Partial Obedience

"But, I have obeyed God!" 1 Sam 15:20

When God instructed Saul to kill all the Amalakites, Saul ordered to kill all civilians but the king, he kept the best cattle saying that it is to be served as sacrifice for God. Is this obedience?

Partial obedience is probably the most dangerous and subtle for of disobedience. When you obey partially, you could always try to justify your own disobedience. Remember how when you were young you partially obey what your parents ask for? the truth is, Partial obedience is REBELLION! 

Saul rejected the word of God, it s equivalent to rejecting God himself. You do not choose and pick what you like to obey and follow in the bible, when you obey, you do everything the bible says. It is not a buffet where you only pick what you like. 

(Saul) He is a perfect example of a fleshly Christian. Saved, born again, anointed by the Holy Spirit but not walking in the light. A believer who is grafted onto the vine yet totally unfruitful. God is looking for complete obedience.

~ Sermon On The Mount, Lesson 6, Saul was a man of PARTIAL OBEDIENCE