Thematic Bible: Self-will and stubbornness
Thematic Bible
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
And refused to
And
So they became stubborn and
But You are a God
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they
And whose law they did not
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
You have
But they did not
You have consumed them,
But they
They have
They have refused to repent.
“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified
“Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.
The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,
“As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
Self-will and stubbornness » Forbidden
Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.
Self-will and stubbornness » Punishment for
Will
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”
Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
‘The Lord has said, “
And as for everyone who walks in the
They say, ‘
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Rebelling against God
A
A generation that
And whose spirit was not
For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » Pride
Yet
By
And they
They
Self-will and stubbornness » Characteristic of the wicked
and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
Self-will and stubbornness » Illustrated
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to parents
"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Hardening the heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified » Zedekiah
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified » Josiah
However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified » saul
"Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. "But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." read more.
Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king."
Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king."
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS. read more.
"THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'" Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
"THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'" Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
Self-will and stubbornness » Heinousness of
And insubordination is as
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to God
I
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Hardening the neck
They
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » Unbelief
However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified » David
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to register the people of Israel.
Self-will and stubbornness » Exemplified » Simeon and levi
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew
And in their self-will they lamed
Self-will and stubbornness » The wicked cease not from
But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.
Self-will and stubbornness » God knows
And your
And your
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Resisting the holy ghost
“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.