WHAT WILL BE THE PENALTY OF DISOBEDIENCE?
The Apostle Paul says the Lord Jesus will take vengeance upon those who obey not the Gospel of Christ.
"And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." (II Thessalonians 1: 7, 8).
The Apostle James says people deceive themselves if they do not the things the Lord commands:
"Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." (James 1: 22).
"What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" (James 2: 14, 15, 16).
The Apostle John gives this testimony concerning those who obey the Lord:
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." (Revelation 22: 14).