for your land in its season, .".
Obedience.
In Joshua, the people become more active in their pledge to.
obey God and His laws: "And the people said to Joshua, 'The Lord.
our God we will serve and his voice we will obey" (24:24).
Jeremiah, upon being threatened with death tells the princes and.
all the people in Judah that the Lord sent him to prophesy to.
them and that the Lord has said, "Now therefore amend your ways.
and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the.
Lord will repent of the evil which he has pronounced against you".
(26:13).
The Lord also spoke to Zechariah, "And those who are far off.
shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you.
shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this.
shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the.
Lord, your God" (6:15).
In the Old Testament, references to obeying God were often.
in two specific kinds of contexts: when people had done wrong and.
God told them they would suffer for not obeying Him and when God.
was making promises to people who obeyed Him. In the New.
Testament, these same kinds of contexts are also seen but more.
often it is in a more positive lights, such as in Acts when Peter.
and the Apostles are discussing their faith with a high priest.
who has reminded them that the law says they may not preach: "We.
must obey God rather than men" (5:29). "And we are witnesses to.
these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to.
those who obey him" (5:32). Paul is even stronger in 2.
Corinthians: "We destroy arguments and every obstacle to the.
knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ".
(10:5).
Keeping the Commandments.
Reference to the commandments that must be obeyed for.
salvation is made often throughout the Books in the Bible: "So.
you shall keep my commandments and do them. I am the Lord".
(Leviticus 22:31). Still, with this area there are continuing.
threats and references to changing one's ways: "If you walk in my.
