And, as we do that, we really cheat ourselves. One of the magnificent things that the Bible is telling us is that obedience is very important. Obedience is necessary. One thing that we can learn from the cross of Christ is that even the Son of God had to be obedient to the Father. There is a lot of power in that.
Obedience is capable of transforming the social order.
It is absolutely necessary if the human race is going to survive. We must stop hating one another, but that may not be possible right now because that's the call to love. We, for the time being, can go ahead and retain our hate, but we must start obeying the simple laws of not killing one another, not stealing from one another, not abusing each other's rights, etc. What we want on this planet is for every human being to be fulfilled, for ever human being to have the opportunity to be full of love, joy, and the peace of God. We want all human beings to reach out to others, to help them, to serve them, to make their lives better so that we can walk down the streets in peace and happiness, with joy and contentment in our hearts.