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Hi, Chandra —
God is a God of Mercy. He is also
the God of second chance, third chance,
and so on.
That said, partial obedience is disobedience
and disobedience brings consequences.
Sometimes consequences we might never
realize.
For instance, God promised Moses
that he (Moses) would lead Israel
to the promised land.
When they left Egypt, shortly after
giving Israel the Ten Commandments,
God told Moses OK,
go and take the land. Instead, Israel
decided to send twelve spies to
scope things out. When the twelve
returned, ten of the spies reported
there were giants in the land. The
other two, Joshua and Caleb, said: The Lord has promised us the land,
we can take it but Israel believed
the other ten and disobeyed God.
Well, that whole generation except
for Joshua and Caleb, did not enter
the promised land so Israel received
the promise, but their disobedience
cost them.
It's the same with us. If we disobey
along the way, we wind up off track.
Then we run into obstacles on our
way back. It could be that while
we were off track, we missed out
on something God had for us.
John
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