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Hebrews 13:17-25
The spirit of obedience is the great secret of all godliness.
True slavery is the being enslaved by our own will; true liberty consists in our having our wills entirely set aside.
The only thing that ought to make any hesitation in the saint’s mind about departing to be with Christ is the doing God’s will here. We may suppose such an one thinking of the joy of being with Christ, and then being arrested by the desire of doing God’s will here. (See Philippians 1:20-25.) That assumes confidence in God as “the God of peace” and confidence in His sustaining power while here. If the soul is laboring in the turmoil of its own mind, it cannot have the blessing of knowing God as “the God of peace.”
The flesh is so easily aroused that there is often the need of the word of exhortation — “I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation” (vs. 22). The spirit of obedience is the only spirit of holiness.
The Lord give us grace to walk in His ways.