Subject: Please I'm looking for your opinion! |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, You wrote "You still view our relationship with God not as a Father child relationship but rather as a manipulative. One where God being God causes us to do what He desires. That is very limiting to both us and God." But the Bible says that God is the cause... Ezek 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezek 36:27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. God has set us free so that ,for the first time in our lives, we are able to love and desire what He loves and desires. If that's being a puppet....just call me Pinocchio.(Please no remarks about the nose). But seriously, I really don't believe we are manipulated by anything but the loving hands of the Potter. I am more than happy to submit to His plan for my life. Tell me Ed, do you not pray for God's will to be manifested in your own life? Don't you desire His power to course through your being, from head to toe? Don't you desire that your will be identical to His? I'm sure you do; and so do I. For it is no longer I who live! It is Christ who lives in me! In some way, not known by me, we remain individuals. When married a man and a woman become one flesh. Yet they do not lose their individuality. In the Trinity the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one in essence but retain their personhood. In the same way when we become part of the body of Christ we are one with Him. So how can anyone say that to believe that God is in control of all things means that we are robots or puppets? For we are one with Him!!! One mind, one will, one desire. For now see through a glass darkly...But THEN....Ah, but then... Your brother and co-worker in Christ, John |