The Christian religion is at its core a relational religion. For example, while there are commandments that we as Christians must obey, our obedience is not an end to itself nor is a means to an end. In other words, our obedience is not the point of our faith (i.e. “the end”) nor is it the means to getting God to do something on our behalf (i.e. “the means”). Rather, our obedience is a response to what God has done for us by grace and who God is to us in Christ. We obey because we are in a re...