1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; 7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:1-7 (NASB)
Part of the process I go through to determine what God wants me to write about or what to study is, of course, prayer and meditation. That meditation involves searching Sacred Scripture, seeking God’s truth. Sometimes that involves going deeper where I stop and dig deeper into a certain word or truth. Over the last several years as I have obeyed my Lord in this ministry I have seen great downgrade in American evangelicalism only get worse. Those who were obviously wolves in sheep’s clothing have only become worse. However, there have been many who looked good who have abandoned orthodoxy, revealing that they were part of the downgrade. Because of these things and a dire need for a remnant, those truly in Christ, to know God’s truth in order to walk in His light, I have determined that I must continue until God makes it clear it is time to stop. A huge part our walk in the light of God is obedience. A huge part our walk in light of God is obedience. In this post we will do a word study of the Greek lexical definitions for the noun and verb forms of our English words “obedience” and “to obey.” From there we will do a study of how these words are used in the New Testament and that would give us the understanding of the writers of those books of the Christians’ obligations to know and obey God’s commands.