Obedience as a Christian Virtue

When we speak of obedience as a Christian virtue, we do not thereby imply that obedience can be anything else than a Christian virtue. Obedience is a virtue and obedience is therefore only Christian. One who is not a Christian cannot possess virtue, nor can such a one therefore obey. Principally obedience is the fruit of the sanctifying spirit of grace according to I Peter 1:2, and deals with our attitude toward the authority of the Most High God. So that we may safely say that obedience can...