OBEY
Is that a word of legalism or a word of the New Covenant?
1. Jesus said obedience is the way to "disciplize" the nations.
Matt. 28: 19-20 . . . Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
2. Jesus said obedience is the way to blessing.
Luke 11: 28 . . . He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."
3. Jesus said obedience is evidence of love.
John 14: 15 . . . "If you love me, you will obey what I command."
4. Jesus said obedience brings the Father's love and presence.
John 14: 23 . . . Jesus replied, " If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."
5. Jesus said a lack of obedience is a lack of love.
John 14: 24 . . . He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
6. Jesus said obedience is a condition of remaining in God's love.
John 15: 10 . . . If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
7. The Apostles said obedience was a must.
Acts 5:29 . . . Peter and the other apostles replied: " We must obey God rather than men!"
8. The Apostles said obedience brings the Holy Spirit.
Acts 5:32 . . . We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."
9. The Apostle Paul said a lack of obedience will bring punishment.
2 Thess. 1:8 . . . He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
10. The writer of Hebrews said obedience is the key to eternal salvation.
Heb. 5: 8-9 . . . Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered (9) and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.
11. The Apostle John said obedience and knowledge of God goes together.
1 John 2:3-5 . . . We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. (4) The man who says, " I know Him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (5) But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in Him.
12. The Apostle John said obedience is a condition of answered prayer.
1 John 3:22 . . . and receive from him anything we ask because we obey his commands and do what pleases Him.
13. The Apostle John said obedience is a condition of abiding in God and he in us.
1 John 3:24 . . . Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.
14. The Apostle John defined love as obedience.
2 John 6 . . . And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
15. Jesus commanded obedience for the church.
Rev. 3:3 . . . Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
16. The Apostle John connected obedience with holding to the testimony of Jesus.
Rev. 12:17 . . . The the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring - those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
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