There is a liberty and freedom found in walking in obedience to Christ that can\u2019t be found any other way. But there are so many competing and conflicting views in our culture that would argue with that. So let\u2019s back way up and have a conversation about truth. Before we can talk about obedience we need to talk about the truth we\u2019re supposed to be obeying.
Those of us who are Christ followers believe that God\u2019s Word is something that checks throughout. It\u2019s perfectly consistent. It\u2019s completely trustworthy and cannot let us down. But if you would\u2019ve asked Leonard Bernstein: Do you believe there's a God who has spoken and given us truth? He would have said, \u201cno\u201d. He found consistency and faithfulness in the one area he knew best: music. For Bernstein, music was something that checks throughout. It\u2019s absolutely consistent. You trust it and it will never let you down.
The most plausible reason why Bernstein felt the way he did - why we all feel the way we do - is because we\u2019re all longing for something outside of us to provide a truth we can trust, a truth that won\u2019t change; something stable in an unstable world. And that desire is in all of us because we were created by a God who wants to have relationship with us. God wants to have a relationship with us that is based on communication, but not the one-sided communication most of us have now; you know, where we throw up our prayers of desperation but never listen for what he has to say.
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