Obeying The Will Of God

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

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.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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. — read the full passage →

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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.

In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

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?

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.