Quotes About Obedience

“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ëPick up your mat and walk.í”

“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does."

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didnít you bring Him in?”

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.