Noah did everything God commanded him.
Noah did everything God commanded him to do.
That completed the work of The Dwelling, the Tent of Meeting. The People of Israel did what God had commanded Moses. They did it all.
Moses did everything God commanded. He did it all.
Moses and Aaron did exactly what God commanded. Moses was eighty and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. * * *
But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming together right now in this baptism.” So John did it.
He replied, “My mother and brothers are the ones who hear and do God’s Word. Obedience is thicker than blood.”
She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”
