Whenever a person rebels against authority, whether it be against a human government, against parents, against church leaders, or against God, it is always done for a reason.
For example, 200+ years ago the American people rebelled against the British colonial government. This government was seen as tyrannical and unfair. The strong conviction that this was so led men to break ties with Britain and form the United States of America.
It is not my purpose to discuss whether this was a good thing or not, merely to state that people come against established authorities because they believe that these authorities are unjust or unwise.
Teenagers sometimes rebel against their parents because they want to go beyond the limits their parents have prescribed. In so doing they are saying that they know better than their parents what is good for them.
People who rebel against church leaders do so because they believe that the church leadership is very wrong. They may believe that the church leadership will not listen to God.
But what about when people rebel against God's Word? Is it not also done because people believe that GOD is unjust, or that THEY are somehow wiser than God?
Think about the commandments of God you have not kept. Why did you not keep them? Isn't it because you believed, at some point, that you knew a better way than to obey GOD'S Word?
Satan got Eve to disobey God by implying that God was not all good, that God was holding out from her. Satan implied that God wanted to keep the best things away from Eve. Having done that, and created doubts about the character of God, it was easier to persuade Eve that God was also lying about the consequences of eating the forbidden fruit.
We have to learn to see through this kind of deception.
We have to realize that God IS good. The limits HE puts on things are for OUR protection.
The testimonies on this site generally reveal that as people made the common mistakes of disobeying God's principles, either through ignorance or active rebellion, their lives were messed up and a lot of suffering ensued.
If this is the case, doesn't it support the conclusion that God's LIMITS are for OUR protection? For example, God puts limits on our sexual expression and thought lives. Is it because he wants to spoil our fun?
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