8 BALUYOT

GEC 008 – Ethics

ESSAY

“Rebellion is obedience to God” a statement that I can probably say not

appropriate to be accept by many people. First is according to bible Obedience is the
practical acceptance of the authority and will of God. It includes both submitting to
Him and then expressing that submission in actions, words and thoughts. To be
obedient is to be in agreement with God. To be in agreement with God is to be in a
position of power in Christ. Disobedience is caused by rebellion and distrust of God.
To be disobedient is to yield to self-will instead of surrendering to God and desiring
His will in all things. Obedience and humility are very much out of fashion. Rebellion,
on the other hand, is in. It seems every new movie and book features people who
overcome the constraints of their society, disobey the advice of their friends or
parents, are “true to themselves,” and succeed in following their dreams. It makes a
great storyline and is undeniably a popular one.

Doubtless, rebellion can be noble. There are rebels that I admire, renegades
who have done much to expose hypocrisy and overcome injustice through their
stubborn – or courageous – nonconformity. Jesus himself was in many ways a rebel,
who clashed with the mighty power structures of his day. Permissiveness for the
sake of resistance has saturated each side of society. Governments advance the
legend of a "nonpartisan" or "valueless" society, in which no belief system is
advanced over some other. In any case, who can guarantee that they are genuinely
unbiased? Who can stand equitably a ways off, liberated everything being equal, and
coolly watch all philosophies all things considered.

We hold these Truths to act naturally obvious, that all Men (and Women) are
made equivalent, that they are supplied by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...whenever
any Form of Government gets damaging to these Ends, it is the Right of the People
to adjust or nullify it and to start new Government, establishing its Framework on
such Principles, and sorting out its Powers in such Form as to them will appear to be
destined to influence their Safety and Happiness.

Rebellion is a things that we don’t need to do as a human creature of God.