{"id":2727,"date":"2020-05-07T05:18:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T03:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2021-01-15T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T09:12:05","slug":"obedience-that-dishonored-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2727","title":{"rendered":"Obedience That Dishonored God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To the government or king<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Doeg the Edomite obeys the king to murder 85 men (1 Sam. 22:18-19). <\/li><li>The men of Keilah would have obeyed the king by delivering up David after he had just saved them (1 Sam. 23:12). <\/li><li>The men of Ziph obeyed the government when they should have disobeyed (1 Sam. 26:1). <\/li><li>Bathsheba obeyed the king\u2019s request for her to break her marriage vow (2 Sam. 11:4).<\/li><li>Joab sinfully obeyed the king\u2019s request to put Uriah in a place where he would die (2 Sam. 11:14-17).<\/li><li>Joab and the captains of the army sinfully obeyed the king\u2019s command to number the people (2 Sam. 24:4). <\/li><li>Two fools obey Jezebel and lie about Naboth (1 Kings 21:10). <\/li><li>The men who took Micaiah to prison obeyed wicked Ahab in that unjust command (1 Kings 22:26).<\/li><li>The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem obeyed Manasseh to do more evil than the Gentiles (2 Chron. 33:9).<\/li><li>The soldiers obeyed the Jewish leaders (Matt. 28:15). <br><br><strong>To the people<\/strong><\/li><li>Aaron obeys the voice of the people (Ex. 32:1-4).<\/li><li>The Levite obeys the crowd from Dan (Judges 18:19-20).<\/li><li>The Levite obeys the crowd of Benjamites to deliver his concubine for abuse (Judges 19:25). <\/li><li>Pilate obeys the crowd to consent to Christ\u2019s murder (Matt. 27:24).<\/li><li>Herod obeyed the whims of the people around him to cut off John\u2019s head (Mark 6:25-26). <br><br><strong>To parents<\/strong><\/li><li>Micah obeys his mother to worship false idols (Judges 17:3-5).<br><br><strong>To wives<\/strong><\/li><li>Solomon obeyed his wives (1 Kings 11:4).<\/li><li>Ahab obeyed his wife Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31 cf. 21:25).<br><br><strong>To false teachers<\/strong><\/li><li>Peter obeyed the Judaizers at least for a time drawing other Christians with him back to Judaism (Gal. 2:12-13). <\/li><li>The church at Thyatira obeyed Jezebel the false prophetess (Rev. 2:20)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The government often tempts men to sin by\nfearing the consequence of breaking the law. <\/li><li>Crowds of people lead men to sin because their\ndesires are corrupt and their judgment is unbiblical. Pure democracy is not a\ngodly system. <\/li><li>A wicked wife can exercise great power over her\nhusband, and logically the reverse is true as well. <\/li><li>Obedience sometimes results from a lack of\nintegrity and moral courage. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the government or king Doeg the Edomite obeys the king to murder 85 men (1 Sam. 22:18-19). 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