We really need to fully accept FATHER’S Word as being totally true, accurate, and empowering… then walk in It. However, it is all about relationship.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 10:
1Now, please listen, for I need to address an issue. I’m making this personal appeal to you by the gentleness and self-forgetfulness of Christ. I am the one who is “humble and timid” when face-to-face with you but “bold and outspoken” when a safe distance away. 2Now I plead with you that when I come, don’t force me to take a hard line with you (which I’m willing to do) by daring to confront those who mistakenly believe that we are living by the standards of the world, not by the Spirit’s wisdom and power.
Our focus must always be spiritual rather than being diverted to the physical realm.
3-4 For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with Divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide. 5We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. 6Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience.
We must immerse ourselves in The Word and It must become first and foremost in our lives. Jesus is Our Elder Brother and we must have a personal relationship with Him. How? By focusing on His Words and His Way. He is our perfect Example and we want to be treated as His friend from a relational point of view.
Yes, we have a positional status by being born again. This gets us to Heaven. However while we are on this earth, we should focus on doing His commands and walking in Agape Love.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:
21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into Heaven’s kingdom. It is only those who persist in doing the will of My Heavenly Father. 22On the day of judgment many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, don’t you remember us? Didn’t we prophesy in your name? Didn’t we cast out demons and do many miracles in Your Name?’ 23But I will have to say to them, ‘Go away from me, you lawless rebels! I’ve never been joined to you!’
24“Everyone who hears My teaching and applies it to his life can be compared to a wise man who built his house on an unshakable foundation. 25When the rains fell and the flood came, with fierce winds beating upon his house, it stood firm because of its strong foundation.
26“But everyone who hears My teaching and does not apply it to his life can be compared to a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27When it rained and rained and the flood came, with wind and waves beating upon his house, it collapsed and was swept away.”
Jesus explicitly warned us and will separate those who had no personal relationship with Him but simply “worked the system”.