RELATIONAL VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value others as those whom Christ created and redeemed, I choose to treat them as I would like to be treated.

How To Treat People

Obedience

Jesus was our example by obeying His Heavenly Father and keeping the commandments. He was loyal to His nation and His God.

Definition

Obedience related virtues: Compliant, conforming, loyalty, submissive.

Obedience means: Compliance, conformance, following instructions, loyalty.

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Trust and Obey, SDAH 590
I will follow Thee, my Savior, SDAH 623
He Has Shown Thee, Micah 6:8

Student Life Applications

Students watching the director as they sing in the choir.
Parent saying "No" to son or daughter as the child begins to do it: "Don't ride the motorbike; Don't climb on the roof; Don't touch the delicate vase; Don't touch the wires; Don't turn on the TV.
Children playing follow-the-leader.
Bicycle waiting at the traffic lights.

Bible, E.G. White

John 14:23 Jesus answered him, If a man love me, he will keep my words:.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 65 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters
Revelation 2:10 Be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life

“The loyalty of the soul is alone of value in the sight of God." 5T 73
“We can, only by willing obedience and grateful service, testify our loyalty." 5T 87
“Show them that love and loyalty to their Redeemer, loyalty to the standard of true manhood and womanhood, loyalty to the institution with which they are connected, demands this.” 7T 188
"All true obedience comes from the heart..... that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses.” DA 668
“Let children be shown that true reverence is revealed by obedience. God has commanded nothing that is unessential, and there is no other way of manifesting reverence so pleasing to Him as by obedience to that which He has spoken.”
CT 111
“The path of obedience to God is the path of virtue, of health and happiness.” LS 270
“A student may go through all the grades of the schools.....But unless he obeys the laws that govern his being, he will destroy himself.” COL 109
“When those who claim to be Christians work in harmony with divine instruction, there will be far less evil-surmising and evil-speaking in the church.” BT.1903-07-01. 4
“Let them honor the educational standards established by Christ, and following His instruction, give their students lessons in faith and in holiness.” ME.1910-04-01. 6
“Following the instruction of Christ brings the sanctification of the Holy Spirit,” RH.1905-07-27. 9
“The only safety for us is in trusting implicitly and following faithfully the instruction of the word of God.”
ST.1889-08-26. 4
"The Lord would have all His sons and daughters happy, peaceful, and obedient. SC 124

Reinforcing Stories

Joseph and Mary went to Egypt
Abraham offered Isaac
Noah built the ark
Moses built the tabernacle
A boy was playing along the railway when suddenly his mother shouted at him to lie down very flat. Without questions he followed and was saved from the fast train coming his way.
Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories I, p. 136; II, p. 128
"Agath's Apple", "How Not to Help Mother", "Pearlie's Promise", "Teddy and the Tools", Volume Three, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, pp. 55,89, 25, 105
"Mixing in the Lone", Roseland's Medicine", Volume Four, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories, pp. 59, 115, 63
Growing Kids God's Way, Chapter 10, by Gary & Anne Marie Ezzo, Micah 6:8, 1993
Christian Values Every Kid Should Know, Chapter 19, by Donna Habenicht, R&H, 2000
Teaching Your Children Values, p. 145, by Richard & Linda Eyre, Simon & Schuster, 1993
"Billy and the Bees", "The girl who said, 'I won't'", "What price love?", Book One, The Children's Hour, pp. 59, 164, 123, 179, 176, 67
"Helping Father", Book Two, The Children's Hour, pp. 71, 77; also III, pp. 55, 81, 155, 163; also IV, pp. 41, 45;
"Horace and the Hogs", Book Five, The Children's Hour, pp. 129, 145 by Arthur S. Maxwell
"Boy Wanted", "The Devil Rides a Bicycle", "God's Call to Service", "The Hero of Cave City", "A Little Girl Text", "Loving and Trusting", "The Winner", Treasury of Devotional Aids for home and school.

Student Activities

Links to the Curriculum

Resources

Charts for meritorious performance
Maintain anecdotal reports of students who are obedient to teacher's instructions.

Primary:
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show obedience.
Tell or write about when you showed obedience like God would do.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone was not obedient:
How do you think God feels when He sees people who are obedient?
How do you feel when you are obedient?
Tell two ways that you can show obedience.
What makes you want to be obedient?
What is the opposite of obedience? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can be obedient when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I am obedient?
What difference does it make whether I am obedient or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not choose to be obedient?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t choose to be obedient?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not choose to be obedient?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to be obedient. Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to be obedient better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might be obedient without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could be obedient in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Is it possible for a person to get better at being obedient? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at being obedient? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at being obedient?
How often do you show obedience? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in when people are being obedient? How have you joined in?

High school:
Would you practice obedience if no one was checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to obedience and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone was not fully obedient? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to be obedient?
Are you proud to be obedient and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against obedience would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some money toward supporting obedience in your city, class, work?
Can you say that being obedient has become a habit? How often are you that way?
What effect do you think obedience will have on your future life?
Do you see your family practicing obedience toward others? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote obedience in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they are obedient or not?