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Obediance

 
 

By nature we are rebellious and insolent. The sinful nature coming from Adam down to us makes us want to be disobedient towards the Divine. This anarchy part of our D.N.A. can only be bridled by willingly submitting to Jesus Christ and the Father. In Matthew 7:21, Jesus says, "not everyone who says, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of the Father who is in heaven will enter." 

How the Trinity works is complex and beyond our minds to comprehend. Hence why I often say, "The fact I cannot reason God, that is understand how the Trinity works: Three but One God, is the reason I know He is God. If He is God I should not be able to explain everything about Him and have him down to an equation. This is how I know the Triune God is the True God." That being said, Jesus always obeyed The Father. The Son was so submissive to the Father, that He did nothing without ascribing to his perfect Will. It is easiest to embrace the Son, the Jesus side of God because we see him sacrificing his life for us on the Cross. It is easy to accept The Holy Spirit who makes us feel the presence of God and gives us comfort and consolation. But the Father part of God can be difficult for us to approach for two reasons: one it was originally impassable to approach him because of our Sin (Exodus 33:20) and secondly our own bad relationships with our fathers cause us to see our Heavenly Father in the wrong light.

Jesus said, "earthly fathers when your son asks for bread do you give them a stone instead or when a child asks for a fish do you give them a poisonous snake? No, of course not! And if fathers who are tainted with sin and hardened hearts care for and love their children, how much more so does your Heavenly Father love and care for you? Will not He then give you all you ask for?" (Matthew 7: 9-11).

Our Heavenly Father is not like our earthly fathers. He loves us so unconditionally, that he sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from our sin and make us right with our Him (Father) again! (John 3:16). I have touched upon this in another post, but now I Segway into the obedience portion. Now that we know our Heavenly Father loves us, we must be obedient to His Will. The Will of Christ is the same as the Will of the Father. If you disobey The Father, you disobey The Son. As for the verses in Matthew 7, one interpretation is that the Father's Will is found in his Ten Commandments (in original Hebrew The Ten Commandments are called Fatherly Instructions) which create respect with God and people. I agree with this, but add that the Holy Spirit will also guide us to what the Father and Son want us to be doing and we must be quick to obey. If we disobey once or twice or several times, I do not think he will just caste us out it says in Matthew Chapter 7. Rather I think Jesus is talking about those who speak His name and the Father in repetition and do these man made works for Him, but its all ritual and religion, not a relationship with the Father and Son and doing His Will and knowing it via direct communication.

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