Obedience supposes the will broken and submissive to God's Word and thus to Himself. There is no true lowliness without it, yet it arms the soul against all counter-attractions and gives firmness to the weakest against every adversary.
So we see in Christ Himself, who honored Scripture as none ever did before and fashions the Christian after His own model. It concentrates the moral mind on God's will and is jealous to maintain His authority in whatever fell from His mouth, knowing that He has that divine perfection of majesty, holiness, truth and faithfulness which was fully displayed in Christ, His image. [23]