Favor Forever | Obedience Pleases the Lord
Mercy Culture Church | Pastor Landon Schott
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Numbers 20:2-12
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2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
5 Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
7 And the LORD said to Moses,
8 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
5 Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
7 And the LORD said to Moses,
8 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
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Obedience pleases the Lord!
John 3:30
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30 He must increase; I must decrease.
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Ephesians 5:10
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10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Obey
shama (shaw-mah') - to hear
Obedience
hypakoḗ (from akoúō, "to hear" and hypó, "beneath")
i.e. obedience – literally, "submission to what is heard"
[Obedience is generally framed in terms of the auditory and the visual.]
shama (shaw-mah') - to hear
Obedience
hypakoḗ (from akoúō, "to hear" and hypó, "beneath")
i.e. obedience – literally, "submission to what is heard"
[Obedience is generally framed in terms of the auditory and the visual.]
James 2:26
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26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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You can never fail obeying God!
John 14:15
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15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
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Hebrews 5:8
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8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
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Philippians 2:8
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8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
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Ephesians 6:1
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1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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Romans 8:14-15
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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
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Deuteronomy 28:2
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2 And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
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2 Corinthians 10:5-6
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5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
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Obeying God is winning in spiritual warfare, disobeying God is losing in spiritual warfare!
PROPHETIC WARNING
The spirit of offense is trying to take you out of this church!
The spirit of offense is trying to take you out of this church!
Matthew 3:17
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17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
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Your greatest encounters with the Lord come from obedience!
Opportunity is everywhere, the perfect will of God is in obedience!
QUESTION
If It’s simple, why does it feel so challenging?
If It’s simple, why does it feel so challenging?
WARNING
There is always strategic demonic resistance to everything that pleases the Lord!
There is always strategic demonic resistance to everything that pleases the Lord!
Disobedience is the demonic resistance to obedience!
Genesis 3:1-5
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1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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2 Corinthians 10:4-6
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4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
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Disobedience is when you do not desire to please the Lord!
QUESTION
Where have you been disobedient to God?
Where have you been disobedient to God?
John 3:16
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16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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Giving pleases the Lord!
Malachi 3:10
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10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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Tithe
“A tenth part or tenth” in Biblical numeric the number tenth means “Testimony or TEST; Law or Responsibility”
“A tenth part or tenth” in Biblical numeric the number tenth means “Testimony or TEST; Law or Responsibility”
Genesis 14:18-21
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18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —
19 and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
19 and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
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Leviticus 27:30
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30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 16:29
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29 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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The reason you can’t afford to tithe is because you honored a bill before you honored God!
Exodus 22:29
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29 ¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
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You don’t have an affording problem, you have a principal of first problem!
Malachi 3:10
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10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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QUESTION
How do you trust your church with your soul but not your money?
How do you trust your church with your soul but not your money?
WARNING
There is demonic resistance to giving to God!
There is demonic resistance to giving to God!
2 Reasons Why The Tithe Isn’t Abolished by The “Law” (Old Covenant)
1. Tithing began before the law (Genesis 14:18–21)
2. Jesus endorsed tithing in the NT (Matthew 23:23)
1. Tithing began before the law (Genesis 14:18–21)
2. Jesus endorsed tithing in the NT (Matthew 23:23)
Matthew 23:23
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23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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Psalms 24:1
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1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
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Lord
Greek (koo'-ree-os) ownership
Greek (koo'-ree-os) ownership
2 Corinthians 8:7
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7 But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
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Excel
perisseuō (pedr-sue-o) to increase to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure
perisseuō (pedr-sue-o) to increase to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure
Matthew 6:21
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21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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QUESTION
Why does not giving to God appeal to you so much?
Why does not giving to God appeal to you so much?
Genesis 4:2-5
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2 Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
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QUESTION
If tithing pleased the Lord in the Old Testament, when did it stop pleasing Him?
If tithing pleased the Lord in the Old Testament, when did it stop pleasing Him?
2 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
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God doesn’t need your money; He desires the fellowship of your obedience!
Genesis 8:20-21
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20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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Abomination
Bad smell - what He hates
Giving is a pleasing aroma - what pleases the Lord!
Bad smell - what He hates
Giving is a pleasing aroma - what pleases the Lord!
Exodus 10:24
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24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
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Withholding your giving robs you from encountering God!
1 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
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QUESTION
Does your giving please the Lord?
Does your giving please the Lord?
Exodus 17:4-6
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4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Numbers 20:10-11
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10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
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Rebels
mārâ (maw-raw) to be disobedient
mārâ (maw-raw) to be disobedient
Numbers 20:12
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12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
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Matthew 17:1-3
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1 After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
2 There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
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QUESTION
Are you in disobedience?
Are you in disobedience?
