As the famous Nike tagline went, it is about time that we Christians learned to “just do it.” I am not talking about the disgusting antics of wannabe preachers and their spineless capitulance to fleeting fame. I am talking about simple obedience to the Word of God. As Dan Philips of Pyromanics wrote…
The should-be backbone of evangelical Christianity is jellified by people who — unlike Christ and 
His apostles — imagine that every order requires hundreds of words of explanation, qualification, reorientation, and decaffeinization. God forbid we think orders (even divine ones) are meant to be obeyed.
By contrast, Christ clearly felt that His question “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things I say?” (Luke 6:46) was self-explanatory. Paul, apostle of grace, clearly had no hesitation about saying things like “Wives, subordinate yourselves to your husbands” (Colossians 3:18), and “Husbands, love your wives”" (v. 19), and “Flee immorality” (1 Corinthians 6:18). Nor did Peter hesitate to say “Love one another strenuously from the heart” (1 Peter 1:22), nor the writer of Hebrews to say “Obey those who lead you, and yield to them” (Hebrews 13:17). Then there’s James… well, James. The whole book. Period.
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Amen! Amen! And AMEN!
We have reached a sorry state in our “Christianity.“ By definition, a Christian is one who is “a follower of Christ” or one who is “Christlike.” Well, I hate to break the news, but find me a place in the Bible where Jesus refused a command from His Father! Show me the chapter and verse where Christ decided to build His own cut and paste religion, because the Law of His Father was outdated or irrelevant.
Give me a break. Quit whining about how hard it is, and how different it is now. Listen to the commands soldier!
And just do them.
