Obediência
A obediência a Deus é a resposta natural do amor. Jesus disse: 'Se me amais, guardareis os meus mandamentos.' A obediência abre portas de bênção e nos aproxima do coração de Deus.
Obedecer é melhor que sacrificar
Deus deseja obediência acima de rituais. O sacrifício sem submissão ao Senhor é vazio de significado espiritual.
29 Peter and the other Apostles replied, »We must obey God rather than man.
32 And we –and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him– are witnesses as to these things.«
8 Although He was God's Son, yet He learned obedience from the sufferings which He endured;9 and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation.
Obedecer aos mandamentos de Cristo
Jesus vinculou amor a obediência. Quem ama a Deus guarda seus mandamentos, e seus mandamentos não são pesados.
15 »If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
23 »If any one loves me,« replied Jesus, »he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
3 Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.
21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;22 and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.
46 »And why do you all call me Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you?«
23 And He said to all, »If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.
Obedecer e praticar a Palavra
Sejam praticantes da Palavra. Quem ouve e pratica é como o homem sábio que construiu sobre a rocha firme — inabalável.
22 But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
22 But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
7 Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Bênçãos da obediência
A obediência abre caminho de bênçãos e prosperidade. Deus promete vida, saúde e vitória aos que andam em seus caminhos.
19 Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.
58 Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
19 For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.
20 Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
Submissão e consagração
Apresentar o corpo como sacrifício vivo é o culto racional. A obediência se expressa em submissão, serviço e consagração total a Deus.
1 I plead with you therefore, brethren, by the compassionsof God, to present all your faculties to Him as a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to Him. This with you will be an act of reasonable worship.
2 And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is–that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.
11 Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,
14 For those who are led by God's Spirit are, all of them, God's sons.
1 Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
1 Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.2 Therefore the man who rebels against his ruler is resisting God's will; and those who thus resist will bring punishment upon themselves.
32 in order that if God be willing I may come to you with a glad heart, and may enjoy a time of rest with you.
11 and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
14 And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,
27 »Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'« he replied, »with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole strength, and thy whole mind; and thy fellow man as much as thyself.'«
27 »But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;«28 bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.
16 It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.