It is good to trust in God...in prayers...praises...and professions of obedience.

[MysticPhD]

Originally Posted by scgraham

Isaiah 1
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

God's promises are conditional. If ye be what????? ==> be willing and obedient.

Isaiah is OT centuries BEFORE Christ. He was writing for savage primitives who had no real concept of self-control without some external authority (God, Pharoah, King, etc.) threatening them for disobedience. If you wish to remain a savage primitive in your relationship to God . . . that is your choice.

[Sundance]

If one is obedient to the Lord, they surely wouldn't be bragging and braying about it.

Aside from being prideful and self-righteous, it's unnecessary - if one is obedient, it will show in one's life.

It's fairly easy for anyone with life experience, to tell the real from the fake.