{"id":926,"date":"2020-08-02T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T22:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2020-08-02T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T22:20:28","slug":"whose-servant-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/02\/whose-servant-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose Servant are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"716\" src=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-Verse-72-James-1-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-927\" srcset=\"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-Verse-72-James-1-22.jpg 986w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-Verse-72-James-1-22-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Web-Verse-72-James-1-22-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><figcaption>  \u201c<strong>But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.<\/strong>\u201d<br> James 1:22 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s world, it isn\u2019t very popular to obey God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The admonition to serve God with all of our hearts, and not\nto turn from His way, is very important for Christians. In order to follow God,\nit is important to obey His Word. Obedience is extremely important to Him (and\nthis is repeated numerous times to His people). In order to obey God, we must\nknow what His Word says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can one know God\u2019s Word? One must first seek after it and\nhide it in their heart. How does God\u2019s Word get into one\u2019s heart? \u201c<strong>10.\nWith my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy\ncommandments.&nbsp;11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin\nagainst thee<\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 119:10-11). One must search after God, read the\nBible, and memorize His Word for it to be found in our heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once we hide God\u2019s Word in our hearts, we know what to do. We\ncan understand what God expects from us. However, the most important thing\ncomes next: we are not only to<strong><em> hear<\/em><\/strong> it, but also to <strong><em>do<\/em><\/strong>\nit! \u201c<strong>But be ye doers of the word,\nand not hearers only, deceiving your own selves<\/strong>\u201d (James 1:22). Notice if we just hear God\u2019s Word and\ndo not do it, we deceive ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the following warning: \u201c<strong>Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his\nservants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience\nunto righteousness?<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 6:16). When one chooses to do what they\nwant over what God says to do, that person has yielded himself, or herself, to\nsin. But, when one chooses to obey God, it is considered obedience unto\nrighteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a servant to sin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, do you obey God\u2019s Word unto\nrighteousness?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s world, it isn\u2019t very popular to obey God. The admonition to serve God with all of our hearts, and not to turn from His way, is very important for Christians. In order to follow God, it is important to obey His Word. Obedience is extremely important to Him (and this is repeated numerous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[265,494,495,496,139,93,497,204,203,304],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-death","tag-doers","tag-hearers","tag-hide","tag-obedience","tag-righteousness","tag-servant","tag-serve","tag-sin","tag-word"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}