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Spiritual Answers and Reasons
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The
Blessedness Of Obeying God's Word
Everything
is said in the Scriptures that can be said to show us the
need of living in harmony with the Bible. If our lives are
out of harmony with one text in that blessed Book, we are
not yet fitted for heaven. We can never be admitted into
the everlasting kingdom of God if we knowingly refuse or
neglect to live to every word of God. We are therefore
exhorted, beseeched, entreated, encouraged, warned, and
commanded to obey every text in the Bible. We are
encouraged to obedience by being told of the blessedness
of keeping the commandments.
It is natural for mothers to love
to have their children well spoken of. We do not fault
them for this. When a young man, by his good deportment,
is gaining a fair name, mothers, when together, will
remark, "It is blessed to be the mother of a young
man like that." There was a woman who heard of the
fame of a young man. He was casting out devils, healing
the sick, opening blinded eyes, and unstopping deaf ears,
and consequently he was gaining a wide and favorable
reputation. This woman came to the young man and with that
mother in her heart said to him, "Blessed is the womb
that bear thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked."
It was, indeed, blessed to be the mother of this young
man. An angel from heaven acknowledged this. In speaking
to Mary of the birth of Jesus (for he was the young man),
the angel said, "Hail, thou that art highly favored,
the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."
She was more highly favored than any other woman on earth,
because she was to become the mother of the Son of God.
Can it be that any one can be more blessed than this happy
mother of Jesus ? Let us hear His reply to the woman
—"But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that
hear the word of God and keep it." Jesus did not deny
that it was blessed to be his mother, but said that those
who hear God's word and keep it are rather or more,
blessed. God favors those who obey Him. "The willing
and obedient shall eat the good of the land." "Hadst
thou hearkened unto my commandments, then wouldst thy
peace be like a river." Happiness is the result of
obedience, and heaven is the final reward.
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