Chapter 6, Whole Bible Objections, Whole Bible Christianity<\/p>\n
When I talk about obedience, or anything to do with the Law really, one of the big objections I get is that \u201cI don\u2019t hear Jesus\u201d (in my teaching). What they mean is that I don\u2019t say \u2018Jesus\u2019 every other word. Or that I don\u2019t constantly refer everything back to the crucifixion, or some other point of their Jesus dogma. I usually pose this question in reply \u2013 Is it that you don\u2019t hear Jesus, or that you don\u2019t hear? Am I not saying, or are you not hearing?<\/p>\n
Jesus is all about obedience. It\u2019s His Word in the first place that we obey. He showed up all through the Old Testament preaching and reinforcing the Law He delivered, and had Moses write down at Sinai. After He was born as a human, He consistently taught repentance and a return to God\u2019s Law. He instructed the disciples to take this gospel to the whole world, making other disciples (a word related to \u2018discipline\u2019). We have His Spirit who only repeats what He hears from Jesus (John 16:14<\/a>) and leads us into all truth, which is the Word. Jesus is God\u2019s Word, with the Law, in form and action. You can\u2019t read more than a few verses in the Scriptures without tripping over the issue of staying true to His Word, or returning to His Word, or teaching His Word. There is nothing about obedience that is not intimately connected to Jesus.<\/p>\n If someone doesn\u2019t \u201chear Jesus\u201d in the Law, or in teachings on obedience to His Law, they are probably 100% correct. They don\u2019t hear (Matthew 13:13<\/a>, Luke 16:31<\/a>, John 8:43<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chapter 6, Whole Bible Objections, Whole Bible Christianity When I talk about obedience, or anything to do with the Law really, one of the big objections I get is that \u201cI don\u2019t hear Jesus\u201d (in my teaching). What they mean … read more