In 1 Kings chapter 11, in verse 4, listen to what the text says.
God's Work must be done in God's way, It was Hudson Taylor – who coined the phrase God’s Word must be done God’s way, Problem was they adopted a Philistine idea --the cart.
When you think about Paul, just think about the third-level galley slave pulling his oar. Although there were a number of components in the whole operation of Jewish marriage, the main issues in Jewish marriage were betrothal and nuptial. Bringing the ark out of the house of abinadab into Jerusaelm – was n’t the Lord being honored? In fact, she encourages them to return to their parent’s homes while they are still young enough to re- 3 – in all our ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct, Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.2 Co 7:1, 2. Unconditional commitment—that’s what loyalty is. From my earliest days, I can recall many times casting out my fishing line, only to find myself a few minutes later in the midst of the biggest bird’s nest—of tangled line – and no matter how hard I tried, it seemed I would only make the matter worse. It is not uncommon to observe this brand of loyalty in some circles, both in secular and faith-based organizations. And he said, “I’m jealous for you because this is a matter that has to do with disloyalty to God Himself.” Which is not only heartbreaking and intolerable, but severe in its danger for our God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Ruth’s declaration of loyalty was unconditional. Paul says, “My job is to get you to the end, and if I’m discredited and I’m destroyed as to credibility and I can’t teach you and I can’t train you and I can’t show you the truth of God and you’re victimized by false teachers, you’re going to get corrupted, and I want to bring you into Christ’s presence as a pure virgin.” Loyalty to Christ is the issue. Our Loyalty must produce evidential ends not just comments and verbal contributions. The level of impact we make as Christians involved in the work of the Kingdom cannot be measured in any way satisfactorily if it does not take cognizance of our practical involvement with verifiable results.
You must maintain your steadiness and positive attitude in every case. 3. (Hosea 4:6 KJV) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: When we commit to and obey God's way then we will be blessed. Betrothal contracts in the Jewish plan were legally binding, they were morally binding, and they were spiritually binding.