Matthew
28:16-20
Then the eleven
disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which
Jesus had appointed for them. When they saw Him, they worshiped
Him;
but some doubted. And Jesus came and
spoke to them, saying, �All
authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go
therefore
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them
to
observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.� Amen.
- Jesus instructed His eleven disciples to make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all things that He has commanded.
Mark 7:6-13
He answered and said to them,
�Well did Isaiah prophesy of you
hypocrites, as it is written:
� This people honors Me with their
lips,
But
their heart is far from Me.
And
in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments
of men.�
For laying aside the commandment of God,
you hold the tradition
of
men�the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things
you
do.� He said to them,
�All too well you reject the commandment of God, that
you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, �Honor your father
and
your mother�; and, �He who curses father or mother, let him be put to
death.� But you say, �If a man says to his father or mother,
�Whatever
profit you might have received from me is Corban��� (that is, a gift to
God), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his
mother, making the word of God of no effect through your tradition
which you have handed down. And many such things you do.�
- A person should not lay aside the commandment of God to
hold the traditions of men.
John
14:15-24
�If
you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the
Father, and
He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you
forever�
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it
neither
sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and
will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. �A little while longer and the
world will see Me no more, but you will
see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you
will
know
that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has
My
commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me
will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to
him.� Judas (not
Iscariot) said to Him, �Lord, how is it that You will
manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?� Jesus answered and said to him, �If anyone loves Me, he will keep My
word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our
home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words;
and the
word which you hear is not Mine but the Father�s who sent Me."
- The Spirit of truth will be given to those who love Jesus
and keep his commandments.
- Those people who keep the commandments of Jesus truly love
Him.
- Those people who loves Jesus will be loved by Jesus and the
Father in heaven.
- Those people who do not love Jesus do not keep His words.
Acts 5:27-32
And when they had
brought them, they set them before the council. And
the high priest asked them, saying, �Did we not strictly command
you
not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with
your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man�s blood on us!� But Peter and the other apostles answered
and said: �We ought to obey
God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up
Jesus whom
you
murdered by hanging on a tree. Him God has exalted to His right
hand
to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness
of sins. And we are His
witnesses to these things, and so also is
the
Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.�
- Peter knew that he should obey
God rather than men.
- God gives his Holy Spirit to
those who obey Him.
Romans 2:8
But in accordance
with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are
treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of
the righteous judgment of God, who �will
render to each one according
to his deeds�: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in
doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are
self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness�indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on
every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the
Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good,
to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- On the day of wrath, God will render to each person
according to his deeds.
- Eternal life will be given to those who by patient
continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality.
- Those who do evil; who are self-seeking; and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness will receive indignation, wrath,
tribulation, and anguish.
- Glory, honor, and peace will be given to everyone who works what is good.
Romans 1:1-6
Paul, a
bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated
to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in
the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was
born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be
the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead. Through
Him we have received grace
and
apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,
among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
Romans 6:15-18
What then? Shall we sin
because we are not under law but under grace?
Certainly not! Do you not know
that to whom you present
yourselves
slaves to obey, you are that one�s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin
leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But
God be
thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the
heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And
having
been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
- To whom you present
yourselves
slaves to obey, you are that one�s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin
leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness.
- By obeying the doctrine of Jesus, a christian is set free
from sin and become a slave of righteousness.
Romans 10:14-17
How then shall
they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless
they
are sent? As it is written:
� How beautiful are the feet of
those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who
bring glad tidings of good
things!�
But
they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, �LORD,
who
has believed our report?� So then faith comes by hearing, and
hearing
by the word of God.
Romans 16:25-27
Now to Him who is
able to establish you according to my gospel and the
preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery
kept secret since the world began but now made manifest, and by the
prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the
commandment of the everlasting God,
for obedience to the faith� to God,
alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen
2 Corinthians
9:6-15
But this I say: He who
sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he
who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one
give
as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may
have an abundance for every good work. As it is written:
� He has dispersed abroad,
He
has given to the poor;
His
righteousness endures forever.�
Now may He who supplies seed to
the sower, and bread for food, supply
and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your
righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality,
which causes thanksgiving through us to God. For the
administration of
this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is
abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while, through the proof
of this ministry, they glorify God
for the obedience of your confession
to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them
and all
men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the
exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable
gift!
- A christian's confession to the gospel of Christ is
obedience.
Galatians
5:1-15
Stand fast
therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,
and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Indeed I,
Paul,
say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you
nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised
that
he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged
from
Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from
grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the
truth? This
persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven
leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in you, in the Lord,
that
you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his
judgment, whoever he is. And
I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still
suffer
persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. I could
wish
that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! For you, brethren, have been called to
liberty; only do not use
liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one
another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this:
�You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.� But if you bite and devour
one
another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
- Some or many of the Galatians were hindered from obeying
the truth.
Philippians 2:12,13
Therefore,
my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to
do for His good pleasure.
- Christians are to work
out their own salvation with fear and trembling.
- It is God who works in christians both to will and to do
for His good pleasure.
Colossians 3:22-25
Bondservants,
obey in all things your masters according to the flesh,
not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart,
fearing God. And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord
and
not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of
the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. But he who does
wrong
will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality.
- The above verses also apply today to christians at work or
at school.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-10
We are bound to
thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting,
because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you
all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among
the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your
persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest
evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a
righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble
you, and to give you who are troubled
rest with us when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His
saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our
testimony among you was believed.
- Those who do not know God or obey the gospel of Jesus will
receive vengeance from God.
Hebrews 3:16-18
For who, having
heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of
Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was
it
not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And
to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those
who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in
because
of
unbelief.
- Some people of Israel could not enter God's rest because of
their disobedience.
Hebrews
5:5-11
So also Christ did
not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it
was He who said to Him:
� You are My Son,
Today
I have begotten You.�
As He also says in
another place:
� You are a priest forever
According
to the order of
Melchizedek�;
who, in the days of His flesh,
when He had offered up prayers
and
supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to
save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He
was a Son, yet He learned obedience
by the things which He
suffered. And having
been perfected, He
became the author of eternal salvation to
all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest �according to the order
of Melchizedek,� of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain,
since you have become dull of hearing.
- Jesus learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
- Jesus became the author
of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
1 Peter 1:1,2
Peter, an apostle of
Jesus Christ,
To the pilgrims of the
Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace be
multiplied.
1 Peter 1:13-25
Therefore gird up
the loins of your mind, be sober,
and rest your hope
fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ; as obedient children,
not conforming yourselves to the
former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy,
you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, �Be holy,
for I am holy.� And if you call on the Father, who without
partiality judges according
to each one�s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of
your stay
here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible
things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by
tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of
Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was
foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last
times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the
dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Since you have purified your souls in
obeying the truth through the
Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with
a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but
incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
because
� All flesh is as grass,
And
all the glory of man as the
flower of the grass.
The
grass withers,
And
its flower falls away,
But the word of the LORD endures
forever.�
Now this is the word which by
the gospel was
preached to you.
- Christians must become like obedient children.
- The Father judges according to each person's work.
- The souls of christians are purified in obeying the truth through the Spirit
in sincere love of the brethren.
1 Peter 4:12-19
Beloved, do not
think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to
the extent that you partake of Christ�s sufferings, that when His glory
is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you are
reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of
glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on
your part He is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a
murderer, a
thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people�s matters.
Yet if
anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him
glorify God in this matter. For
the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if
it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey
the gospel of God? Now
� If the righteous one is scarcely
saved,
Where
will the ungodly and the
sinner appear?�
Therefore let those who suffer
according to the will of God commit
their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit to
your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the
husband is
head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the
Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject
to
Christ, so let the wives be to
their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just
as Christ also loved the church and
gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the
washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a
glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that
she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love
their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves
himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and
cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are
members of
His body, of His flesh and of His bones. �For this reason a man
shall
leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh.� This is a great mystery, but I speak
concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of
you in
particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that
she respects her husband.
- The church is subject to
Christ.
James 4:7-10
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and
mourn
and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to
gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will
lift
you up.
- People should submit to
God.
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