Kind of God Must He Be? – A Person – i. e. Personality – Infinite in Size- made Universe – Infinite in Knowledge – complex Creation – Powerful beyond Comprehension – Able to Destroy Everything we know Matthew 10: 28

I Will Obey Because. I face an All-Knowing All Powerful Person Who can Destroy Me if I become Utterly Displeasing to Him! • Don’t Dare Refuse if He Speaks – Hebrews 12: 25 • •

I Believe the Bible is God’s Revealed Message to Man • 40 Authors, 1600 Years, fisherman to Kings, themes & Ideas unparalleled in any other ancient or modern literature • Historical Accuracy more uncanny than any other humanly written document in history

I Believe the Bible is God’s Revealed Message to Man • Knowledge & Understanding Far Excelling prejudices & misconceptions of their own time

IF it was Only Written by Men, Questions Need Answers: • How can it be so unified in purpose & plan? • How can it contain details of events which occurred 700 -1000 years AFTER the writing? • How could it be so historically accurate?

IF it was Only Written by Men, Questions Need Answers: • How could it contain so high a standard of morality that most of its heroes & even its writers are embarrassed or condemned by what it says about them? • How could these men have ALL risen above the prejudices & human ignorance of their day?

IF I Believe the Bible is The Word of God…. • I believe God spoke to Mankind in the Past to Prepare them for His coming Son – 2 Peter 1: 19 -21 –Galatians 3: 21 -26 • I believe God speaks to us Now Through His Son- Hebrews 1: 1, 2 • I believe the Message of Christ is in The N. T. – Hebrews 9: 11 -15

IF I Believe the Bible is The Word of God…. • I believe God Speaks to Me & You Today in This Message – Acts 17: 30, 31; Mark 16: 15, 16 • I believe Then That I Should Obey What I Have Been Told From This Source – Luke 6: 46

I Believe That I Must Obey God Because: • I Believe God Knows My Name. Psalm 147: 4; Genesis 22: 17 • How? Matthew 10: 29 -31 • Special Place for Names of the Righteous- Luke 10: 20; Philippians 4: 3; Hebrews 4: 12, 13 Psalm 139: 1 -12

I May Run, But I Can’t Hide! I Can Never Escape the Consequences of Not Obeying God!

I Believe That I Must Obey God Because: • I Believe God Loves Me! –He shouldn’t be concerned with a speck like me- Psalm 8: 1 -9 –Why Should He Love Me? Romans 3: 23; Titus 3: 3 -5 –HE DOES- Luke 15: 1 -4; 1 Peter 2: 24, 25; Romans 5: 8; John 3: 16

If I Believe God Loves Me, It is The Greatest Motive of All! • Love Demands a Response – 1 John 4: 19 – 1 John 4: 10, 11 • We Learned It From God! –John 12: 32, 33 – 1 John 5: 1 -3 –John 14: 15

Do You Have Reasons For NOT Obeying God Today That are Better? Why Not Obey Him Now?