The Most Important Verse!

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Ezekiel, son of man, the people with you in Babylonia talk about you when they meet by the city walls or in the doorways of their houses. They say, “Let's ask Ezekiel what the [Lord] has said today.”  So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are forever trying to cheat others out of their money.

They treat you as though you were merely singing love songs or playing music. They listen, but don't do anything you say.

Soon they will be punished, just as you warned, and they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Ezekiel 33:30-33

It is a good thing when you want to hear the Word of the Lord. Listening to what God says must come before obedience. Unless you hear you cannot obey!

In these verses Ezekiel is telling us about people who want to hear what God has to say, but don't want to obey it when they hear it.

Sometimes we listen to the Word of God to see how much God agrees with us. If God's Word confirms what I am already thinking and doing then I am diligent in continuing on that path. But if the message from Heaven contradicts the way I have chosen to go I am quick to dismiss it as not a necessary command.

It is foolish to consider the Word of the Lord as something you can categorize into important and not so important. Just ask Moses about that when you get to Heaven. God told Moses to strike the rock to get water the first time the situation arose. The second time God told Moses to speak to the rock. Moses struck it instead and missed the promised land! He got water both times, but Moses made a judgment about how important it was to do exactly what God said.

I must listen to and obey every Word that comes from God. When I begin to evaluate how important that Word is I become the perfect target for Satan's deception. The Devil wants me to question God's Word as step one on my journey into disobedience.

There should be a footnote on every verse in the Bible that says, "This is the most important scripture of all!"