When Peter begins his letter, he mentions to those exiles the work of God through Jesus Christ.  By the obedience of Jesus Christ, we have life.  What obedience you might say?  The obedience of dying on the cross, shedding His blood for our sins.

 

We talk about the love that is shown on the cross.  This is true.  However we often overlook that the cross is also an act of obedience by Jesus.  Obedience is a dirty word in our society because of the idea of slavery.  In this case, obedience by Jesus was voluntary.  He choose to go to the cross to please the Father.

 

Obedience is demanded by God, if we are to follow Him.  It is not an option, an good idea, or a great suggestion.  If we choose to follow Jesus, we will walk in the footsteps of obedience.  To obey is better than sacrifice.