Opinion: Obedient Children and Children of Disobedience (1), By Femi Aribisala
Jesus saw Simon and Andrew and said to them: “Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.” . “Immediately” they left their nets and followed him; no questions asked. He also saw James and John mending their nets and he called them. “Immediately,” they also left their nets and followed him.
The demon convulsed the man and came out of him. Bystanders were flabbergasted by this: “They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, ‘What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” The fact of the matter is that while the children of disobedience are actually very obedient, it is the children of God who turn out to be disobedient? If the babalawo tells the children of disobedience to bring a cow, they do not bring a goat. If he tells them to bury three live chickens in their backyard, they will obey him to the letter.
Solomon provides the reason for this. He says: “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” .This means sons of disobedience obey the devil, but sons of obedience disobey God. This conforms to Jesus’ paradoxical kingdom dynamic: “The sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.” .
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