#obedient faith

[graceandpeacejoanne]

Isaiah 50: The Obedient Servant

The third Servant Song describes Messiah as one who trusts and relies completely on God, and knows with conviction that He will be vindicated. That is every Christian's calling and grace. #Isaiah50 #ObedientFaith #ServantSong

In the third Servant Song, Isaiah prophesied about the Messiah as both a scholar and as a willing sufferer in complete submission to the Father’s will, as the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Perfect Faith The Lord God helps me;    therefore I have not been disgraced;therefore I have set my face like flint,    and I know that I shall not be put to shame;    he who vindicates me is near.Who will…

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"God gave birds wings, but he didn't forbid them from flying. He blessed cheetahs with speed, but he never forbad them from outrunning their prey. He did, however, give humans a brain and insisted that they not use it."

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

2 Corinthians 10:5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ

[daiourage]

Ritual.

[ae-cha08]

[roguetelepaths]

As a person who writes a lot of fic about Vorta who are working and living within the Dominion, I've decided to apply a Vorta Bechdel Test to my future writing. A scene passes the Vorta Bechdel Test if it contains two Vorta who have a conversation about something other than the Founders.

[diabolicflame93]

Set Up for Failure / Authoritarian Parenting

Lately I’ve been mulling over the thought or concept of how fundie families set their children up for failure. I can’t speak to a wider or societal understanding of the concept, but I can speak to my own experiences. Much of my criticism comes from how children in fundamentalism are instructed to deal with authority figures. More specifically, how children are taught blind obedience to authority…

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

No Other Gods

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt—from the house of slavery. You are to have no other gods besides me… — Deuteronomy 5:6-7 | International Standard Version (ISV) The Holy Bible, International Standard Version Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. All Rights Reserved internationally. Cross References: Exodus 20:2-3; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 81:9-10

[4him-iwrite]

"We're not called to live by human reason. All that matters is obedience to God's Word and His leading in our lives. If God says go, we’ll go. If He says stay, we’ll stay. When we are in His will, we are in the safest place in the world." -Brother Yun

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

Basically Satan told others to question God and that's what makes him the big evil villian in the Bible. I think that says a lot about what Christianity teaches people.

[lizasweetling]

first off, thank you Boris for asking what I wanted to know. It would have bothered me.

Second: Intriguing Start

but this oddly convenient and thinly detailed <small>(What was he shouting?)</small> coincidence has me wondering if this is a Bill and Ted kind of time travel shenanigan <small>(convenient tool retrieval before you need it technically set up after you use it)</small> If that's the case, kind of expecting this story to end with the Sergeant giving stern instructions and then vanishing either ostentatiously through a portal of sorts or else subtly when no one's looking.

which would be one of the more intrusive timetravel uses we've seen and probably the first one where a character probably on Agatha's side crosses time

[godslove]

[nottskyler]

The Church has an obsession with obedience, specifically obedience to the prophet. I think this comes from a misunderstanding of both the first law being obedience and the purpose of having a prophet.

The first law being obedience does not mean giving up your agency to only do what someone else tells you to do, but it does mean following rules that are important until you understand why they exist. Like a child learning to stop and look both ways before crossing a street or to not hit their sibling or to eat fruits and vegetables so they aren’t constipated. Those rules should be followed because they are important to living a good life and getting along in society, and as a child you don’t yet understand why. You have to obey until you are old enough to understand and then adapt them to their life (like looking as you approach the street instead of stopping or knowing to not cross if you can’t see around a blind corner) but a parent should never force a child to eat legumes if their child breaks out in hives every time they eat them.

Obedience is an act of faith. If there were no commandments, there would be no way to have faith. It’s the act of saying hey I want to trust you, what do I need to do to see if what you say is trustworthy. It’s the first law because without it you can’t experience the transformative power of faith and repentance (the act of becoming a better person). It’s virtue lies solely in developing faith.

This is why “blind obedience” is bad. Blind obedience is giving up your agency to allow someone else to dictate what is right instead of figuring it out for yourself. You are allowed to experiment upon “divine” counsel from prophets and determine that it is not right based on the fruits you experience. And guess what, some people will be allergic to vegetables while other people feel so much better after starting to eat vegetables. And that’s the point. We are supposed to learn for ourselves what is good and evil. If there was only one right answer, humanity would’ve figured it out by now and we wouldn’t have the opportunity to learn for ourselves.

Which brings us to prophets. So many people what to surrender their agency and just blindly follow prophets (I used to be one of them). Sure, if you deign to simply be a sheep following the prophet, yeah you will likely be in the clear as the prophet will be accountable for your actions, but you will be unfit for exaltation. Heavenly Father isn’t running this world based on something someone else is telling Him to do.

So what is the purpose of the prophet? To be a warning on the watchtower. The prophet warns us of dangers ahead and tells us to repent and be prepared. The only time prophets get specific laws for everyone is when they are also leading people in a secular manner (Moses).

Let’s take the example of the family being under attack. And you betcha it is. Families are being broken up by poverty, meaning the state treats being unable to take care of your children due to lack of money the same as physically abusing them. Florida is threatening to break up families if any family member is trans. Anti-abortion laws are encouraging people to be sterilized rather than risk an unwanted pregnancy, meaning families that might’ve been formed won’t be. Long work hours and low pay are reducing the size of families and putting undo stress on families. Expensive healthcare also reduces the amount of kids people have and quality of life and time spent with families, including feeling like it is better to die painfully than riddle your family with medical debt.

The warning that families were under attack was correct. The idea that it was LGBT people trying to live authentically and form families of their own was not correct. It is the rejection of a queer child that breaks up a family, mixed orientation marriages, disagreements on the right way to help a trans child, the fascist response to queer happiness and families, and the general lack of pay increase and exploitation of good people who want to have families but can’t because a billionaire wants a higher score than last year.

Just like I won’t receive revelation for the Church and it’s administration, the prophet is not to make up commandments when Gd has simply given a warning, to create so many rules and policies that it prevents people from experiencing the love of Christ, or to put himself as a Gd on earth without need for repentance, especially for speaking good ideas that aren’t actually meant for everyone.

Sharing my testimony about how Christ has healed me and promising the same to others in my situation is not “receiving revelation for the Church”. It’s finding a legume alternative to fiber and sharing with those who also share that allergy. It’s saying Gd does not want people to suffer an allergic reaction and possibly die. It’s shining my light so others can come to Christ and reduce the suffering in the world.

[christianotome]

When God asks, there is a reason for it

Luke 6:38 says “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you”. At first I thought this verse only meant we should be generous with others, but now I realize it also refers to our relationship with God. 

Even though God doesn’t need us, He asks for love, faithfulness, reverence, respect. He also asks us to give up things, people or attitudes, or for us to start acting in a certain way, not on a whim, but because He wants and knows what’s best for us. Proverbs 14:12 says “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death”.

And the more we give God, the more aligned we are to His plans and the more freedom He has to act in our lives. Proverbs 16:3 says “Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established”.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Crowbar - Vacuum

[sheismo]

H.O.W

Humility. Obedience. Wisdom.

- Have humility & know that you NEED God. Come to God raw & vulnerable. Lean on him & his guidance. Fear the Lord.

- Be obedient to the Lord. Listen to God & be obedient to his word & the voice of the Holy Spirit.

- Once you become obedient you will be rewarded with wisdom & understanding. Wisdom comes from the Holy Spirit.

[wiirocku]

Romans 1:5 (NKJV) - Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,