Week 2 - Obedience to Christ: Romans 12:1, John 14:21
Week 2
TOPIC: Obedience to Christ
VERSES: Romans 12:1 – John 14:21
Obedience to Christ
Romans 12:1
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1 (NKJV)
Obedience to Christ
John 14:21
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
John 14:21
Your Plan This Week
• Read “How to Review Memory Verses with Someone Else” on page 19 of your course book.
• Follow the same pattern for learning new verses as you did last week –use the first two days of the week to learn Romans 12:1, and the next two days to learn John 14:21. Review both of these verses during the rest of the week to deepen your grasp of them.
• Carry your verse pack with you and use spare moments during the day for review and meditation.
• At the end of the week, check yourself as you did before by writing out your new verses from memory, or quoting them to someone else.
• DAILY REVIEW: Each day this week, review the first two verses in Series A: 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 2:20.
Questions for Meditation
Romans 12:1 (context: read Romans 11:32- 12:2)
•What is the right motivation for yielding ourselves to God?
•What is sacrifice?
•What is worship?
John 14:21 (context: John 14:15-21)
•What is the proof of our love for God?
•According to this verse, what responsibilities do you have?
•In what ways do you feel a desire to express your love to the Lord?
Meditation and Review
Remember that Scripture memory is not an end in itself. It must be followed by prayerful meditation and by obedience and application.
• Scripture memory puts God’s Word on your mind.
•Prayerful meditation puts God’s Word in your heart.
•Obedience puts God’s Word into action.