Obedience to God

Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

I. ITS NECESSITY.

1. Commanded (Deuteronomy 13:4;
Deuteronomy 10:12).
New International Version (©1984)
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
1 Timothy 1:5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Exodus 23:25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 5:33 Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Deuteronomy 6:2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:24 The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
Deuteronomy 10:11 "Go," the LORD said to me, "and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them."
Deuteronomy 10:13 and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
Deuteronomy 11:1 Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
Joshua 24:14 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
1 Kings 3:3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole [duty] of man.
Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
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2. The condition of acceptance with God (Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 7:23).

3. The condition of securing God's help (Exodus 23. 22; Deuteronomy 7:9).

4. Expected of God's people (Deuteronomy 27:9, 10).

5. More than burnt-offerings (1 Samuel 15:22).

6. A fit return for God's mercies (1 Samuel 15:24).

7. Must obey God rather than man (Acts 4:19, 20; Acts 5:29).

8. Exhorted (Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 38:20).

9. A proof of friendship to Christ (John 15:14).