“ENFORCEMENT”

SEPTEMBER 2015

“Enforcement”

“the act of a compelling observance of or compliance

with a law, rule, or obligation.”

Defining the term

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” ESV

Scripture

Adam and Eve experienced God’s enforcement of His command.

Gen 3:17  And  to  Adam  he  said,  "Because  you  have  listened  to the  voice  of  your  wife  and  have  eaten  of  the  tree  of  which  I commanded  you,  'You  shall  not  eat  of  it,'  cursed  is  the  ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

Gen 3:18  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Gen 3:19  By  the sweat of your  face you shall eat bread, till  you return  to  the  ground,  for  out  of  it  you  were  taken;  for  you  are dust, and to dust you shall return."

I Pet 2:13 Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men, because of the Lord, whether to a king as supreme,

I Pe 2:14 or to governors as sent by Him for vengeance on evildoers, but for praise on well-doers.

I Pe 2:16 as free, and not having freedom as cover of evil, but as servants of God.

Ipe 2:17 Honor all. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King.”

The Lord uses our Government as His tool for enforcement.

II Sam 2 :12-17,22-35, there was a major spiritual dilemma. Eli and his sons (Hophni and Phinehas) were killed in one day.Eli stood by and let his sons, disobey and dishonor, with no consequences, God.

Where there is a lack of enforcement, there is the potential disaster.

God is sovereign and his rule has embedded in it the element of strict enforcement.

ONE LAST THING..

Have a blessed and Fulfilling week !