"All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience."
—John Calvin in The Institutes of the Christian Religion, quoted in "Reflections," Christianity Today, Vol. 45, no. 1., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "OBEDIENCE".
Romans 1:5 (NIV) Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
Romans 6:16 (TEV) Surely you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone, you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey—either of sin, which results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with God.
Hebrews 5:8 (HCSB) Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.
