America was founded on a tradition of rebellion against authority, overthrowing the absentee British government over a 2 percent tax on tea, declaring, "we will not bow to any authority." The deluded descendants of Manasseh think they are free, but they are among the most enslaved having become bondslaves of sin. Americans have a hard time submitting to authority and like to consider themselves as sovereigns, having the last say over anything including church doctrine. Self-centered attitude shows hostility toward God's law. The carnal human element wants to go against God in everything. Consequently, submission to Almighty God is a huge factor in combatting natural urges and the satanic pulls of the world, metaphorically swimming upstream and walking the narrow path. We have a rough time because we cannot see far enough ahead. When we submit, we give deference to authority. As we follow our Lord and Savior, we must esteem every person better than ourselves in a foot washing attitude, becoming everybody's servant, resisting the Gentile trait to "lord it over others." Without God's Holy Spirit, we cannot exercise the right attitudes: lowliness, gentleness, longsuffering, forbearance, and peacemaking. When we take on Christ's yoke, the fight and conflict immediately disappear as we develop the fear of Almighty God. As Paul considered himself the chief of sinners, awestruck at the grace God had given him, we ought to consider our precious calling, fearing God, determining to submit to everything He requires of us in absolute humility, the antidote to self-exaltation and pride.