OBEDIENCE
(See also Disobedience; Integrity; Sin)
basis of final test: w74 345-348; ka 147-154; w60 316-317; pa 237-238; yw 354-355; w55 702-703; nh 351-355; tf 369-370
Bible examples: w85 1/1 29; su 130-131; uw 48, 50-52; w80 12/1 18-20; tp73 92-94; ad 1240; te 33-34; w70 425, 428-429; w67 337; w64 17, 279; yb64 22; w63 317-318; w59 270; w55 247-248; w52 559-560; w51 30; w41 61; g36 8/26 765-766; g36 9/23 827-828; w34 124; g34 10/24 60-61; g33 10/11 27-28; g32 1/6 220-222; g32 10/26 63
Abraham: w80 1/15 21; w80 12/1 19-20
Gideon and his men: w82 6/1 22-25
Jesus Christ: w77 583-584
discussion: w78 8/15 3-4; w77 163-165; ad 1239-1241; g71 1/8 3-4; w70 425-444
highlighted by book of 1 Samuel: w85 1/1 28-29; w78 4/1 24-27
Jehovah’s law: su 129-134, 136-137; kc 31-33; tr 74, 159-162; w73 431-432; w72 429-430; g71 1/8 3-4; w69 39; g69 5/22 27-28; w68 101-102; g64 4/8 8; g64 5/22 12-14; w62 691-692; w61 251-252; w60 500-501; w57 753; w56 490; w53 86-87; w52 374-375; w49 363-365, 372-373; w41 61-62; w39 115; w38 339-340
happiness comes from: w80 4/1 28
Jesus “learned obedience” (Heb 5:8): w83 2/15 19; uw 60-61; w77 583-584; ad 1289; w70 557-564; g64 8/8 28; g60 7/22 27; w58 441; pa 142; w53 437; nh 154; w52 559-560; w46 105-106; w42 230; wl 156-157; w41 316; w38 341; w32 154-155
laws of Caesar: tr 157-160; w80 5/15 5-6; ad 1241; te 135-138; w70 499; g69 5/22 26-27; yb68 80; g68 10/22 7; w67 281; yl 38; li 215; w64 668-669; g64 5/22 13-14; w63 49-51; ln 24-29; w62 649-651, 656-666, 681-695; g61 8/8 3-4; w60 500-501; w59 269; w58 74-75; w57 253, 752-753; w56 437; w52 374; g51 1/8 25-26; w50 452; el 200-204; w49 364, 372-373
meaning of term: ad 1239-1240; w70 425; w53 87; w52 557; w38 340
modern-day Witnesses: w70 499; w66 563; w61 252
motivating factor: ad 1241; w70 426-427, 430; g65 10/22 8; w64 250; w62 490-491; w57 83, 753; w52 559-560; w36 68
perfecting one’s: w68 455
“ready to obey” (Jas 3:17): cj 129-130; w78 12/1 25; qm 228; w59 270-271; w56 338-341; qm55 228
required of Christians: su 129, 131-134, 136-137; w73 142, 145-146; ad 1240-1241; w70 403-408; w69 137-138; w67 337; ms 359-361; g65 10/22 8; w64 5-6, 131-132, 135, 249, 294; yb64 26-28; g64 1/8 8; w63 82-83; ln 58-59; w60 135; w59 697; w58 441-442; w56 242-243; w54 687; w53 86-87; nh 350-351; w52 264-265, 557; w30 172-174
test on Adam and Eve: uw 39-40; tr 28-29; lp 51-53; fu 14-15; po 43-44, 56-59; ts 30-31, 33; g74 10/8 11-12; w73 434; ad 33, 1536-1537, 1613-1614; te 39-40; w68 613-614, 620; rl 11-12; g67 3/22 28-29; gn 7-8; w64 326; w60 317; yw 57-59; w56 490-492; gn54 7-8; nh 351-352; w52 558; w41 51; w30 172-173
to elders: su 136-137; w72 464-465
to good news: w77 617-620
to parents: w80 5/15 7; w78 9/1 5-6; fl 162-168; w77 572; yy 74-79; g75 10/22 27; w73 670-672; w72 362-364; ad 1241; te 32-34; yb71 244; w70 149, 154-156, 437-442, 519-520; g70 9/22 27-28; w68 89-90; w67 742-743; qm 256; ms 362; w64 147, 249, 494; g64 10/22 5-7; g64 11/22 10-11; w63 123, 433-434; w62 212-213, 489-495; w61 172-173; w60 80; w57 182; w56 310; w55 214; qm55 256; w54 60; w53 408-409; g49 12/8 26; w46 277-278; w41 52-53
to theocratic order: w82 6/1 16-26; w72 464; w60 444; w59 373; w58 441-442; w57 280-281; w56 346-348; w52 562; w50 447-448; w49 363-364; w47 326; w43 42-44
unqualified obedience: g76 2/22 30; g66 5/22 12; g61 8/8 3-4
value of: w78 9/15 12; w77 163-165
word:
number of times in Bible: w77 164
youths: yy 74-79