LOSS OF BLESSINGS FOR DISOBEDIENCE | JOSHUA 5:6

1. Obedience

a) One of the first Scripture memory verses that children learned is “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right” (Ephesians 6:1).  Most people expect that children should be taught to obey, however they rarely understand that obedience is for not only the children, but for everyone.

b) Obedience is often confused with submission; however, the two words differ in this way:

i) Obey – The Biblical word for “obey” comes from the Greek “hupakou” which means to listen attentively; by implication to heed or conform to a command or authority. This word conveys the idea of actively following a command. There is no choice in the matter, it is to be done whether one agrees with it or not. Obedience is involuntary.

ii) Submit – The Biblical word “submit” comes from the Greek “hupeiko” which means to yield; to passively surrender to an authority. Submission is similar to obedience but in this case one might question what is being commanded. Submission is voluntary. 

2. Loss Of Blessings For Disobedience

Joshua 5:6 
For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.  

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