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Synonyms: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy, allegiance, obedience, fealty, homage, accuracy, exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness, correctness, scrupulousness

Antonyms: disloyalty, inaccuracy

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1. Obedience Is the Gateway for Love

Luke 1:17

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Jennette F. Scholer

... wrote, "I am convinced that obedience is the gateway by which ... . It was by first learning obedience that Helen learned the concept ... 's and Mary's questions. "Obedience is the gateway by which ... . It is in acts of obedience that we grow in the ...

2. Obedience Is a Means

Matthew 21:28-32

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Martha Thatcher

Whenever I take the opportunity to actively love God in personal obedience, I end up sensing a new tenderness in my heart toward Him and a stronger resolve to obey again next time. Obedience is not an end, but a means - a means to express our love to God, and a means to increase our love for God. It is a catalyst in the process of loving God and becoming more like Jesus.

3. Only Obedience

John 10:11-18

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J. Scott Miller

... one in charge, the other obedient. Sometimes, tearing at top speed ... body tense and quivering, but obedient to the command to stop ... 't understand the pattern only obedience."

4. Obedience

John 14:15-31

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Erma Bombeck

... . Erma came to understand that obedience to her parents ways instilled ... . "If you love me, obey..." Obedience.

5. Obedience

John 14:23-24

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Johnny Dean

Obedience … now that's pretty much ... resistant to the concept of obedience, even when it comes to ...

6. Parable of Obedience

Proverbs 22:1-16

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... the teacher and expected that obediency was right. Children, who learn ...

7. Awesome Obedience

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Editor James S. Hewett

... you willing to be as obedient to the ruler of the ...

8. Obedience and Compassion

Matthew 1:18-25

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Joe Pennel

There is a lot of talk today about what makes Christmas. Newspaper and television advertisements coax people into believing that they can have a real Christmas by going to a festive shopping center, eating at trendy restaurants, or watching glittering "Christmas programs" on television. Others believe that Christmas is made by the fastidious keeping of time-honored family rituals, such as, sentimental ornaments on just the right tree, eating food from a menu which has been handed down from generation to ...

9. Why 153 Fish?

John 21:1-14

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Brett Blair

... that we need to be obedient to Christ, today. Adapted from ...

10. New Doors Will Open

Luke 24:13-35

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Wayne Cordeiro and Robert Lewis

... possessions with him, but he obediently spread them all out on ...

11. Bread As A Weapon

John 6:25-59

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Brett Blair

... run after you, grateful and obedient, though forever trembling with fear ...

12. Quiet Time Is for Listening

Mark 6:31

Illustration

Brett Blair

... that I should be more obedient to my parents. Another said ...

13. Little Transmitters

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... ourselves to God in faithful obedience. It's just incredible what ...

14. Dime Store Wisdom

Luke 9:51-62

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Maxie Dunnam

... God just will not wait. Obedience is necessary when Jesus calls ...

15. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

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Paul Harvey

... important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional, and that it ...

16. Definition of Christian

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Michael P. Green

... of the day, children of obedience, believers, friends, brothers, sheep, saints ...

17. Wesley and the Robber

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Editor James S. Hewett

... money or your life." Wesley obediently emptied his pockets of the ...

18. Be Faithful Where You Are

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Michael P. Green

... pledge here is one of obedience? That will be hard because ... my life I will be obedient to you, as Christ leads ... learned to rule by being obedient.” Like King Henry, we too ...

19. Freedom Requires Discipline

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... what is right. It takes obedience in order to have true ... takes years of practice and obedience to lesson plans to be ... power and ability to be obedient.

20. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

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Johnny Dean

... not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God ... , always connecting righteousness with being obedient to the will of God ...

21. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God ... , always connecting righteousness with being obedient to the will of God ...

22. The Covenants of the Scripture

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Merrill F. Unger

... presented a simple test of obedience. The penalty was death. Adamic ... ). Its blessings are conditioned upon obedience (30:8,10), but fulfillment ...

23. Vicarious Faith Won't Help

Luke 15:1

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John R. Steward

... us. Reprinted from By the Obedience of One (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing ...

24. Mary, Let's Go To The Barn

Luke 2:1-20; Matt 1:18-25

Illustration

Brett Blair

... you see he understood that obedience to God, even in the ...

25. He’s Going to Make It Hard on You

Matthew 16:21-28

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King Duncan

... to remain consistent in his obedience and commitment to Christ. They ...

26. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross? - Sermon Starter

Mk 1:9-15; Lk 4:1-13; Mt 4:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Satan with the words and obedience of Christ. Let's look ...

27. Servants of the Most High

Jn 15:1-8; Rom 7:7-8:2

Illustration

Brett Blair

... vision: "If we are each obedient to our visions the cities ...

28. Be Careful How You Live - Sermon Starter

Eph 5:15-20; John 6:63

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Jews had their Law, demanding obedience to every detail as the ...

29. Then They Came For Me

John 18:33-37

Illustration

James R. Gorman

... his own hesitancy to be obedient to the Truth and the ...

30. The Peace of Christ in a World of Chaos - Sermon Starter

John 14:23-29

Illustration

Brett Blair

... 3. Third, there is the Obedience We Give

31. Offering Ourselves to Serve

Luke 12:22-34

Illustration

Craig Brian Larson

... ourselves to God in faithful obedience. It's just incredible what ...

32. Six Stages of Moral Conduct

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Staff

... is currently located. Stage one: obedience and punishment. Right is what ...

33. Christ's Heirs

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Staff

... makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight ...

34. The Lord’s Prayer: A Walking Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

Illustration

Kenneth W. Collins

... His guidance and pledge my obedience. I ask for my material ...

35. Fame Doesn't Shoo the Flies

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Michael P. Green

... polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter, or impress ...

36. Cirrhosis of the Giver

Illustration

Jonathan Campbell

... . It is called repentance and obedience to the Lord. If you ...

37. Second Century Rules

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

Elizabeth Elliot

Imagine this as the acid test for Christian discipleship: "I am in earnest about forsaking 'the world' and following Christ. But I am puzzled about worldly things. What is it I must forsake?" a young man asks. "Colored clothes, for one thing. Get rid of everything in your wardrobe that is not white. Stop sleeping on a soft pillow. Sell your musical instruments and don't eat any more white bread. You cannot, if you are sincere about obeying Christ, take warm baths or shave your beard. To shave is to lie ...

38. Training with Water

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Source Unknown

... East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test ... and who have learned perfect obedience, stop. They turn around and ... , but they wait in perfect obedience. When the trainer is sure ... that he has their obedience he gives them a signal ... had better have a trained obedient horse. We must accept God ...

39. Human Image-Bearers

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James Packer

... will which we call obedience. Living that is obedient will thus be ...

40. Flexing Your Muscles

John 11:1-44

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a life of faith, commitment, obedience and service. A body builder ... a life of faith, commitment, obedience and service. When we just ...

41. Who Is Jesus?

Matthew 16:13-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... his moral excellence, his perfect obedience to God, his wisdom, his ...

42. Denominational Unity

John 17:20-26

Illustration

John M. Braaten

... sound." So the entourage tiptoed obediently past the monolith without a ...

43. Shirking Responsibility

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L. Robert Keck

... that we are being most obedient to God when we think ...

44. TO BE WHAT WE ARE

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... but walk the road of obedience. It does not lose heart ...

45. See the Resemblance

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Larry Powell

... one theologian puts it, "radically obedient" to God. In the same ...

46. In the Eleventh Hour

Mark 14:32-42

Illustration

Larry Powell

... thou wilt." Radical loyalty, absolute obedience. In the shadow of the ...

47. Feeling Like…

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Paul van Dine

... . There is a difference between obedience and desire. One of those ...

48. Paying Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

David G. Hagopian

... the very issue of rendering obedience and taxes to the Roman ...

49. The Perfect No Win

Matthew 22:15-22

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Leonard Sweet

... believed Israel must only be obedient to God and God's ...

50. What Is the Will of God?

Matthew 22:34-40

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Rudolf Bultmann

... :28-34) There is no obedience to God which does not ...

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Synonyms: faithfulness, loyalty, constancy, allegiance, obedience, fealty, homage, accuracy, exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness, correctness, scrupulousness

Antonyms: disloyalty, inaccuracy

Showing 1 to 50 of 79 results

1. Obedience Is the Gateway for Love

Luke 1:17

Illustration

Jennette F. Scholer

2. Obedience Is a Means

Matthew 21:28-32

Illustration

Martha Thatcher

3. Only Obedience

John 10:11-18

Illustration

J. Scott Miller

... one in charge, the other obedient. Sometimes, tearing at top speed ... body tense and quivering, but obedient to the command to stop ... 't understand the pattern only obedience."

4. Obedience

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Erma Bombeck

... . Erma came to understand that obedience to her parents ways instilled ... . "If you love me, obey..." Obedience.

5. Obedience

John 14:23-24

Illustration

Johnny Dean

Obedience … now that's pretty much ... resistant to the concept of obedience, even when it comes to ...

6. Parable of Obedience

Proverbs 22:1-16

Illustration

... the teacher and expected that obediency was right. Children, who learn ...

7. Awesome Obedience

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... you willing to be as obedient to the ruler of the ...

8. Obedience and Compassion

Matthew 1:18-25

Illustration

Joe Pennel

9. Why 153 Fish?

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Brett Blair

... that we need to be obedient to Christ, today. Adapted from ...

10. New Doors Will Open

Luke 24:13-35

Illustration

Wayne Cordeiro and Robert Lewis

... possessions with him, but he obediently spread them all out on ...

11. Bread As A Weapon

John 6:25-59

Illustration

Brett Blair

... run after you, grateful and obedient, though forever trembling with fear ...

12. Quiet Time Is for Listening

Mark 6:31

Illustration

Brett Blair

... that I should be more obedient to my parents. Another said ...

13. Little Transmitters

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... ourselves to God in faithful obedience. It's just incredible what ...

14. Dime Store Wisdom

Luke 9:51-62

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... God just will not wait. Obedience is necessary when Jesus calls ...

15. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

Illustration

Paul Harvey

... important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional, and that it ...

16. Definition of Christian

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... of the day, children of obedience, believers, friends, brothers, sheep, saints ...

17. Wesley and the Robber

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... money or your life." Wesley obediently emptied his pockets of the ...

18. Be Faithful Where You Are

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... pledge here is one of obedience? That will be hard because ... my life I will be obedient to you, as Christ leads ... learned to rule by being obedient.” Like King Henry, we too ...

19. Freedom Requires Discipline

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... what is right. It takes obedience in order to have true ... takes years of practice and obedience to lesson plans to be ... power and ability to be obedient.

20. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God ... , always connecting righteousness with being obedient to the will of God ...

21. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God ... , always connecting righteousness with being obedient to the will of God ...

22. The Covenants of the Scripture

Illustration

Merrill F. Unger

... presented a simple test of obedience. The penalty was death. Adamic ... ). Its blessings are conditioned upon obedience (30:8,10), but fulfillment ...

23. Vicarious Faith Won't Help

Luke 15:1

Illustration

John R. Steward

... us. Reprinted from By the Obedience of One (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing ...

24. Mary, Let's Go To The Barn

Luke 2:1-20; Matt 1:18-25

Illustration

Brett Blair

... you see he understood that obedience to God, even in the ...

25. He’s Going to Make It Hard on You

Matthew 16:21-28

Illustration

King Duncan

... to remain consistent in his obedience and commitment to Christ. They ...

26. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross? - Sermon Starter

Mk 1:9-15; Lk 4:1-13; Mt 4:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Satan with the words and obedience of Christ. Let's look ...

27. Servants of the Most High

Jn 15:1-8; Rom 7:7-8:2

Illustration

Brett Blair

... vision: "If we are each obedient to our visions the cities ...

28. Be Careful How You Live - Sermon Starter

Eph 5:15-20; John 6:63

Illustration

Brett Blair

... Jews had their Law, demanding obedience to every detail as the ...

29. Then They Came For Me

John 18:33-37

Illustration

James R. Gorman

... his own hesitancy to be obedient to the Truth and the ...

30. The Peace of Christ in a World of Chaos - Sermon Starter

John 14:23-29

Illustration

Brett Blair

... 3. Third, there is the Obedience We Give

31. Offering Ourselves to Serve

Luke 12:22-34

Illustration

Craig Brian Larson

... ourselves to God in faithful obedience. It's just incredible what ...

32. Six Stages of Moral Conduct

Illustration

Staff

... is currently located. Stage one: obedience and punishment. Right is what ...

33. Christ's Heirs

Illustration

Staff

... makes a mess; he is obedient; he is a pure delight ...

34. The Lord’s Prayer: A Walking Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

Illustration

Kenneth W. Collins

... His guidance and pledge my obedience. I ask for my material ...

35. Fame Doesn't Shoo the Flies

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter, or impress ...

36. Cirrhosis of the Giver

Illustration

Jonathan Campbell

... . It is called repentance and obedience to the Lord. If you ...

37. Second Century Rules

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

Elizabeth Elliot

38. Training with Water

Illustration

Source Unknown

39. Human Image-Bearers

Illustration

James Packer

... will which we call obedience. Living that is obedient will thus be ...

40. Flexing Your Muscles

John 11:1-44

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a life of faith, commitment, obedience and service. A body builder ... a life of faith, commitment, obedience and service. When we just ...

41. Who Is Jesus?

Matthew 16:13-20

Illustration

John R. Brokhoff

... his moral excellence, his perfect obedience to God, his wisdom, his ...

42. Denominational Unity

John 17:20-26

Illustration

John M. Braaten

... sound." So the entourage tiptoed obediently past the monolith without a ...

43. Shirking Responsibility

Illustration

L. Robert Keck

... that we are being most obedient to God when we think ...

44. TO BE WHAT WE ARE

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... but walk the road of obedience. It does not lose heart ...

45. See the Resemblance

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Larry Powell

... one theologian puts it, "radically obedient" to God. In the same ...

46. In the Eleventh Hour

Mark 14:32-42

Illustration

Larry Powell

... thou wilt." Radical loyalty, absolute obedience. In the shadow of the ...

47. Feeling Like…

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Paul van Dine

... . There is a difference between obedience and desire. One of those ...

48. Paying Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

David G. Hagopian

... the very issue of rendering obedience and taxes to the Roman ...

49. The Perfect No Win

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... believed Israel must only be obedient to God and God's ...

50. What Is the Will of God?

Matthew 22:34-40

Illustration

Rudolf Bultmann

... :28-34) There is no obedience to God which does not ...

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