Obeying God

If you love me, keep my commandments.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Don’t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” — read the full passage →

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; — read the full passage →

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. — read the full passage →

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.” — read the full passage →

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them; — read the full passage →

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. — read the full passage →

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; — read the full passage →

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

Yahweh’s word also came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; — read the full passage →

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.” — read the full passage →