Obedience and Discipleship

Deuteronomy 5:33 - "You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess."

Deuteronomy 6:5 - "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."

Ecclesiastes 12:13 - "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

Isaiah 1:19 - "If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land."

John 8:31 - "So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, 'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.'"

John 12:26 - "If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

John 14:15 - "If you love me, you will keep my commandments."

John 15:10 - "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love."

Luke 6:46 - "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?"

Luke 9:23-24 - "And he said to all, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.'"

Matthew 4:19 - "And he said to them, 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.'"

Matthew 5:16 - "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Matthew 7:21 - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

Matthew 16:24-26 - "Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.'"

Matthew 22:37-39 - "And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Romans 6:16 - "Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?"

Romans 12:1-2 - "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

1 Corinthians 11:1 - "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."

Galatians 5:16 - "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh."

Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Ephesians 5:1-2 - "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

James 1:22 - "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."

James 2:17 - "So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."

1 John 2:3-4 - "And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says 'I know him' but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 2:6 - "Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked."

1 John 5:3 - "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."