One of the things that stood out to me this week as we read sections from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were the examples of obedience throughout. (My focus is mostly on the accounts recorded in Matthew, but there are also accounts of many of these events throughout the four gospels.)
First, we read about the birth of Christ in Matthew 1-2 and see the obedience that Joseph shows as he is commanded to do various things by the Lord in his dreams. The first of these things include him marrying Mary and trusting in what the angel of the Lord said when he says "fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 1:20). In addition, Joseph is told multiple times to uproot his family as Herod seeks Jesus' life and then again after Herod dies. I know times were definitely different back then, but I can't help but wonder how I would react to being told to uproot my family multiple times. I have to believe that I would be obedient (especially if I was visited by an angel of the Lord in a dream) but then again, there are so many things that are much easier than moving my family around that I am still not 100% obedient to. 
Shortly after, in Matthew 3, we read an account of Christ's baptism (similar accounts are also recorded in Mark 1, Luke 3, and John 1) and I have always loved the wording (particularly in Matthew) used to describe this event. As we know, Christ is our ultimate example and was completely without sin. I believe that if many of us were there at that time, we would have reacted similarly to John the Baptist when he saw Christ come into the River Jordan to be baptized. John said, "I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?" (Matthew 3:14). Christ's simple answer has been one that has always stuck with me throughout my life. He responds, "Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness" (Matthew 3:15). Christ taught us through everything that He did. Since He lived without sin, he provided us with the best possible example of love and obedience to the Father. Though He was perfect and without sin, He understood the importance of perfect obedience to His father and He showed us all the importance of obedience by this simple example.
Additionally, I have always been astounded by the obedience of Christ's soon-to-be disciples as Christ calls them to follow him. "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19) is what he said to Simon Peter and Andrew and the scriptures tell us that "they straightway left their nets, and followed him" (Matthew 4:20). It doesn't say that "they finished their day of work and then followed him" or that "they pondered on what Christ had said for a few days and then followed him." No, they straightway followed him. Similarly, when Christ calls to James and John, "they immediately left the ship... and followed him" (Matthew 4:22). Similar to how Joseph was asked to uproot his family, these disciples (along with all of the others later called) were asked to basically leave all that they had to follow Christ and to be witnesses of Him. For me, this has often begged the question, "Would I have been willing to leave all that I had to follow Christ?" But this isn't just some hypothetical question that is fun to think about had we been alive during Christ's mortal ministry. Rather, this is a real-world question that can be applied to our lives today. "Am I willing to leave all that I have to follow Christ?" and "Am I willing to forsake sin and stand as an example of the believers?" (1 Timothy 4:12) and "Am I ashamed of the gospel of Christ?" (Romans 1:16). There are many things in this life that we are asked for give up and forsake in order to truly follow Christ. A large part of our testing here is how well we are obedient to the things that we are taught from the scriptures and from the living prophets. I believe that these questions are ones that we must ask ourselves, not just every Sunday as we partake of the sacrament, but every single day.
No example of obedience can quite match the example that Christ gave us as he suffered in 