Obedience, to God

Obedience is demanded of God’s people

Le 25:18; 1 Sa 15:22

See also Dt 26:16; Dt 32:46; Ro 6:16–18; 1 Pe 1:14–16

Examples of obedience in the OT

Joshua 11:15 ESV

Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

See also Ge 12:1–4; Ge 6:22; Ge 22:2–3; Ex 40:16; Jon 3:3

The example of Jesus Christ

Mt 26:39; Jn 14:31

See also Jn 17:4; Ro 5:19; Heb 5:8; Php 2:8

Jesus Christ is obeyed

By the wind and the waves

Matthew 8:26–27 ESV

And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

By evil spirits

Mark 1:27 ESV

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

Obedience and love

Jn 14:15; 1 Jn 5:3

See also 1 Jn 2:5; 1 Jn 3:10; 2 Jn 6; Ps 119:167

Obedience and faith

Heb 11:8; Mt 7:21 Obedience to the will of God demonstrates the reality of a person’s faith in Jesus Christ.

See also Jas 2:14–26; Ro 1:5

God rewards those who obey him

Ex 19:5; Jn 15:10

See also Jn 14:23; Mt 12:50; Mt 7:21; Jn 14:21; 1 Ki 3:14; 1 Jn 2:17; Jn 12:26; Mt 7:24–25; Dt 5:29; 2 Ki 18:5–7; Jn 21:4–6

Obedience to the word of God

Mt 7:24–27; Jas 1:22

See also Jn 17:6; Lk 11:28; Ps 119:9–11; Jon 3:3; Jas 2:14–20

Examples of people who obeyed God

Ge 6:9 Noah

Abraham:

Ge 12:1–4; Ge 17:23

The psalmist:

Ps 119:30; Ps 119:100–106

The apostles:

Ac 4:19–20; Ac 5:29

Php 3:7–14 Paul