I was thinking about the two sons. Their father had ordered each one to go work in the vineyard. The first son refused to go, but then later had a change of heart. The second son said that he would, but didn’t go. He lacked heart integrity. Neither obeyed from the heart. Matthew 21:28-30.

Remember King Saul? He disobeyed through compromise. 1 Samuel 15:22-23 says, “…Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry…” Saul’s disobedience cost him his kingship.

The apostles were commanded to not speak the name of Jesus anymore. Acts 5:29 says, “But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: We ought to obey God rather than man.” In Acts 1:8, Jesus had told them, “…you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” They were obeying from the heart. We are commanded to carry out the great commission ~ it requires heart obedience.