CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF OBEYING GOD

About the Book

Inability to obey God and respect His arrangements on earth is as a result of ignorance of who God is and the power of His Word. The entrance of the Word of God into our minds would enlighten the ignorant. This first publication in our series on obeying God focuses on the family, being the nucleus of the society. The cliché “charity begins at home” is truer in the issues of this discourse than anywhere else. A disordered family is like a ship whose captain is without honor. The ripples of this disaster affect the whole community. Giving the attributes of honor to our parents and elders is commanded. It must be given to our parents or elders as it would be taken in turns as the children of today become the elders of tomorrow. It is not negotiated with conditions attached and God commands it. In their own interest, elders have the responsibility of forgiving offending young ones unreservedly and should pray for them because of their future. Consider the Benefit of Obeying God 1 explains these scriptural precepts with exquisite examples endued with amazing consistency, simplicity, and clarity. The first step to prevent or mitigate disordered society is to teach order in the family God’s own way. Honoring parents is honoring the God that commands it. There are benefits of honoring parents and consequences for refusing to obey this God’s command. This book searches the Scripture’s balanced doctrine on this issue and presents it for the benefit of all persons that have the opportunity to read it. It also provides a teaching base for those who may wish to use it as a teaching tool with our permission. Hence it is beneficial to teachers, hearers of all age groups, and the society at large.

About the Author

Dr. Edet Esara was born into a Nigerian Christian family where honoring elders yielded benefits and the corollary was true. As a child, his early understanding of the Scripture was at his mother’s feet. At twelve years old, he won a Bible knowledge competition of which other contestants included ordained priests and some mature Christians and a barrister-at-law. This seed was later watered by the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International and energized for fast growth by infilling of the Holy Spirit. He has not had the benefit of seminary training or theological universities education but depends on the Holy Spirit. By God’s providence, Dr. Esara is a forensic physician endued with wide experience in the management of patients who are troubled and in relevant issues. To solve their problems, Dr. Esara researches into the sources of their problems. Thus he writes mainly from the revelations he appropriates from his encounters that prompt him to study the relevant scriptures. He participates in Sunday schools as this affords him the opportunity to entertain questions directly from his hearers at the time of teaching. While he believes the questions he answers are actually addressed by the Holy Spirit, his exposure is fraught with the challenges similar in some ways to those of early Christians without pulpits. He is a member of the Sunday school class of the New Testament Christian Church of God in England. This is the first publication from his series of teachings on obeying God with particular attention on one of the Ten Commandments.