Obedience - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Preview: Today we are going to talk about obedience as a spiritual discipline. We will begin with what, move to why, and conclude with how. */

2023-05-10T14:51:46Z

‎Preview: Today we are going to talk about obedience as a spiritual discipline. We will begin with what, move to why, and conclude with how.

Wakefien: /* Conclusion: Memory Verse, Micah 6:8 */

2023-05-10T14:07:47Z

‎Conclusion: Memory Verse, Micah 6:8

Wakefien at 14:07, 10 May 2023

2023-05-10T14:07:06Z

Wakefien: /* What does it look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline? (Romans 6:15-23) */

2023-05-10T14:05:27Z

‎What does it look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline? (Romans 6:15-23)

Wakefien: /* What does it not look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline? */

2023-05-10T14:04:20Z

‎What does it not look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline?

Wakefien: /* Frank Thielman summarizes the situation well. */

2023-05-10T14:02:21Z

‎Frank Thielman summarizes the situation well.

Wakefien: /* How can I make obedience a spiritual discipline? */

2023-05-10T14:01:49Z

‎How can I make obedience a spiritual discipline?

Wakefien: /* Answer a call to ministry */

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‎Answer a call to ministry

Wakefien: /* Answer a call to ministry */

2023-05-10T13:59:17Z

‎Answer a call to ministry

Wakefien: /* This was promised to Israel in Ezekiel 36:26-27 " I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees...

2023-05-10T13:52:03Z

/* This was promised to Israel in Ezekiel 36:26-27 " I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees...

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 ==Need:  We need to obey as we develop into disciplined Christ-followers.==
 ==Subject: Obedience==
-==Preview: Today we are going to talk about obedience as a spiritual discipline. We will begin with what, move to why, and conclude with how.==
+==Preview: Today we are going to talk about obedience as a spiritual discipline. We will begin with what it is not, move to what it is, and conclude with how.==
 ==Text: John 14:15, If you love me, keep my commands.==

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 =Conclusion: Memory Verse, Micah 6:8=
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 ==What does it look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline? (Romans 6:15-23)==
-===Making obedience a spiritual discipline looks like offering yourself as a slave to obedience (Romans 6:15-16)===
+===Making obedience a spiritual discipline looks like offering yourself as a ''slave'' ''to'' ''obedience'' (Romans 6:15-16)===
 ====First, remember, grace is not an excuse to sin.====
 =====A level one understanding of the Gospel says I am a sinner and my sin displeases God This is not saving knowledge. This is not even the Gospel! This is just bad news.=====
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 <p>That is, the slave to obedience refuses to serve sin and sinful desires and instead chooses to obey not to earn favor from God but rather because it is the right thing to do. The phrase "which leads to righteousness." Here righteousness is not a state of justification, that is already accomplished by grace, righteousness here is probably a reference to justice, fairness, uprightness.</p>
-===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does look like patterning oneself after Christ (Romans 6:17).===
+===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does look like ''patterning'' ''oneself'' ''after'' ''Christ'' (Romans 6:17).===
 ====Several words bring to attention several aspects of obedience as a spiritual discipline.====
 =====from your heart - obedience as a spiritual discipline is not compulsory obedience but rather flows from a heart that God has changed you=====
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 =====Claimed your allegiance - obedience is a consequence of allegiance. If you are struggling to obey then take time to remind yourself of your allegiance.=====
-===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does look beautiful even if the metaphor is harsh (Romans 6:18-23)===
+===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does look ''beautiful'' even if the metaphor is harsh (Romans 6:18-23)===
 ====In verse 19 Paul notes that we are limited in our human understanding.====
 =====Slavery is harsh, disgusting, and terrible, but the metaphor is apt because sin is harsh, disgusting, and terrible.=====

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 ==What does it not look like to make obedience a spiritual discipline?==
-===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does not look like following a bunch of rules in order to make one right with God (Ephesians 2:8-10).===
+===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does ''not'' look like following a bunch of rules in order to ''make'' ''one'' ''right'' ''with'' ''God'' (Ephesians 2:8-10).===
 <p>
 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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 ======However, we were created to do good works, to obey. Obedience does not save you, obedience fulfills your created purpose!======
-===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does not look like following a bunch of rules in order to guarantee special favor from God (John 9:1-3).===
+===Making obedience a spiritual discipline does ''not'' look like following a bunch of rules in order to ''guarantee'' ''special'' ''favor'' ''from'' ''God'' (John 9:1-3).===
 ====First, this is a common misconception, we are used to the law of cause and effect, but when we over apply the law it is called Karma, and this is not a Christian doctrine.====
 ====Look at how Jesus responded in John 9:1-3.====

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 ==How can I make obedience a spiritual discipline?==
 ===Frank Thielman summarizes the situation well.===
 <blockquote>
 It is important when applying Pauls teaching in 6:15-23 to the church to leave the emphasis where the apostle himself places it, and that is on the necessity that believers present themselves to God for the purpose of living righteous and holy lives. This obedience arises from grace and so should never be the cause of pride in the believer, but it nevertheless involves the believer's effort and will. In his letter to Titus, who was training church leaders in the rough culture of Crete, Paul tells his coworker that "the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age" (Titus 2:11-12). The term "training" here (παιδεύουσα) refers to teaching and education and so connotes discipline and effort for the one being taught. As Paul says only a few clauses later, Christ redeemed his people that they might be "zealous for good works" (Titus 2:14).
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 Christians, then, should certainly rest in God's grace if they are anxious about whether they are at peace with God, but they should also discipline themselves to do what is right toward people around them, tending to the needs of the poor and oppressed, proclaiming the gospel to the unevangelized, and worshiping God according to his word and with his people.<ref>Thielman, Frank S. Romans. Zondervan Academic, 2018, 328</ref>
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 ===MTR: Make a point of choosing to submit to the Lordship of Christ.===

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 =====Inviting someone to church=====
 =====Answer a call to ministry=====
-Which of these do you need to do. This is not a matter of convenience, it is a matter of obedience. When you mom asks you to do the dishes, you might make an excuse but if you don't do it then we call it what it is. Disobedience. Let's make sure to obey Jesus.
+<p>Which of these do you need to do. This is not a matter of convenience, it is a matter of obedience. When you mom asks you to do the dishes, you might make an excuse but if you don't do it then we call it what it is. Disobedience. Let's make sure to obey Jesus.</p>
 ===MTR: Regularly ask What Would Jesus Do?===

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 ====Several words bring to attention several aspects of obedience as a spiritual discipline.====
 =====from your heart - obedience as a spiritual discipline is not compulsory obedience but rather flows from a heart that God has changed you=====
-======This was promised to Israel in Ezekiel 36:26-27 " I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws."======
+<p>This was promised to Israel in Ezekiel 36:26-27 " I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws."</p>
 =====The pattern of teaching - I think this is a reference to Christlikeness=====
 =====Claimed your allegiance - obedience is a consequence of allegiance. If you are struggling to obey then take time to remind yourself of your allegiance.=====