"So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased---listen to him!"

Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

"Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them."

Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.

If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.

And you are my friends if you do what I command you.

In the same way, when working with Gentiles, I live like a Gentile, outside the Jewish Law, in order to win Gentiles. This does not mean that I don't obey God's law; I am really under Christ's law.

we pull down every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ.

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him,

"My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and yet don't do what I tell you?

He is like a man who, in building his house, dug deep and laid the foundation on rock. The river flooded over and hit that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

People went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to his teaching.

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things,

I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.

For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people. You are to obey everything that he tells you to do.

Anyone who does not obey that prophet shall be separated from God's people and destroyed.'

Moses is the one who said to the people of Israel, 'God will send you a prophet, just as he sent me, and he will be one of your own people.'

That was not what you learned about Christ!

You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.

The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

He will not argue or shout, or make loud speeches in the streets.

He will not break off a bent reed, nor put out a flickering lamp. He will persist until he causes justice to triumph,

"Tell the city of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

(Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)

LORD, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.

The LORD says, "Here is my servant, whom I strengthen--- the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

He will not break off a bent reed nor put out a flickering lamp. He will bring lasting justice to all.

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey--- on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem.

But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.

Jesus turned and rebuked them.

I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you---I who am said to be meek and mild when I am with you, but harsh with you when I am away. By the gentleness and kindness of Christ

Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant. He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.

He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death--- his death on the cross.

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

"Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

The LORD said to his people, "Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is. Walk in it, and you will live in peace." But they said, "No, we will not!"

We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised. It is just as he said, "I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!' " He said this even though his work had been finished from the time he created the world.

This same matter is spoken of again: "They will never enter that land where I would have given them rest."

This is shown by the fact that God sets another day, which is called "Today." Many years later he spoke of it through David in the scripture already quoted: "If you hear God's voice today, do not be stubborn."

As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest like God's resting on the seventh day.

Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.