Obedience to God: Better than Sacrifice
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1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
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August 29. "To Obey is Better than Sacrifice" (I. Sam. xv. 22).
... "To obey is better than sacrifice" (I. Sam. ... Our healing is thus represented as a
special recompense for obedience. ... and looks at the bright side of God, and it ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /august 29 to obey is.htm

Whether Obedience is the Greatest of the virtues?
... in a sacrifice we slay another's body, whereas by obedience we slay ... in which Samuel
spoke, it would have been better for Saul to obey God than to offer in ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether obedience is the greatest.htm

Obedience
... enough for him to offer sacrifices, though he disobeyed God's command; but to obey
is better than sacrifice.' God disclaims sacrifice, if obedience be wanting. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the ten commandments/1 1 obedience.htm

Prayer and Obedience
... law, obedience was looked upon as being "better than sacrifice, and to harken, than
the fat of lambs." In Deuteronomy 5:29, Moses represents Almighty God ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/ix prayer and obedience.htm

Whether Christ Died Out of Obedience?
... Eph.5:2: "He delivered Himself for us an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an ...
according to 1 Kings 15:22: "Obedience is better than sacrifices." Therefore ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ died out of.htm

Proof that God did not Appoint the Levitical Dispensation for his ...
... God does not desire whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices, but He will have His voice
to be hearkened to. Behold, a ready obedience is better than sacrifice, ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xvii proof that god did.htm

Political Religion
... Absolute obedience to God's will, whatever perils may seem to attend it, is true
worship. ... 'Obedience is better than sacrifice.' Temptations to take our own ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/political religion.htm

The Obedience of Faith
... be pleased with: yet "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to ... thing as to do exactly
what God would have ... little things is a fine feature in obedience: it lies ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the obedience of faith.htm

Obedience: Its Place in Holy Scripture.
... To obey is better than any sacrifice. ... Sad type of so much obedience, which in part
performs God's commandment, and yet is not the obedience God asks! ...
/.../murray/the school of obedience/i obedience its place in.htm

Saul Rejected
... drawn him in true penitence to a forgiving God. ... as unreal as his protestation of
obedience, and showed ... of the great words, 'To obey is better than sacrifice.'. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/saul rejected.htm

Resources
Does God reward us for being obedient to His Word? | GotQuestions.org

Why does Christ's righteousness need to be imputed to us? | GotQuestions.org

Why is faith without works dead? | GotQuestions.org

Obedience: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Subtopics

Obedience

Obedience of Christ

Obedience to God

Obedience to God without Faith, is Impossible

Obedience to God: A Characteristic of Saints

Obedience to God: Abram

Obedience to God: Angels Engaged In

Obedience to God: Asa

Obedience to God: Better than Sacrifice

Obedience to God: Blessedness of

Obedience to God: Caleb

Obedience to God: Christ, an Example of

Obedience to God: Commanded

Obedience to God: Confess Your Failure In

Obedience to God: David

Obedience to God: Elijah

Obedience to God: Exhortations To

Obedience to God: Hezekiah

Obedience to God: Includes: Keeping his Commandments

Obedience to God: Includes: Obeying Christ

Obedience to God: Includes: Obeying his Law

Obedience to God: Includes: Obeying his Voice

Obedience to God: Includes: Obeying the Gospel

Obedience to God: Includes: Submission to Higher Powers

Obedience to God: Israelites

Obedience to God: Joseph

Obedience to God: Josiah

Obedience to God: Justification Obtained by That of Christ

Obedience to God: Noah

Obedience to God: Obligations To

Obedience to God: Paul

Obedience to God: Pray to be Taught

Obedience to God: Prepare the Heart For

Obedience to God: Promises To

Obedience to God: Punishment of Refusing

Obedience to God: Resolve Upon

Obedience to God: Saints Elected To

Obedience to God: Saints of Rome

Obedience to God: should be Constant

Obedience to God: should be from the Heart

Obedience to God: should be Undeviating

Obedience to God: should be Unreserved

Obedience to God: should Be with Willingness

Obedience to God: The Wicked Refuse

Obedience to God: To be Universal in the Latter Days

Obedience to God: Wise Men

Obedience to God: Zacharias

Obedience to God: Zerubbabel

Obedience: Abraham

Obedience: Asa

Obedience: Bethuel and Laban

Obedience: Caleb

Obedience: Cornelius

Obedience: Cyrus

Obedience: Daniel

Obedience: David

Obedience: Elisha

Obedience: Enjoined

Obedience: Exemplified

Obedience: Ezra

Obedience: General Scriptures Concerning

Obedience: Gideon

Obedience: Hanani

Obedience: Hezekiah

Obedience: Jacob

Obedience: Jehoiada

Obedience: Jehoshaphat

Obedience: Jesus

Obedience: Job

Obedience: John and James

Obedience: John the Baptist

Obedience: Jonah

Obedience: Joseph

Obedience: Joshua

Obedience: Josiah

Obedience: Jotham

Obedience: Levi

Obedience: Levites

Obedience: Mary

Obedience: Matthew

Obedience: Moses

Obedience: Moses and Aaron

Obedience: Nathanael

Obedience: Ninevites

Obedience: Noah

Obedience: Paul

Obedience: Reubenites

Obedience: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego

Obedience: Simeon

Obedience: Simon and Andrew

Obedience: The Disciples

Obedience: The Israelites

Obedience: The Rich Young Man

Obedience: Under the Preaching of Haggai

Obedience: Uzziah

Obedience: Zacharias

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