 Holkot viewed the human relationship to divine revelation as equivalent to engaging in an obligational debate. The faithful obligated themselves to accept divine revelations as true for the time of this life (even though as contingents it was possible that they might not be true), and if God commanded them to act in a way contrary to previous commands, the new commandment would supersede the old, just as if a new obligational debate had begun. Those who accepted the obligation to obey, would also be obligated to live in a way that was consistent with the obligations incurred, even if God did not reveal the details. Human reason was required to discern how to act in uncertain cases.