A man, bragging on his dog, said, "He's a fine dog. He's so smart, and obedient, too. Why, all I have to do is tell him what to do and he either does it, or he doesn't!" The gospel's success or failure all hinges upon our acceptance or rejection of the word "Obedience."

If we truly have faith, we will obey God. Obedience implies that we are not independent, that we are accountable to another, that we do have someone over us, that there is higher authority than ourselves.

In a world where we are taught that it is our "right" to do "our own thing," "be our own person," do it because it "feels good" - we find that God expects us to lay all that aside and obey him! Just how radical can you be?

Naturally we all conform to others when we must. We won't speed too much above the limit lest we get cau…