Obedience
Obedience Romans 5:19–20 Excerpt Act or instance of submitting to the restraint or command of an authority; compliance with the demands or requests of someone over us. The general words for obedience in both Hebrew and Greek refer to hearing or hearkening to a superior authority. Another major Greek word includes the idea of submission to authority in the sense of arranging or ordering oneself under someone in a place of command. A third Greek word suggests obedience that is a result more of persuasion than of submission. Obedience to God and human authorities is an obligation stressed in both the OT and NT . Abraham was additionally blessed on one occasion because he obeyed God in offering Isaac on the altar ( Gn 22:18 ; cf. 26:5 ). God’s continued blessing upon Israel by virtue of the Sinai covenant was contingent upon their obeying his voice and keeping his covenant ( Ex 19:5 ). On the verge of entering Canaan, Moses placed before Israel a blessing and a curse—t...