Obedience
(Luke 11:27-28) 27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!” 28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
NIV “who hear the word and obey it”
Obedience: compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another’s authority.
Two types of authority:
Obedience is a
(1 John 2:5-6) 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
(Mathew 23:27-28) 27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
(Jeremiah 17:10)
“I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind…
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”
What do I need to be obedient to?
God’s word
The Holy Spirit
Obedience is a
(Luke 11:28) Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
God promises that
Obedience is
(Acts 16:29-34) 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
Fall in love with God’s word
(Hebrews 4:12) For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
(Psalm 119:11) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Make the decision now
Be accountable