Human Response 118: Do as Lord Commands

Exodus 7:6, 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they…And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded.

Good things happen (or bad things, if you are The Enemy) to those who respond to the Lord’s commands in faithful obedience. Moses and Aaron responded to the Lord’s command by doing it. First, they were told to perform the sign of turning the rod into a serpent. And it happened. Then, they were told to strike the waters of the Nile to turn all the waters into blood. And it happened. This was the first of ten plagues that came upon Egypt when Moses did as God commanded.

Good things happen: the end result of Moses’ obedience is the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. However, bad things happen to the enemies of God and His people, the false gods and demons.

Moses is a type of Christ in that He faithfully did what the Father commanded, being ”obedient unto death.” Jesus, with passive obedience lived a holy, righteous, innocent, sinless life, so that He could die for our sins, not His own. Jesus, with active obedience, was faithful unto death, willing to obey God’s will and die for our forgiveness and salvation.

Good things will happen to us, too, when we obey the Commandments of God. As Jesus says, ”Blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.” We can’t keep it, but Jesus did it for us. Then the Spirit creates faith in the Gospel, which is the power of God to obey and consequentially receive His blessing. For example, life is blessed when we obey the Adultery Commandment. Parents, children and families are blessed with happy, stable and productive lives when this command is kept. That redeemed life can be multiplied at least ten times. Obedience brings redemption! Faith is obedience.