We are summoned to a different kind of life. Commitment to Christ, being born again of the Holy Spirit, always creates in us the desire to obey God and keep His commandments. This is the evidence that Christ lives in us. Disobedience to God denies the existence of this new life. Unfortunately, too many professed Christians find the word obedience not only disturbing but unacceptable.
Men tend to reject what they consider as divine pressure.
Obedience smacks of the lack of freedom, they believe. People want an easy, relaxed type of living. A disciplined life of obedience to a whole set of commandments and laws seems quite undesirable where love, joy, and peace reign. This is an age that lacks discipline and hardness, so necessary for good soldiers of Jesus Christ. People have become morally arid spiritually soft in so many ways.