Linden Road Church
What's Got You Stuck?
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Linden Road Church
160 S Linden Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
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http://lrpc.podbean.comChristian-ish: The Trap of Comfortable Christianity
Christian-ish: having a half-hearted faith; wearing the label of Christianity without truly following Jesus
Selective obedience is the dangerous illusion that doing some of what God commands is enough, when it’s really disobedience in disguise.
Deuteronomy 5:33 NIV Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper …
Exodus 19:5 NIV “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then … you will be my treasured possession. ...”
Job 36:11 NLT “If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed …”
Two Things These Verses Have in Common
1) God is asking for our full obedience.
2) Some of God’s blessings are conditional.
Covenant Theology
The New Covenant
Unconditional promise: Jesus died and rose again, offering forgiveness of sins and eternal life for all who believe.
Conditional blessings: While salvation is a gift, certain blessings flow from obedience to God.
God doesn’t want our partial obedience; God wants our full surrender.
You do it one step at a time.
1 Samuel 15:7-9 NIV Then Saul attacked the Amalekites … 8He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. ...
Disobedience always starts with a whisper.
What you allow in the moment often owns you in the future.
Where are you letting sin whisper its way into your life?
1 Samuel 15:20-21 NIV “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
Every sin we justify builds a wall between us and God.
1 Samuel 15:22 NIV But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice …”
Every act of obedience is a demonstration of our love to the One who loved us first.
1 John 5:3-4 NIV … this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. ...
Christian-ish: having a half-hearted faith; wearing the label of Christianity without truly following Jesus
Selective obedience is the dangerous illusion that doing some of what God commands is enough, when it’s really disobedience in disguise.
Deuteronomy 5:33 NIV Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper …
Exodus 19:5 NIV “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then … you will be my treasured possession. ...”
Job 36:11 NLT “If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed …”
Two Things These Verses Have in Common
1) God is asking for our full obedience.
2) Some of God’s blessings are conditional.
Covenant Theology
The New Covenant
Unconditional promise: Jesus died and rose again, offering forgiveness of sins and eternal life for all who believe.
Conditional blessings: While salvation is a gift, certain blessings flow from obedience to God.
God doesn’t want our partial obedience; God wants our full surrender.
You do it one step at a time.
1 Samuel 15:7-9 NIV Then Saul attacked the Amalekites … 8He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. ...
Disobedience always starts with a whisper.
What you allow in the moment often owns you in the future.
Where are you letting sin whisper its way into your life?
1 Samuel 15:20-21 NIV “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
Every sin we justify builds a wall between us and God.
1 Samuel 15:22 NIV But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice …”
Every act of obedience is a demonstration of our love to the One who loved us first.
1 John 5:3-4 NIV … this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. ...
March of Prayer 2025 - Our 7th Year
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