Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission than the fat of rams.
Faith, Hope and Love. The greatest of these is love. But we do not love Christ when we do not keep His commandments. How could we truly love God and then disobey Him? This is impossible!
Faith always displays itself in obedience to God. There is no true faith in God apart from obedience to His every command.
Hope always show itself in obedience to God. If our hope is in God, that He will give us the desires of our heart, we are not then going to disobey Him.
To disobey God, our Father, in any matter, is absolutely unthinkable. This would be a certain indication that we do not trust God and are not pleased with Him or His ways. God has enough power to force every creature to obey Him. But God wants us to obey Him because we love Him.
God demands obedience from every creature, human, angelic, and whatever others there may be. If you wish to remain in the
Since our birth, through our childhood days, up to our adult life, we show obedience to our parents, our superior, our spouses or even to our children. In the same token, we may demand obedience from our people, or children. The same obedience is expected by God from us – obedience from the heart. We must love Him, we must have faith in Him, and we must trust Him! Calling ourselves a Christian on its own won't do. Following the commandments won't do. Reading the Bible diligently won't do. We have to take the Word into our hearts and obey His every will.
Almighty Father, I obey You. Help me make the transition from just being a good Christian to being someone who has a deep personal and intimate relationship with You. May we have the highest of joys, the deepest of peace, and receive the fullest measure of Your love every day of our lives.
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief
- Edwin Louis Cole
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