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Gn.22:18 Mt.8:27 Jer. 35. I. What Is Obedience?. To listen, to submit in such a way that inner assent is inseparable from outer conduct Ep.6:1 1 Pt.1:14 Children of obedience Nature prompts the son to imitate the father. Verse 22 Ac.5:29. II. Obedience Must Be Learned.
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Gn.22:18 • Mt.8:27 • Jer. 35
I. What Is Obedience? • To listen, to submit in such a way that inner assent is inseparable from outer conduct • Ep.6:1 • 1 Pt.1:14 • Children of obedience • Nature prompts the son to imitate the father. Verse 22 • Ac.5:29
II. Obedience Must Be Learned • Hb.5:7-9 • He prayed to One who was able to “save” Him from death • He became cause of eternal “salvation from final death • He learned “obedience” • He became the Savior to those who “obey” Him
Obedience is not . . . • Merely studying someone’s com-mands (Mt.7:26) • Merely doing what someone says • Some “obey” things they like. E.g: 1 Sm.15:7-9; ct. 22 • Mere agreement • Mt.26:36-46; 16:21; Hb.2:9 (13:12) • Based on myidea • Hb.10:5-9
III. What Does Obedience Include? 1. Personal response(Mt.26:40; 27:46) • Mt.28:20; Jn.21 2. Prepared mind(Mt.22:37; Hb.8:10) 3. Proper motive(Ro.6:17) • Fear alone is no better than faith alone • “Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love”(Aristotle) • Some merely go through the motions • Hb.11:6, 7, 8
4. Precise actions Lk.6:46; Jn.2:…3-5, 7 “We must remember that baptism in his time was different from what it com-monly is today. It was adult baptism. That is not to say that the NT is opposed to infant baptism…”(Wm. Barclay) “A few drops of water symbolize as well as, yea better than, a lake or an ocean. Baptism by immersion and submersion becomes no more symbolic than sprinkling or pouring”(R. C. H. Lenski)
5. Prearranged order Mt.5:24, firstbe reconciled, then… Mt.6:33, seek first kingdom of God... Mt.8:21, firstgo bury father – wrong order Ac.2
IV. Disobedience Is Easy • Mt.7:21 • What necessary to go to heaven? • Mt.21:28-32
1 Pt.4:17 House of God Disobey gospel Us Ungodly Righteous Sinner