Introduction

I. The Obligations of Obedience

“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.  On these two commandments depend all the
Law and the Prophets.” (Matt. 22:34-40)

   A. Duty to Man (Heb. 13:20; Eph. 2:14; Lk. 10:6;
Matt. 5:9; Rom. 12:18; 14:17-19; Jam. 4:1; 3:18)
       
   B. Duty to God (1 Pet. 1:16; Matt. 5:48)
     
II. The Source of Obedience

“But we ought always to give thanks to God for you,
brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you
as the first fruits to be saved, through
sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you
may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2
Thessalonians 2:13-14)

   A. God's Grace

   B. God's Gospel (1 Cor. 1:30; 1:2; Gal. 2:20;
Eph. 5:25-27; WLC) 

“Although sanctification be inseparably joined with
justification, yet they differ, in that God in
justification imputes the righteousness of Christ; in
sanctification His Spirit infuses grace, and enables
to the exercise thereof; in the former, sin is
pardoned; in the other, it is subdued: the one does
equally free all believers from the revenging wrath
of God, and that perfectly in this life, that they
never fall into condemnation; the other is neither
equal in all, nor in this life perfect in any, but
growing up to perfection.”     

Conclusion (Hebrews 7:2-3; Col. 2:8-10)