Obedience to God is the believer’s duty
1. Obeying the Lord:
A. Obedience to God is our duty
- Eccl 12:13: Keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man
- Deut:13:4: Walk after the Lord… and Keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and serve Him
- Deut 27:9,10: Thou art the people of God.. therefore obey the .. Lord
- Jer:11:7: I earnestly protested.. saying, Obey My voice
- Jn 2:5: Whatsoever He (Jesus) saith unto you, do it (See also Lk 17:10)
B. Obey wholeheartedly
- Rom:6:17: Ye have obeyed from the heart that doctrine
- Deut:26:16: The Lord hath commanded thee to do these statues .. keep and do them with all thine heart, and all thy soul
- Psa. 119:34: I shall keep Thy law.. with my whole heart
C. Obey in all things:
- Deut. 5:32: Observe to do as the Lord… commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left
- 2 Ki. 22:2: He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord… and turned not aside to the right hand or the left (See also 2 Cor. 2:9)
2. If you love and know the Lord, you will obey Him:
- Jn 14:15, 21: If ye love Me, keep My commandments (See also vs.23)
- 1 Jn 2:3: We know we know Him, if we kkep His commandments
- 1 Jn 3:24: He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Himm
- 1Jn 2:4: He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar
- 2 Jn 6: This is love, that we walk after His commandments
3. Blessings for obeying the Lord:
- Deut. 11:26-27: I set before you.. a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God
- Josh 1:8: Meditate therein (the Word).. observe to do all that is written therein : then shalt thou have success
A. Souls are saved:
- Rom: 5:19: By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous
- 1 Tim 4:16: Heed the doctrine… in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee
B. Spiritual blessings:
- Exodus 19:5: If ye obey My voice.. ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people
- Jer 7:23: Obey My voice. And I will be your God, and ye My people
- Jn 13:17: If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them
- Jn 15:10: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in My love
- Jn 15:14: Ye ar my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you
- Acts 5:32: The Holy Ghost…given to them that obey (God)
- 1Peter 1:22: Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth ( See also James 1:25)
C. Material Blessings:
- Deut. 28:2: All these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the Lord
- Deut 32: 46, 47: set your hearts unto all the Words.. and through this ye shall prolong your days in the land.
- Job 36:11: If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure
- Isa 1:19: If ye be willing and obedient , ye shall eat good of land
- Jer 38:20: Obey.. voice of the Lord: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live
- Heb 11:8: Abraham, when he was called to go into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed (See also Deut 28:1-14 and Jer : 35: 18,19)