Jeremiah 7:23 (NRSV) But this command I gave them, "Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you."
Romans 1:5 (TLB) And now, through Christ, all the kindness of God has been poured out upon us undeserving sinners; and now he is sending us out around the world to tell all people everywhere the great things God has done for them, so that they, too, will believe and obey him.
1 John 2:17 (NIV) The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
John 14:23 (NIV) Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Weighing the pros and cons for and against a statement of Jesus Christ's means that for the time being I refuse to obey him. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World.
