Fruit of obedience or disobedience

Jeremiah 18:9-12 (NLT) And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, 10 but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.11 “Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.’”12 But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”

When God spoke of a nation or kingdom in the book of Jeremiah, HE was speaking about His people which is you and I. We are a kingdom or nation and from our loins will come our descendants which are the nation or kingdom. Many good things were spoken over previous kings and of God's people but such promises and blessings are all conditional to our continued obedience. In the above verses, there is a warning. Even if God speaks good things over us but if we turn to do evil refusing to obey God, then HE said HE will NOT bless us but plan disaster or judgment.

We must look at our lives and discern our fruit. Our type of fruit is the manifestation of obedience or disobedience. We cannot just blame the devil, generational curses, our past, people, and etc to stay and live in our disobedience. We all have been given the power and grace to overcome and arise to a new life.

What are the fruit of disobedience? Many Christians think they are all obeying God but their fruit does not correspond with obedience. If we are fully obeying, then we should be bearing obedience types of fruit and if we are disobeying, we will be bearing disobedient types of fruit. We cannot look at the previous word spoken over us and think we will still be blessed if we are on a path of disobedience.

When we disobey, we are NOT being led by the Holy Spirit and thus such fruit will manifest in our lives as spoken in Galatians chapter 5 verses 18 to 21.

Galatians 5:18-21 NLV If you let the Holy Spirit lead you, the Law no longer has power over you. 19 The things your sinful old self wants to do are: sex sins, sinful desires, wild living, 20 worshiping false gods, witchcraft, hating, fighting, being jealous, being angry, arguing, dividing into little groups and thinking the other groups are wrong, false teaching, 21 wanting something someone else has, killing other people, using strong drink, wild parties, and all things like these. I told you before and I am telling you again that those who do these things will have no place in the holy nation of God.

If we are fully obeying God, then the fruit of obedience will manifest in our lives as spoken in Galatians chapter 5 verses 22 to 26.

Galatians 5:22-26 NLV But the fruit that comes from having the Holy Spirit in our lives is: love, joy, peace, not giving up, being kind, being good, having faith, 23 being gentle, and being the boss over our own desires (self control). The Law is not against these things. 24 Those of us who belong to Christ have nailed our sinful old selves on His cross. Our sinful desires are now dead. 25 If the Holy Spirit is living in us, let us be led by Him in all things. 26 Let us not become proud in ways in which we should not. We must not make hard feelings among ourselves as Christians or make anyone jealous.

The demons are like maggots, flies, and all other unwanted nasty insects that thrive in dung and garbage. Dung and garbage represent disorder. The demons thrive in disorder and where there is disorder there is confusion. Where there is confusion, there are curses in our finances, health, mentality, families, etc.
When proper order is established, order is fruit of obedience. Where there is obedience, then order comes to manifest healing, restoration, power, life, etc. The demons cannot thrive in the realm of obedience. There are no flies and maggots in a clean orderly home. They are in the garbage where they thrive.

Which road are you on? The road of obedience or disobedience? Exam your fruit and make a choice to obey to the end. Be led by the Holy Spirit and not by your flesh or your personal desires. Learn spiritual authority and submission. Proper order in our lives will bring the good of the land. For many, they need to just go back to basics. They need to return to their first Love by praying, reading, worshiping, spending time with God, obeying their authorities, and to just stop sinning.

Do not make the same mistake as God's people previously had. They by their actions told God to stop wasting His breath. They told HIM they will continue to live as they desire and not change.

Pastor Steve