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 knows what’s best for us Obedience demonstrates are faithfulness to God We obey His commands, because we want to not because we have to

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

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