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Question 6

The chapter says kingdom?life Christians obey even without understanding, yet they “search for the reason” because God’s laws belong to the “universe of reality” (as opposed to “unreality” shaped by the world, flesh, and Satan); where do you see your own instincts shaped more by “how things appear” than by “things as they really are,” especially regarding costly commands?

Another way to ask: Where are you more guided by how things seem than by what God says is truly real, especially with hard commands? What “costly” command do you tend to explain away because it feels unrealistic?

Direct Answer The transcript suggests our instincts are often shaped by the world’s “unreality,” so costly commands can feel unreasonable or unnecessary; kingdom?life Christians still obey, but they keep searching for God’s purpose because his commands reflect “things as they really are.”

Support from Transcript:

He says they “will obey every one of Christ’s commandments whether or not they understand the reason,” but they “will search for the reason.”
They believe “all of God’s laws have a purpose.”
He describes God’s laws as belonging to “the universe of reality, the universe that God and his angels inhabit.”
He contrasts that with “the universe of unreality… made up of this world, our fallen flesh, and Satan and his minions.”
Richard of St. Victor is quoted saying Jesus’ teaching is right action “in the light of things as they really are and not as they appear to be.”

Discussion Follow-ups Which costly command do you most interpret through “how it appears” (loss, inconvenience, social risk) rather than through the “universe of reality” Bercot describes?

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