How is obedience a sign of love?

Answer 1

From a Christian stand point and referring to obedience to God - 1 John 5:3 says: "For this is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments". There really are no other ways in which we can "show" love for God other than listening and obeying him. This includes showing love for our neighbor, talking to him in prayer, taking in knowledge of him, following his moral guidelines, and teaching others about him. All of those are things he has instructed us to do.

As regards to relationships - Obedience in a relationship can be a sign of love, but it also can be abused by the person who is giving the instructions. The Bible says that wives should listen and have deep respect for their husbands. It also says that husbands should love their wives as their own body and treat them as they would a delicate object. (It does not say that wives are a delicate object, but says that husbands should treat them as one and this would assign them honor.) Husbands who are tyrannical over their wives are not following the example of Jesus. Husbands are to treat their wives as Christ treated the congregation. So that would include having compassion, understanding, patience, and a tremendous amount of self sacrifice. It takes both people taking on this role to make a successful and loving marriage that is following the biblical outline. Of course no relationship nor any person is perfect, but applying bible principals even after a disagreement would be beneficial for any relationship.