Quotes about Obedience

There is no higher "law" to be obeyed than the law of love. That, at the end of the day, is what it means to follow Jesus.

The Bible shows us that obedience to God is not about cutting and pasting the Bible over our lives, but seeking the path of wisdom—holding the sacred book in one hand and ourselves, our communities of faith, and our world in the other in order to discern how the God of old is present here and now.

Wisdom, in other words, was not an add-on, but was always central for obeying any law in the Bible. Laws, once we begin thinking about what they mean and how they are to be obeyed, actually push us to seek wisdom, which goes beyond mechanical obedience. It's not surprising, therefore, that ancient Jews came to think of wisdom and Law as inseparable—they need each other to work, like needing a pin number to access your cash.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.