Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Necessity of Obedience

What was Christ’s attitude toward God’s will, or law? BR-ASI9 245.12

“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of Me, I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart.” Psalm 40:7, 8. (See Hebrews 10:7.) BR-ASI9 245.13

Who did He say would enter the kingdom of heaven? BR-ASI9 246.1

“Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21. BR-ASI9 246.2

How will men be rated in relation to God’s commandments? BR-ASI9 247.1

“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:19. BR-ASI9 247.2

Note.—“The Ten Commandments constitute a summary of the duties God requires of men. These commandments are the foundation which lies beneath the ethical life of humanity. They are as binding upon Christians today as they were upon the Hebrews who first received them.”—The Snowden-Douglass Sunday School Lessons for 1946, p. 17. Copyright, 1945, by the Macmillan Company and used by permission. BR-ASI9 247.3