Teaching Topic: COMMANDMENT → INTENTION → OBEDIENCE → PROMISE

Vinay Eliyah kankanwadi

Oct 2

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Updated: Oct 3

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God does not desire merely outward religious activity.

He desires a heart that understands His Word, receives His instruction, and responds to Him with faith and obedience.

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God does not desire merely outward religious activity.

He desires a heart that understands His Word, receives His instruction, and responds to Him with faith and obedience.

a. The commandment tells us what Does God asking.

b. Our intention reveals what is happening in your heart.

c. Obedience demonstrates Your response.

d. Promise reveals God’s Faithfulness.

1. COMMANDMENT — what Does God asking?

A commandment gives us God’s direction for our lives. Jesus said: “If you love me, keep my commandments— “If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.” John 14:15 AMP

The commandment is not simply a rule. It reveals God’s will and teaches us how to walk with Him.

1.1. To understand this, we need to go further. The purpose of the creation of man was to obey God’s command and live according to His will. God also established a pattern of rest. After the evening, man was to enter into rest (sleep) and continue resting through the night until the morning. This reveals that rest was not merely a physical necessity, but part of the order God established for man from the beginning.

1.2. So, from evening to morning, God may engage with you in the night—during the time of darkness, which is not good in itself. Yet, even in the night, God can speak to you and give you His command through dreams. What you receive in the night may come through a dream, where God communicates, instructs, reveals, or directs you according to His purpose. Thus, the night becomes a place where you may receive what God wants to reveal to you before the morning comes.

1.3. The Distinction Between Night and Day In this understanding, night and day have distinct purposes in the order established by God. Night — a time of rest and receiving: From evening until morning, man enters into rest. During the night, God may speak, reveal, instruct, or give direction through dreams. Thus, the night can be understood as a time of receiving from God. Day — a time of obedience and action: When morning comes, the time of rest ends and the day begins. What has been received from God is then to be obeyed and put into action. The day is therefore a time for work, activity, and carrying out what God has commanded. In simple terms: Night → Rest and receive. Morning → Rise and obey. Day → Work and act according to what was received. Thus, the distinction is not that God can speak only at night or that everything received in a dream is necessarily from God. Rather, the pattern being described is: the night represents receiving, while the day represents obedience and action.

2. INTENTION — what is happening in your heart?

2.1. God looks beyond our external actions and examines your motives. “The LORD look on the heart— “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not looketh at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 AMP

2.2. Two people can do the same thing outwardly while having completely different intentions inwardly.

2.3. Jesus therefore taught His disciples to deal with the heart, not merely the appearance of obedience— “For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energising, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 AMP

2.4. The question is not only “What am I doing?” but also “Why am I doing it?”

3. OBEDIENCE — How Do You Respond?

3.1. Intention must ultimately produce action. Jesus said— “If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].” John 13:17 AMP.

3.2. Biblical obedience is not simply knowing God’s Word. It is responding to God’s Word.

3.3. We do not obey God merely to earn His love. We obey because we have received His love and trust Him.

4. PROMISE — God’s Faithfulness?

4.1. God’s promises reveal His faithfulness toward those who trust Him— “For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So, through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthians 1:20 AMP.

4.2. The promise belongs to God. Our responsibility is to trust Him, remain faithful, and walk according to His Word.

5. 5. JESUS — The Centre of Everything

5.1. Jesus brings commandment and promises together.

5.1.1. Commandment: “This is My commandment, that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you. “John 15:12 AMP

5.1.2. Promises: “I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, bereaved, and helpless]; I will come [back] to you.” John 14:18 AMP

5.1.3. Therefore, your life is not merely command without relationship, nor promise without Obedience.

6. God speaks → We understand → Our heart responds → We obey → We trust His promise.

6.1. Core.

6.1.1. The Commandment reveals God’s will.

6.1.2. The Intention reveals the condition of our heart.

6.1.3. Obedience reveals our response to God.

6.1.4. The Promise reveals God’s faithfulness.”

6.2. Conclusion

God is not seeking empty compliance but surrendered hearts. When our intentions are yielded to Him, obedience becomes more than duty—it becomes love in action. We obey not to earn His favour or force His hand, but because we trust His character and have received His love.

6.3. A surrendered intention leads to loving obedience, and loving obedience rests confidently on God’s promises. We give God our hearts, follow Him with our lives, and leave the outcome in His faithful hands.

6.4. Surrender your intention, obey in love, and trust the promise: the God who commands you is the God who keeps His Word.