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Following God's commands
Obedience is the evidence of love for God. Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." Obedience is not legalism but a loving response to all God has done for us. These verses reveal the blessings of obedience and encourage wholehearted surrender to God's wise and loving commands.
"And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."Read full explanation
"And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,"Read full explanation
"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."Read full explanation
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."Read full explanation
"But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."Read full explanation
"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."Read full explanation
"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:"Read full explanation
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."Read full explanation
"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"Read full explanation
"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."Read full explanation
"But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you."Read full explanation
"And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us."Read full explanation
"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"Read full explanation
"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."Read full explanation