What will I obey?

Why do we pick and choose what we will obey.

Excuse 1: It goes back to our child-rearing. Were we taught to obey the first time every-time? I know I was not. So then habits set in. "Bad habits are like a comfortable bed...Easy to get into, but hard to get out of!" (quote from daughters phonics book).

Excuse 2: Now we are adults, we should know better.

Excuse 3: Society has also taught us to break contracts (promises). Remember many years ago a hand shake was good enough (I believe what has happened with the Indians is enough proof that a man's word is no good, and accepted). In Bible days a man's word was enough. Now a person needs a 20, 30 page maybe more contract that has to have every loop hole figured out. Then again there was Pres. Clinton with, well, I will not go any further, I am sure you all got my point. Satan has so infested man kind accepting and doing what we should do does not feel right, is unnatural. It really takes some getting used to.

Excuse 4: Think back to when you were first saved. You had the motivation and the desire to do what is right. But there were some issues that came up that raised a question. Some maybe even years later you discover that it really was God telling you to do this or that, but, Satan had such strongholds on your life that you didn't think it was the right thing to do, or maybe the ability to stand up against the flow to do the right. (This is really the only one that I see validity in, strongholds-are spoken of in scripture).

Excuse 5: And my favorite 'excuse' for us all. How many ministers out there are willing to preach on sin. That is not the way to fill the seats, and empty seats does not pay the bills. Many would and do lose their jobs for preaching the truth. And their excuse-that is what I was taught in seminary. Has anyone done a study of the decline in seminaries?

I say 'excuse' because we have to stand up before God for all of our decisions and I do not see God accepting the fact my minister (etc) didn't tell me. We are responsible to read the scripture for our selves.

So after saying all of this I will give a one word answer: SELFISHNESS