Devotional Guide, Today’s Reading Monday October 9, 2023

Theme: OBEDIENCE OF THE RECHABITES

Text: “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”  – Hebrews 13:17.

Comment: Obedience is due to the ministers of the gospel in the Church. This is consequent upon the fact that they declare God’s message of truth and salvation as well as care for the spiritual well-being of the congregation. Baruch, as we read in Jeremiah 45:1 and 2 was not overcome by pride. God corrected him through Jeremiah the prophet. He displayed maturity, spiritual discernment and humility. In Proverbs 19:20 it is written; “Hear counsel and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end”. All these qualities have bearing on obedience. And in verse seven of Hebrews thirteen we are told; “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation” The need for us to obey the instructions of God’s ministers cannot therefore, be overstressed.  

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