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“God would rather see your faith

• n your life than on your lips”
• Afshin Ziafat

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Little Children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. 1 John 3:18

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DEUTERONOMY 6:4-6

“We are called, I believe, to love the Lord Jesus Christ, to love Him with a whole soul, whole heart, whole mind, and whole strength kind of

• love. And we would say we do! But

I look at our society; I look at the church, and I don’t see that same kind of devotion, that same kind of commitment, LOVE | OBEDIENCE

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that same kind of abandonment to the priorities that are the divine

• priorities. I see us diffused into a

myriad of options, giving equal weight or even greater weight to some of the passing things in favor

• f some of the eternal things.”
• John MacArthur

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LOVERS of Jesus are CALLED to OBEY

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[Deuteronomy 5:10; 8:11; 11:1; 11:13; 11:22-23] [John 14:15; 14:21]

Example of DISOBEDIENCE

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Saul [I Samuel 10:8; 13:1-14; 15:3,16-23]

Examples of OBEDIENCE

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1.Abraham [Genesis 12:1-4; 22:1-12] 2.Jesus [John 4:34; Luke 22:42]

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work”, Jesus told them. John 4:34

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“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me – nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.” Luke 22:42 LOVE | OBEDIENCE

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AREAS of Obedience in the life of a Christ Follower

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Children, obey your parents in everything for this pleases the Lord. Colossians 3:20

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Who is to Obey: CHILDREN To Whom: PARENTS Why: “This is pleasing to the Lord”

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Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. Ephesians 5:22-24 LOVE | OBEDIENCE

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Who is to Obey: WIFE To Whom: HUSBAND Why: “The Husband is the head

• f the Wife, as Christ is

the head of the church”

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Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. Don’t work

• nly while being watched, in order to

please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart. Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. Ephesians 6:5-8

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Who is to Obey: EMPLOYEE To Whom: EMPLOYER Why: “knowing that whatever good each one does, he will receive it back from the Lord”

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Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. Hebrews 13:17

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Who is to Obey: CHRISTIANS To Whom: SPIRITUAL LEADERS Why: “they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account”

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Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. Romans 13:1

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Who is to Obey: EVERY PERSON To Whom: GOVERNING AUTHORITIES Why: Because God established governments and He is the one that gives them the authority.

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Jesus FORGIVES and RESTORES the DISOBEDIENT

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[Luke 5:1-11] [John 21:1-17]

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