Obedience

1. Obedience Katie Lallo

2. What is obedience? • Obedience is... • Compliance with an order • A request or law • Submission to another's authority • Observance of a monastic rule • We do as we are told

3. Why is obedience important? • Living in obedience to God helps us grow closer to Christ • It’s is important that we live in obedience to know God’s will • When we really understand God’s love and what he did for us, we should want to obey Him • He has told us to be obedient because He loves us and knowswhat’s best for us • Obedience demonstrates are faithfulness to God • We obey His commands, because we wantto not because we haveto

4. What does the Bible say about obedience? • Obedience is a sign of your love for God • The only way you can know if you are obeying God is by knowing his Word • The 10 commandments says “Honor thy Mother and thy Father” • The Bible says we need to obey God • To be obedient to God is to agree with Him • If we obey God we are accepting the authority and will of God

5. Bible verses about obedience • Ephesians 6:1says “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right” • 1 Peter 1:14 says “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance” • John 14:15 says “If ye love me, keep my commandments” • Genesis 22:18 says “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice”

6. There are consequences • There are consequences if we don’t obey • If we don’t obey God’s commands we are sinning • There were many people who disobeyed God and suffered the consequences • Adam and Eve didn’t obey and they had to leave the garden • Lot and his family disobeyed God

7. Adam and Eve • Adam and Eve disobeyed God and they had to leave the garden • They sinned against God so they suffered the consequences • If they had obeyed God there would not be sin in the world

8. People who obeyed • There are rewards for obeying • Some people who obeyed God were... • Noah, Moses, David, Paul and Mary • Isaiah, Elijah, Peter, Abraham, and Joseph • They all got rewarded for obeying • They loved the Lord and did as they were told

9. Noah • Noah and his family obeyed God • Noah built the ark even though everyone made fun of him he kept doing what God said • His family got rewarded for obeying they lived • Everyone else died because they didn’t obey God • They also got to see a rainbow as God’s promise never to flood the earth again

10. Abraham • Abraham was blessed with a son he loved every much • God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac • Abraham did as he was told because he loved the Lord • He wasn’t happy that he had to kill Isaac • He was going to do it though • For Abraham's obedience, God keeps His promise to make Abraham's descendants a great nation

11. Bibliography • http://www.mostimportantthing.org/why-obedience-is-important • http://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/obedience-bible-verses/ • http://www.openbible.info/topics/obedience • http://christianity.about.com/od/whatdoesthebiblesay/a/Obedience-To-God.htm • http://www.gotquestions.org/obedience-to-God.html • http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/CBNTeachingSheets/Obedience_and_Disobedience.aspx • http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/eleven-important-people-in-the-bible.html • https://bible.org/seriespage/lot-does-not-listen-god-genesis-18-19