Psalm 51:16-17 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

You do what your boss tells you because you want the benefit of the paycheck. Same with Jesus. When you refuse to be obedient to what Jesus tells you to do, you miss the benefit.

Proverbs 29:25 Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the LORD means safety.

2 Corinthians 6:18 “and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me,” says the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Matthew 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

John 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

John 6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

1 John 3:17-18  But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Romans 5:8 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. www.freedomdl.com/hit