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1 Kings chapter 13, verses 21 and 22.

And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah.

Thus says the Lord, because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord,

and have not kept the command that the Lord your God commanded you,

but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, eat no bread and drink

no water, your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

There's a lot going on in this story that we don't have time to go into, but basically,

the person who's described here is the man of God is a prophet who had spoken God's

word boldly and obeyed God's word temporarily in part to a certain point, but then he was deceived, and he ended up disobeying God.

And as a result, he died.

And in this story, we are reminded of the danger of temporary obedience to God,

or partial obedience to God,

doing some of what God has called us to do,

speaking some of God's word,

but not speaking and obeying all of God's word, or not speaking and obeying all of God's word, all that God has called us to do.

There is always a temptation in us to stop short of full, total obedience to God, to think, well, I did most of what God called me to do.

So certainly that's enough.

Of course, I didn't do it all, but, I mean, some is important, and yes, some is important,

but God has never called us to obey him part of the way.

I think about my children, if I tell them to do something for their good and they do part of that,

but they don't do the full thing I've told them to do and they don't experience all the

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