The Rebel on the Throne

Have you ever received advice or correction, and your very first instinct was to push back? Not just to disagree, but to feel a deep, internal resistance, a feeling of, “You can’t tell me what to do.” It’s a near-universal human reaction. We often frame it as defending our independence, but what if it’s something deeper? What if that resistance is the first political act of a rebel king fighting to keep his throne? Today, we’re going to look at the very first sign that self, not Christ, is ruling our hearts.