New Life
Series 1
Lesson 9
Obedience to God is not an option that we, the Boby of Christ, have. God demands it! God wants to bless His people and when we are obedient to God’s will, we open the floodgates for Him to pour out His blessings.
1. Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: KJV
What does this verse say is required to eat the good of the land? (be blessed)
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2. Romans 6:17-19
17: But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18: Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. KJV
Philippians 2:5-8
5: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. KJV
Who is our example for being obedient? ____________________________________
3. Romans 6:17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. KJV
How does God want us to obey? __________________________________________
4. Hebrews 6:9
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. KJV
What is promised to all who obey Jesus? ___________________________________
5. Romans 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, KJV
What is in store for those who do not obey Jesus? (the truth) ____________________
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6.
Acts
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. KJV
Who did God say it was more important to obey? _____________________________
7.
Acts
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. KJV
What gift did God give to those who obey Him? _____________________________
8. Romans 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. KJV
How are we made righteous? _____________________________________________
9. Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. KJV
True or False: Children are commanded to obey their parents? __________________
10. 1 Peter 3:1-2
1: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2: While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. KJV
How can a husband who does not obey the truth be won over to Christ? ___________
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11. Romans 6:16
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?
KJV
The Bible says we have been set free from sin and become slaves to righteousness. How? _______________________________________________________________
12. 1 Samuel 15:22
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. KJV
Which does God prefer, your obedience or your sacrifices? _____________________
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