and as Christians, we should obey our heavenly Father, because he obviously had a reason for it, whether we know what it is or not.
taughtbuffet,
I don't think that blind, unthinking obedience is called for. Jesus had problems with the Pharisees over this point.
The following extract from Luke I suggest makes this point.
Luke 14 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus at a Pharisee’s HouseA)'> 14 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee,B)'> he was being carefully watched.C)'> 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law,D)'> “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”E)'> 4 But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.
5 Then he asked them, “If one of you has a childa]'>[a] or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?”F)'> 6 And they had nothing to say.
