John 3: 36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. I’ve said it before – Christianity is more than the one time utterance of a salvation prayer. When Jesus went to the cross […]
Ephesians 6: 5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. Just in case you thought Friday’s word was a fluke and could ignore it, here is another book in which God commands us to be good […]
Numbers 20: 8, 11 Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink. Then Moses lifted up his […]
Exodus 4: 2 – 4 And the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he [Moses] said, “A staff.” Then He said, “Throw it on the ground” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. But the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch […]
Deuteronomy 28: 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the Lord your God. When you read the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy you see that there is much blessing promised in that chapter. I quite like the idea of the blessing chasing us down in the street […]
1 Samuel 15: 22 Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.” This is a fairly well known scripture, especially the latter part of it but let […]
John 14: 21, 23 – 24 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. He who does not love […]
