BA54
We are to submit to God.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Hebrews 12:9
- James 4:7
- 1 Peter 2:16
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Hebrews 10:36
- John 14:15
- 1 John 5:3-4
- Luke 11:27-28
- Luke 18:18-20
- Matthew 5:17-19
- Matthew 7:21
- Romans 8:7
- Romans 10:2
Supportive OT Scriptures
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2 Chronicles 31:4
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Deuteronomy 4:13-14
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Deuteronomy 4:40
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Deuteronomy 6:17
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Deuteronomy 11:22-23
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Deuteronomy 11:32
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Deuteronomy 13:5
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Deuteronomy 26:17-19
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Deuteronomy 27:10
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Deuteronomy 28:1
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Deuteronomy 28:15
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Deuteronomy 29:28
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Deuteronomy 30:8-16
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Exodus 10:3
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Exodus 15:26
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Numbers 15:38-40
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
“Submitting” and “obeying” are (for all practical purposes) synonymous but are treated separately in this compilation because the CJB uses both terms in its Bible translation (see Mitzvah BA10). Submitting to God requires: (1) knowing what God wants of us, and (2) complying with what God wants of us. There are two ways to know what God wants of us (this is beginning to sound like a lesson in mathematics): (a) knowing the Mitzvot contained in Scripture, and (b) hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit who directs us in applying the Mitzvot in the various circumstances of our lives. Knowing the Mitzvot is straight forward; it requires studying the Bible. Hearing the Holy Spirit is less so because it involves our growing in spiritual acuity and in our prayer relationship with God. But now we come to number (2) above – “complying.” Most believers – even new believers – become pretty good about knowing what God wants of us but have difficulty overcoming the obstacle of the flesh that tends to pull us in the other direction. This part of submitting to God is sometimes referred to as “dying to self” and is briefly dealt with elsewhere in this compilation.
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