#obedience to the law

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

- William Blake

#blake #william blake #quote #rules #rule breaking #obedience to the law #custom #sherlock holmes #jeremy brett #smoking

[kdmiller55]

A Life of Law-Keeping is Enslaving

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires…

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#condemnation #enslavement #flesh #freedom from sin #freedom in Christ #Galatians #Galatians 5 #grace #Law #Mosaic law #obedience to the law #rule-keeping #self-righteousness #spirit

[probablybadrpgideas]

It’s very ironic that the best way to spark chaos in the D&D fandom is to ask people to define what “lawful” is in the context of alignment.

#(I Mod Pencil would say it's 'obedient' vs 'disobedient' #or maybe more 'communal' vs 'indepenent' #Lawful beings go out of their way to listen to others #Chaotic beings go out of their way not to #Neutral beings don't care whether good advice is internal or external #But I fully expect everyone to be angry in the notes about it)

[canisalbus]

this image came to me a while back and wouldn't leave me alone until i brought it into the world, and after seeing your Barbenheimer art i thought i might send it to you. love all your work, and it's been great seeing the development of these two! <3

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#aw dang partners in crime! #very in character yes #Vasco's gleeful look is just something else I love it #thank you for drawing my boys #;_; #I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying seeing them around! #Machete #Vasco #own characters #Pandaboar #gift art #a little context tidbit since this reminds me of it #for the majority of their co-existence Vasco is the one who has a little bit of a criminal record and autrority issues #and since he's never gotten into serious trouble for it he's quite nonchalant about the whole thing #he has solid morals for sure but they don't always align with the law #Machete is an obedient well behaved goody two shoes until he slowly boils over irreparably and becomes the worst version of himself #I actually had a similar thing sketched last month but never got around to finishing it #should I still do it or is it too late at this point

[philosophybits]

Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws… Rationality in the form of such obedience swallows up everything, even the freedom to think.

Max Horkheimer, "The End of Reason"

#philosophy #quotes #Max Horkheimer #The End of Reason #law #norms #obedience #reason #rationality #thought #thinking

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Mourning Turned to Joy

1 "At that time," says the LORD, "will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people." 2 Thus says the LORD, "The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

3 The LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

4 Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

5 Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.

6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, "Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God."'"

7 For thus says the LORD, "Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, 'For the LORD has saved your people, the remnant of Israel.'

8 'Look, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

9 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.'"

10 Hear the word of the LORD, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock."

11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and they shall be radient over the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

13 "Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness," says the LORD.

15 Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great bitterness, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."

16 Thus says the LORD: "Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded," says the LORD; "and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 There is hope for your latter end," says the LORD; "and your children shall come again to their own border.

18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God.

19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.'

20 Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," says the LORD.

21 "Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

22 How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man."

23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: 'The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.'

24 Judah and all its cities shall dwell in it together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks. 25 For I have satisfied the weary soul, and I have filled every sorrowful soul." 26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 "Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal. 28 It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant," says the LORD.

29 "In those days they shall say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 Look, the days come," says the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, and I disregarded them," says the LORD. 33 "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says the LORD: "I will put my law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD'; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sins I will remember no more."

35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; the LORD of hosts is his name:

36 "If this fixed order departs from before me," says the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever."

37 Thus says the LORD: "If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done," says the LORD.

38 "Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that the city shall be built to the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39 The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah. 40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever." — Jeremiah 31 | New Heart English Bible (NHEB) The New Heart English Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 1:14; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 43:30; Exodus 4:22; Exodus 15:16; Exodus 15:20; Exodus 33:14; Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 24:16; Deuteronomy 28:13; Deuteronomy 30:4; Deuteronomy 30:9; Judges 21:21; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Kings 14:13; Job 29:2; Job 38:33; Psalm 48:1; Psalm 84:5; Psalm 89:36-37; Psalm 90:14; Psalm 107:37; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 31:12; Lamentations 3:29; Zechariah 1:16; Matthew 2:18; Matthew 5:6; Mark 14:24; Luke 1:77; Luke 18:13; John 6:44; John 16:22; John 18:1; Acts 3:26; Romans 11:1-2; Romans 11:26-27; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 8:9

#God #transformation #sinful hearts #obedience #God's law #exiles #mourning #joy #Jeremiah 31 #Book of Jeremiah #Old Testament #NHEB #New Heart English Bible

[pratchettquotes]

Vimes listened while the conversation droned on in dwarfish. Carrot seemed to be winning, but it was a near thing. The clan was giving in not because of reason, or in obedience to the law, but because...well...because it was Carrot who was asking.

Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

#samuel vimes #carrot ironfoundersson #men at arms #discworld #terry pratchett #law enforcement #family #religion #tradition #persuasion #charisma #personality #reason #obedience #he seemed to be winning #the carrot effect

[christianotome]

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:1-3)

#bible #biblical quote #religion #christianity #sin #law #obediance #colossians

[justana0kguy]

2024 JANUARY 10 Wednesday

"Blessed the man who makes the LORD his trust; who turns not to idolatry or to those who stray after falsehood Sacrifice or oblation you wished not, but ears open to obedience you gave me. Then said, "Behold I come." To do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!"

~ Psalms 40:5,7-9

#bible #verse #scripture #Psalms #psalm #blessed man #God #Lord #Jesus #Jesus Christ #Christ #Lord's trust #sacrifice or oblation #ears of obedience #behold I come #God's will #my delight #law within #my heart

[obstinaterixatrix]

that totoro post was so hysterical to me I had to look up if it was real Just To Know & it wasn’t but you know what is on the totoro wiki page?

#my ramblings #citation: china’s rampant video piracy #well actually it just goes to an online article about how China Should Release Ghibli Films Already #anyway it’s always interesting how it’s like. cn has a very obedient reputation but it is pretty common for the general population #to casually break laws #dhjfjsjfkdkkf in the early 2000s me & sister really wanted inv@der zim and uncle just like. #I can’t remember if he emailed it to us or mailed discs?? from cn???

[rhokel]

#proverbs #law #lawful #obedient

[emcads]

every time I talk about historical context with potc I need to put a disclaimer, but there’s something very haunting about the way Elizabeth’s, Will’s, and James’ personal journeys all coincide with the piracy act (which granted colonial governors the authority to hang pirates on site instead of sending them back to England). how many pirates must have made the Atlantic crossing in the opposite direction before them. how it’s not ultimately law and Englishness and Moral Righteousness that destroys the pirates, but commerce.

#I’d argue that even by cotbp the crusade has mostly succeeded #port royal — once pirate haven and den of sin — is made lawful and obedient to the crown. Mostly #sure they have tortuga and shipwreck cove but those are the last safe places for pirates to be #(at least in the Caribbean. But even Sao Feng’s fall shows how easily those places can topple. ) #but the system is too weak and humanizes its opponents to grant them clemency & mercy #(staples of a war between two recognized ‘‘human’’ powers) #it has to be beckett and the company because commerce doesn’t recognize good/evil or even mercy/ruthlessness #there’s only profit and what stands in the way of it #(foreshadowing - I think - British colonization of India; things like the opium wars; etc) #ooc. ( ࿐ྂ ) lesjibbities dangereuses. #edit. and ALSO! How Elizabeth living at a distance in England allows her to mythologize jack and other pirates. #but when she’s put in proximity she sees the truth. #moreover: she sees the port he sacked. The civilians they terrorize. it’s not a distant exotic violence beyond the line but real #her friends’ safety. her safety. #and I don’t think that reality setting in ever really leaves her even after she’s gone pirate herself.

[quotesfromscripture]

A question of hypocrisy

“If you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth -- you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? 

You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?” 

- Romans 2:19-23 NIV (2011)

#bible verse #christianity #scripture #hypocrisy #the law #obedience #two faced #religious leaders #role models #teachers #leaders #knowledge #preaching #ministry #Ten Commandments #disobedience #romans 2 #new international version

[christ-our-glory]

Many of us have biases against the police and the military, not to mention our general disdain towards taxes and those in the IRS, but none of those professions are sinful. We are told in Luke 3:12-14 about the fantastic chance John the Baptist had to tell them to quit their job but instead he said: “‘Collect no more than what you have been ordered to…’ ‘Do not extort money from anyone, nor harass anyone, and be content with your wages.’” There’s absolutely nothing wrong for a Christian to have a job in the IRS, police or the military if they follow the instructions of John the Baptist. No matter your job, we should always have the same mentality: “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve” (Colossians 3:23-24). Some jobs will require people to even take someone’s life. As “a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil” (Romans 13:4), the government has the right to take someone’s life but even so, remember that the government is “is a servant of God to you for good”—therefore, if they ever ask you to do anything that would violate the Bible, you must refuse it. Our obedience is first, and foremost, to God (Acts 5:29). If you can perform your job, no matter what it may be, in a way that honors God and you're able to be obedient to His Word, be proud of your job even if others aren't. If you, however, use your job to punish and hurt the innocent because of tyrannical laws and mandates, beware of the wrath in store for you.    Always keep in mind that no country, no flag, no political party, no laws, no brotherhood, nothing and no one, should ever come before Christ and His Word. Christ is our King and we bend the knee only to Him (Philippians 2:10-11).

#military #police #IRS #taxes #law enforcement #army #soldiers #obedience to God #death #death sentence #capital punishment #Christ is King #jobs #bribes #extortion #harassment #contentment #payment #salary #government #The Bible #allegiances #brotherhood #Christians #Christianity #faith #religion #church #Word of God

[bonefall]

What? Gorsestar is still around? Damn I was glad it was just Windstar cause her and Mothflight didn't get along. Now that I know he's still around he's probably getting Windstar to be nice to her, ugh. Poor Acorn Fur deserved to have kits.

Yep. It's super funny too because in Onestar's Confession, right? Windstar comes down to give Onestar a life and he's like, "OMG WINDSTAR?? OMG WHAT AN HONOR, CAN I GET UR AUTOGRAPH OMGG!!"

And then Gorsestar comes up right after

And Onestar's like, "...um, hi."

#WE DEMAND OBEDIENCE #She DID deserve to have kits! #The back half of Moth Flight's Vision is actually one of the most insulting parts in a wc book imo #More even than some of the Bramblestar lines #You get to watch Acorn Fur be right and yet be laughed at for 5 pages #As if Moth Flight and her dead goons think that the law that causes pain and suffering for GENERATIONS is like #a firm boundary being set with a child #I do not respect Moth Flight or any of her choices #Awful person. Awful character #She isn't even fun to watch just frustrating #Because when she's right? She's ignored #When she's wrong? She's venerated like this wise and strong person #Whenever Moth Flight is on-screen in modern books I want to bite bite kill rip kill kill #And it's not even that StarClan is wrong it's HOW theyre wrong #Trying to logically justify the law instead of just. or some shit #I am frothing at the mouth #I am writhing on the floor #If I made a tierlist Moth Flight's Vision would be in the F tier #Absolute failure of a book #I hate Moth Flighhtttttt

[guideaus]

Ella enchanted is on tv and its wild, at first it was Y2K core medieval fantasy, but now like half of the movie is fantasy racism and im like hello 😭😭 ??

#personal #i swear ive seen it once before this #i missed the first 30 mins but i think she was cursed w beauty in exchange for obedience #so shes got a hard on for justice but then cant disobey anything and was told to be racist to her bf #an elf she saved wants to be a lawyer but the elves are forced by law to entertain lol?? #its so strange. a quarter fun and then kinda bad if i wasnt seeing it for the first time since i was like 5