Disagreement with instructions or laws. When people find it difficult to agree with instructions or laws, they break them. Disagreement with instructions or laws is one reason why people eat the forbidden fruit. In the case of Adam and Eve, the serpent deceived them to disagree with God’s instruction not to eat the fruit in the middle of the garden. He told them they would not die as God had said. By saying that, he made God a liar.
“And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.” (Gen 3:2-6ASV)
God’s instructions or laws are not open to discussion. They demand obedience. Civil laws are not subject to individual preferences. You don’t have to like a law before you obey it. Disagreeing with it and violating it will only expose you to the wrath of the law. It is a case of “cause and effect.” If you sow the wind, you shall reap the whirlwind. (Hos 8:7) For instance, if you fail to stop when the traffic light shows red just because you don’t like traffic light, you will be in trouble if the appropriate law enforcement agents catch you. Worse still you may expose your life and unfortunately that of other road users to needless danger.
The traffic light is for control, and it is to protect road users including you. To disobey traffic rules is to be a lawbreaker. Prayer and fasting, speaking in tongues, sowing etc. can never be a substitute to obeying the traffic light (and similar civil laws)! It is not just a sin against the State but a sin against God. Numerous lives have been lost owing to this.
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