““Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason ... Something happens in revelation that is totally different from thwe way the authorities on earth coerce people into servile obedience ... The difference begins with the content of that which is 'over against' us ...... The authority of God's Word is not being enforced like an arbitrary external authority ... It is rather a subjection that spells redemption ... a subjection to Christ whereby He is never out of view ... in which acceptance occurs with joy and willingness.””
