Complete Obedience from Our Heart
We are saved from our sins when we put our trust in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We ae saved by grace through faith. Salvation is the gift of God. It doesn't come by works, but by faith. When God sees that we have trusted Jesus with all our heart, He freely forgives our sins. We could never earn our salvation, and we don't deserve it, but God is gracious because of His great love. After we are saved, we are to continue in that same kind of faith, trusting God with all our heart. King Jehu carried out God's will by doing just what God told him to do. God was pleased with his faithful obedience. (II Kings 10:31) However, after that Jehu did not obey the Law of the Lord with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit. This led to him missing God's blessings. We all can learn from Jehu's life. We can really be saved and have eternal life, but not be experiencing God's blessings the way we should experience them. This ha...