Pastor John,
Beth and I were in separate rooms of the house the other day, and though I could not hear her clearly, I knew she had begun to speak. I did not know if she was talking to Jesus, or to me 🙂 As I walked toward the kitchen where she was, to see if she was speaking to me, I heard the last sentence that she spoke, which was………”they say you don’t have to obey God.”
When I heard her say that, the Spirit then spoke to me. It was a very pleasant surprise, and unexpected. This is what I heard:
“You don’t have to obey God.
If you are “having” to obey God, then you are not obeying God.
The Spirit that you have IS God, and it is never “having” to obey.
If you are “having” to obey, that is just the flesh, holding its true desires in restraint, that is not obedience to God. That is a different Spirit.
You don’t make the choice to obey God, you can’t obey God. You make the choice to walk in the Spirit, the Spirit obeys God.
Jerry