Our obedience comes from our faith, our hearts and our love. Grace and obedience are not enemies. Grace renews our relationship with God when Satan defeats us through temptation. Obedience expresses our love and gratitude for God's grace. We serve God because the benevolent God of compassion saves us from death.
Obedience expresses our love and demonstrates our gratitude.
Artificial obedience is obedience given in religious matters that are of little or no interest to God. Obedience must place the concern and emphasis where God places them, not on the things that people place them.