Listening and Obeying
We have a Christian academy that is a ministry of our church. Each year we strive to have the best possible teachers for our students. It is such a blessing to see how God answers our prayers and shows us just the right faculty and staff. However, we still encounter problems along the way to providing an excellent quality Christian education. We have some students who won't listen to what the teacher says, and we have some students who won't listen or obey what the teacher assigns them to do. We work with the parents, but there is nothing we can do if those students don't start listening and obeying. That is the same problem that God had with the people of Israel. He did all He could do to teach them through sending the prophets to show them what to do. He finally had to admit they were not going to do the right thing. (Hosea 9:17) "My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations." I...