Christian? - "Obedience"

“Christian? What it means to be a follower of Jesus” The word is used by a lot of people, but what does it mean to be a Christian? Join us as we study God’s Word to find the answers to this question. Christian? - “Obedience” #1. Why obedience is important John 14: 15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. I John 2: 4-5 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected/reached its intended result. By this we know that we are in Him. Matthew 7: 21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. James 2: 14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? “Saying I have faith, with no follow-through, is no real faith at all.” #2. What obedience looks like - know what God says John 10: 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. - believe what God says John 14: 21a He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. - do what God says - living it out James 2: 14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? - do what God says - our approach to sin Ephesians 5: 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. (NIV) I Thessalonians 5: 22 abstain from every form of evil. Proverbs 5: 8 Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house... I John 3: 9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. #3. When obedience gets hard Matthew 26: 41b the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. times it’s hard to obey... - when you don’t feel like it - when it doesn’t make sense - when it costs - when you are being hit hard - when you’re tempted