Four Letter Words: OBEY John 14:15-31

Four Letter Words: OBEY
John 14:15-31

Introduction

There are some four-letter words that should not come out of our mouths and there are other four-letter words that we should be talking about. Maybe we don’t because these words make us uncomfortable or we don’t know what to say about them, but that doesn’t mean we should hide from them and the conversations they produce! Words like fear, rest, work, and hope are sometimes misunderstood because the world has redefined them. Let’s explore what the Bible says about these four-letter words together so we can stop avoiding them and start proclaiming what is good and true in our lives and in our world.

Four Letter Words:

April 9 – HOPE – 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

April 16 – WORK – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

April 23 – FEAR – Psalm 46:1-3

April 30 – OBEY – John 14:15-31

May 7 – HELL – 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

May 14 – REST – Matthew 11:28-30

OBEY
John 14:15-31

“It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.” –Soren Kierkegaard–

1. are we not obeying?

²² But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

 ²³ For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

 ²⁴ You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.

 ²⁵ But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

James 1:22-25

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2. are we not obeying?

 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

1 Peter 1:14

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3. is keeping us from obeying?

Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.”

Luke 9:23

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4. Are these things the disobedience?

“I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”

John 8:51

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5. This will be my answer when comes at me:

“But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15

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Are you ready to obey from here on out?

___  YES     or     ___  NOT YET

²⁶ Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. 

²⁷ There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.

Hebrews 10:26-27

It’s your that have cut you off from God.

Isaiah 59:2a

For everyone has ; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Romans 3:23

For the wages of is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be .

Romans 10:9

All Bible verses are from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.