Response  – Complete Obedience 

Response  – Complete Obedience 

Pastor Blake Hanson | 8.30.26 

 

Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)

2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

 

 

OBEDIENCE TYPES 

 

1.   Obedience: editing God’s instructions to fit our preferences

 

2.   Obedience: is surrendering my will to God’s word without reservation or revision. 

 

 

1 Samuel 15:1–3 (NIV)

1Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 

2This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 

3Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

 

 

1 Samuel 15:9 (NIV)

9But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely…

 

 

1 Samuel 15:13–15 (NIV)

13When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.” 

14But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?” 

15Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”

 

WHAT COMPLETE OBEDIENCE MAKES POSSIBLE… 

 

 COMPLETE OBEDIENCE KEEPS US ALIGNED WITH GOD’S . 

 

 

1 Samuel 15:1 (NIV)

1 listen now to the message from the Lord.

 

 

1 Samuel 15:19 (NIV)

19Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”

 

 

John 10:2–5 (NIV)

2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 

3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 

5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

 

 

COMPLETE OBEDIENCE FORMS US FOR WHAT GOD TO US. 

 

 

1 Samuel 15:17 (NIV)

17Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

 

Diagnostic Questions For Character: 

 

1.  Am I asking God for greater responsibility while resisting Him in my present responsibility? 

 

2.  Am I more interested in my calling than my character? 

 

3.  What might this current season be forming in me? 

 

 

COMPLETE OBEDIENCE FREES US FROM AND VOICES. 

 

 

1 Samuel 15:22–24 (NIV)

22But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 

23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” 

24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them.

 

 

Romans 6:16–18 (NIV)

16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 

17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 

18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

 

COMPLETE OBEDIENCE WHAT GOD GIVES. 

 

 

James 1:17 (NIV)

17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

 

 

1 Samuel 15:26–28 (NIV)

26But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!” 

27As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. 

28Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.

 

 

COMPLETE OBEDIENCE CHOOSES OVER IMAGE. 

 

 

1 Samuel 15:30 (NIV)

30Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

 

 

Psalm 73:28 (NIV)

28But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

 

 

1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV)

22To obey is better than sacrifice…

 

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