Questions reading Philemon

Questions reading Philemon

as reading through philemon, felt the love and gentleness on the one hand; on the other hand, quite striked by theverse 21 - having confidence in your obedience, I write to ou, knowing that you will do even more than I sa ...

obedience : many times sounds very foreign to our modern ears

My first impression from this word is that there have to bbe some higher authrority; or higher hierarchy, or even higher intellect or power for us to obedient to something greater than us

it is true that all creature should obey their creator

yet, futhermore, a willing obedience out of love, devotion and worship is muich more than a mere powerplay. it is a self volunary willing emptying oneself, pouring out of love and giving; it is only in the life of our Lord Christ Jesus, who even though as God, yet humbled Himself as a man, and yet died on the Cross for our sake.

Phillipians 2:
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.