A man tells the story of leaving a grocery store when he was approached by two small boys selling candy bars for their school band. The man told the boys, “I’ll buy a chocolate bar from you on one condition. You eat it for me.” The boys agreed.

The man bought the chocolate bar and promptly handed it back to one little boy so that he could eat it. The boy shook his head and said, “I can’t.”

“Why not?” the man asked.

The boy looked at him gravely in the eye and said, “I’m not supposed to take candy from strangers.” (1)

There’s a little boy who knows how to follow the rules. He may not understand why he’s not supposed to take candy from a stranger, but he understands obedience to his mom and dad who taught him that. So no matter the circumstance that he finds himself in, he keeps the rule…