Greetings to my sisters who love and obey the Lord!
We know right through scripture we created beings have been called to obey our Creator! So I share some scriptures from His written Word on this to edify us in the truth.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 2:16-17
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.Genesis 26:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:5
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 7:23
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts 5:29
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
For there is no respect of persons with God.
Romans 2:6-11
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
Yes it's indeed so obvious how we are to obey our Creator! And this has been right from the very first humans to now and into the future. Obedience has never been optional or non essential! And He is our Lord and Master and King, and Saviour and God! Glory to His name and may we submit to Him willingly.
I hope you're pressing on in the truth wherever you are sisters! We must keep seeking the truth and want to keep growing in it and abounding more and more in His good fruits for His glory!
I'm sharing some scriptures on abounding too!
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.2 Corinthians 8:7
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;Philippians 1:9
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.Colossians 2:7
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
John 15:8
Let us continue in the Vine sisters and allow Him to prune us as well so we are even more fruitful! Those He loves He chastises and we know He loves His saints and we must abide is His love by obeying Him! I'm thankful for His Word and how He wants things to be.
I was pondering on some of the things saints should do to each other. There's many things, with the greatest and the bond of perfectness being love, but there's some others that seem to come up a lot like these...
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.1 Corinthians 14:3
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,1 Thessalonians 2:11
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.Hebrews 3:13
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.Romans 15:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.1 Thessalonians 5:14
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.Romans 14:19
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.1 Thessalonians 5:11
There's a lot about edifying, comforting, exhorting, admonishing etc. Good to ponder and study these and we know God is our helper but He wants us to help one another too, humbly giving and receiving all these things if we are blessed with other holy believers in our lives which sure could be a rare thing in this world. But God has His people where He wants them scattered all over the world as we worship in spirit and truth today and not attached to any place (like Jerusalem was in times gone by).
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:21-24
Keep pressing on my sisters! Hold fast to the truth and let us keep walking in the light of Christ our Lord!
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:14-17
Much love to you sisters,
Christ's servant,
Chayil
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