Disobedience
God never sanctions disobedience. He did not go into the Garden of Eden to accredit Adam's sin, but to bring relief in the way of grace for it. So in the mystery of the gospel, He utterly condemns sin, but delivers the sinner. 1 Sam. 4 witnesses this: that God will never sanction disobedience. nor does He commit Himself to His stewards. He does commit Himself to His own gifts and calling (Rom. 11), but never to His stewards. They are still answerable to Him and disobedience works forfeiture. Christ is the only Steward that ever kept covenant, that ever stood in the conditional place.
Matt. 4 shows that He kept His blessings under Psalm 91, and His Israel blessings under Deuteronomy 6. but all others, in their several turns, have failed, and Babylon's boast is a lie.
