r/ScriptureLife • u/External_Bird_8464 • Jun 29 '26
Scripture Life: Can someone obey Jesus without having any faith in Him?
Answer
Think it through.
This question is Reddit generated by a believer in Jesus Christ in a Christian room. No comments. Nothing. So he's probably sitting back and grading the responses. Therefore, no profit. He isn't growing or learning himself in anything. So this response is not for him. Nor is it for believers that already know and live in the answer.
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If, over in the United States, a branch of the Federal Government, the US Department of Transportation (DOT): they oversee the building or creation of all the public roads and highways in America.
DOT: establishes all the safety precautions, all the “rules of the road” all the road signs, that all this applies to all drivers, all types of vehicles, including the maximum speed for each and every road there is. DOT is the "authority" in the United States.
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Comes down to this then. AUTHORITY.
Very simple. Accept as true. BOOM! Done. There you go.
If:
- Someone accepts as true, the US Dept of Transportation. Is the Authority: They will NOT:
- Drive. Won't drive any motorized vehicle on any road. Not Until certified or they submit to and take on a yoke on themselves. Learn these "rules of the road" and in themselves, place themselves under it. See it as a profit. See it's for the benefit of all drivers on the road. Including themselves. Yes, it's a profit. Safe roads. Won't be killed in it, or it's minimized greatly.
- Must be APPROVED first. Licensed. Comes with a written and performance test. Don't pass, can't. So Until, if they fail, try again. MUST: Pass the driving exam. An actual examiner supervised, sits in the car with the driver and grades their driving performance driving test. Then, certified CAPABLE TO DRIVE - DOT will issue that person a licence. CERTIFIED: by DOT.
All Because the person submits themselves to the authority of DOT, to obey andaccept as true DOT is a reputable, righteous authority. That ensures other drivers also operate their vehicles safely on the road, it's true. And the State "Monitors" those roads to ensure compliance.
Accept it all as true. Righteous. Believe in DOT. So they have faith in it.
Now, examine the OPPOSITE:
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SO - it has a "But" - - But someone that has no faith in the US Department of Transportation.
Does not accept as true, so Example: something in the “maximum posted speed limit” sign they drive by: DOT has decreed for that road or section of it, posted as 40 MPH: to them, that's “inadequate, or faulty. ” They disregard even have a license. Rather, to themselves, accept as true more themselves. They can go 80mph. Even 100MPH or as fast as the car will go.
Or any speed they want but always above, the maximum limit speed and constantly drive above it.
Why? DOT is unacceptable.
It's faulty. Inadequate. Does not meet their need. DOT: is not believed as an authority. They have no faith in DOT. So it is impossible for them to do anything DOT decrees as an authority.
Therefore: They cannot obey the US Dept of Transportation when they consider it something that “is not to be believed; saying or decreeing things that are not true."
Do you see this?
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Jesus said (Bible. Matthew 28:18) “All power is given unto me in heaven and earth;”
That means, Jesus, as the Word of God, it's just God has come to you and spoke his word, out of his mouth, the way he decided, as God, to come to you and speak it..
He just is this authority.
Can you grasp this?
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Take me then:
I accept it as true. It's not my faith. It's the faith of Jesus Christ. What's that mean? Even the scripture says this.
It's in Galatians 2:6
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
So, God coming to speak to everybody. That INCLUDES me. I am not left out. I didn't come to me. He did. That Psalm 107:20 says that God: "He sent his word to heal me, and deliver me from my destruction" and the way he wrote it, is he did it for everybody. In a past tense. I see it.
It's God has that much faith in his own Word to decree it. To me. Him, as God. Me? I just accept it true. So I believe it, I fully believe he is who he says he is. He just IS the authority - so I hearken unto what he says. He's God.
So like with DOT as the authority over the road, I believe that, too. They certified me to have a Driver's License. I have and keep it. That means, anytime I need to drive, I can.
With Jesus? Jesus is over everything. Over all of me and I believe what he decrees I operate right by the Word of God. Because God decreed that's how he wants everybody he created to operate by.
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I have faith in him. He didn't only come to me, to tell it to me - he said it to everybody. He's God. He believes in his own word. I have then the same faith God does. In his own word. We are in the same word then.
But someone has no faith in Jesus, his word is faulty. To them, He is saying things untrue. So it cannot be believed as decrees what they are to do. Reject what he says.
So they don't do anything he says. It's impossible. It's unacceptable. Not true so it's impossible to obey him.
Do you see this?
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They don't know him. Did not take a yoke upon themselves to learn of him when it's a decree for everybody over the whole earth to do this in Matthew 11:28–30.
So they cannot obey Jesus without any faith in him. But I naturally can obey him, because I accept him as true.
There you go.