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Secrets of the Kingdom Life  /  Chapter 21: Type Thee - Love, Obedience.  /  Discussion Questions
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In the Honduras “imitation ice cream” story, David Bercot compares fear?obedience and dutiful servant obedience to something people may enjoy only because they’ve “never had the real thing”; what experiences in your Christian life have shaped what you assume obedience “tastes like,” and what would have to change for you to recognize love?obedience as something different?
Another way to ask: What has taught you what obedience to God “feels like” (fear, duty, or love)? What would need to change for you to see love-based obedience as something different?

Direct Answer Based on David Bercot’s teaching, many Christians assume obedience “tastes like” pressure, fear, or bare duty because that’s all they’ve known; recognizing love?obedience requires actually tasting a “deep, warm love relationship with Christ” where obedience flows from love rather than fear.

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  • He says Hondurans accepted “imitation ice cream” because “they had never had the real thing,” and compares that to people who think obedience is only “fear, obedience, or dutiful servant obedience.”
  • “Fear, obedience, and dutiful servant obedience bring us most of the responsibilities… but with only part of its blessings.”
  • “Love, obedience flows from a deep, warm love relationship with Christ.”
  • “When Christ abides in us thoroughly and completely, we obey him out of love, not fear.”
  • Love?obedience is “the obedience of a child rather than a mere servant.”
Discussion Follow-ups What has most shaped your view of God’s commands—warnings, expectations, or love? What might it look like for Christ to “abide in” you more “thoroughly and completely”?

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