One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Obedience is the fruit of faith.
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.
Sometimes this going out in obedience to God's command is more dramatic than at other times... sometimes more spectacular... sometimes more brave... but always it is a venture into the unknown.
Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love.
Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results.
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.
Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.