Obedience is as important as eating, for it is the whole purpose of life. Man was created and sent to earth to see if he would be obedient to God, parents, prophets, commandments/word, and the Spirit, not to his individual lusts. For if man cannot be obedient here, how can he be trusted with God's power? Obedience comes from a love of God(a desire to serve him), not fear. When you obey, you abide in God's love and your love is perfected in Him. All you have to do is have a willing heart, ask, hear, and obey. There are many examples of obedience, but Christ is the ultimate example, for with humility and a witness of the Father, He did all that He was asked. Christ is intricately connected to our obedience, for when we are obedient to the Atonement, our peace is multiplied and we see and know God. Being obedient, in essence, is "bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." If we could just get all our thoughts serving Christ - a daily moment by moment "sacrament" what blessings we would find! It's the little daily obedience(especially during times of tribulation) that make the biggest difference - acts that are better even than sacrifice for we learn more through suffering. For when we are obedient, combined with the Atonement, that is when we will see and know God, when we will find salvation. When we disobey, we lose the unity and power of numbers, we are cut off from God, sent diseases, plagues, fire, death, curses, destruction, the gates of hell are open to us and we are, in short, consumed by misery. Yet for those who obey, they are blessed to be the greatest creations(for nature, in all its simplicity, is greater than us for they always obey), increasing mightily, given freedom, wisdom, light, truth, grace for grace, fulness, knowledge of all things, kingdoms, temples, dominions, glory, multiply and be fruitful, long life, inheritance of the earth, access to God's love/tree of life, the Lord is bound to you and you have blessings forever. Sign me up.
*Faith=Believing *Obedience = Believing AND Loving *Loyalty = Believing AND Loving AND Knowing
*Obedience = LIFE(and land)
*Examples of Obedience: Noah(Gen 6:22), Moses(24:7, Deut 30:20), Adam(Moses 5:5), Abraham(Heb 11:8), Daniel, Job
*John 14:15,21 - Obedience comes from love, not fear - if you love, you obey - D&C 42:29
*Gen 22:18, Gen 26:3-5 - When you obey, not only you, but the generations after you are blessed - same with disobedience, Rom 5:19
*Ex 19:5 - Obedience makes you God's treasure(makes you His people -Jer 7:23, 11:4)
*Lev 18:26 - You are responsible for the obedience in your own house and all who come in - whether it's family, friends, or strangers
*Lev 26, Rom 2:8-10 - What will happen if you obey(fruitful, multiply, blessings x forever) and if you disobey(destruction, misery) - Deut 6:3 - Increase mightily, milk and honey and disobey cursed - Dan 9:11, plagues, diseases death, few in numbers, destruction, Deut 28:58-63, die by sword without knowledge, Job 36:12, fire - 2 Thes 1:8
*Deut 4:40 - Long life for the obedient
*Deut 5:27 - "we will hear it and do it." Blessed, Luke 11:28 We will serve the Lord - Josh 24:24, Titus 2:9, D&C 20:19 - who you serve is who you obey - Rom 6:16
*Deut 8:3, Matt 4:4, D&C 84:44 - Obedience is equal to eating, you need it to live
*1 Sam 8:19 - Refusing to obey prophets is refusing to obey the Lord
*1 Sam 15:22 - "to obey is better than sacrifice" *but sometimes, isn't it the same thing?
*2 Kings 22:13 - Ask, and obey
*Prov 5:12-13 - Don't hate instruction or reproof, incline your ear to them
*Eccl 12:13 - Whole duty of man is to love God and keep His commandments, with all might, mind, and strength - D&C 11:20
*Rev 22:14 - Obedience is the right to the tree of life, D&C 5:22 - obedience is eternal life
*2 Nephi 1:9 - Obedience is to prosper in the land(willing and obedient receives the good of the land) - Isa 1:19
*Dan 7:27 - Inherit(Matt 7:21, 3 Nephi 14:21) kingdom, dominion, and all its greatness when you obey
*Zech 6:15 - Temples are built around the obedient
*Matt 7:24(3 Ne 14:24) Obedient is a wise man who builds his house upon a rock
*Matt 8:27 - Obedient are like the earth, for the winds and the seas obey Him
*Matt 26:39 - Christ is the best example of obedience - "Not as I will, but as thou will." Mark 4:41, Luke 8:25
*Mark 1:27 - The unclean spirits obey Him
*John 7:17 - Obedience helps you find truth
*John 8:29 - If you're obedient, you're never alone - for you abide in His love - John 15:10 - and your love is perfected 1 John 2:5
*Acts 5:29 - Obey God, not men
*Acts 7:39 - Disobedience is your heart turning back to Egypt
*Rom 1:5(16:26) - Truth/Prophets come because of obedience to faith in all nations
BOO *1 Cor 14:34 - Women commanded to be obedient/submissive to husband - not speak/rule at church
*2 Cor 7:15 - God's compassion/affection is more abundant towards you when you obey
*2 Cor 10:5 - Obedience is "bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ"
*Gal 3:1, 5:7 - Foolish people will get you to foolishly not obey
*Eph 6:1 - Obey your parents - Col 3:20
BOO*Titus 2:5 - Women "obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed"
*Titus 3:1 - Obey the law of the land, A of F 12
*Heb 5:8, D&C 105:6 - "learned he obedience by the things which he suffered."
*Heb 13:17 - Obey parents for they watch over your souls and must give an account
*James 3:3 - Obey little things to make a big difference(symbolic of horse with bit in it's mouth to turn the whole body)
*1 Peter 1:2 - Obedience to the Atonement brings peace multiplied
*1 Peter 1:14 - Obedient children don't attach themselves to lusts in ignorance
*1 Peter 3:1 - Wives subject to husbands who are obeying Lord(Sarah and Abe v. 6)
*1 Peter 4:17-19 - "Wherefore let them suffer according to the will of God, commit the keep of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator."
*1 Nephi 3:7 - "I will go and do." -Lord commands, obey, 2 Ne 33:15, D&C 63:5
*1 Nephi 4:18 - Obey the voice of the Spirit, make sure it's not evil spirits, Mosiah 2:33, Alma 3:26-27, D&C 29:45
*2 Nephi 31:7 - Christ's example shows us obedience is humility and witnessing of the Father
*Mosiah 5:8 - Be obedient to your covenants, to Christ - you'll be free
*Alma 57:21 - Stripling warriors obeyed with exactness commandments taught by their mothers, another family example of obedience Luck 8:21
*D&C 56:3 - If you don't obey, you are cut off - don't receive blessings (D&C 58:32
*D&C 59:21 - Only way to offend God is disobedience, not recognizing His hand
*D&C 64:34 - Obedience is a willing heart, eat good of Zion
*D&C 82:10 - Obedience bounds the Lord to you
*D&C 93:1 - Atonement and obedience is seeing and knowing God (AofF 3)
*D&C 98:22 - Obedience protects you from the gates of hell
*D&C 103:7 - Obedience is the inheritance of the earth
*D&C 130:21 - All blessings come from obedience
*D&C 133:71 - Disobedience/rejecting prophets leads to no deliverance
*D&C 138:4 - Obedience and Atonement is salvation AofF 3
*Abraham 3:25 - Life is all about seeing if you will obey(if you can't control yourself in accordance with truth - how can you be trusted with God's power?)
*Abraham 4:25 - Creatures(not mankind) created so they would obey
*D&C 20:77 - The sacrament prayer is a weekly covenant of obedience
*D&C 58:2 - Obedience during tribulation brings greater blessings
*D&C 93:20, 28 - If you obey, you receive grace for grace, fulness, and glory, truth and light, know all things
