Somewhere along the way we got saved and our sins were forgiven. And we wanted to live this thing called the Christian life, but we didn't know how to live out of our new spirit. So we fell back upon our only other resource: the false self. It knew how to get along in the world. We just made a few adjustments to fit the Christian scene. We were sitting ducks for the how-to books, which told us how to manipulate the false self to make it more effective in getting along.
Although having the Holy Spirit in our spirit, we didn't know about the Holy Spirit living the life of Christ through us. So our mode of operation was the same as for the unbeliever: self-reliance. That's what the false self is: our attempt to independently operate our own lives. As Christians, the false self even tries to do it for the glory of God.— The Rest of the Gospel: When the partial Gospel has worn you out, pages 100-101
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This statement: We were sitting ducks for the how-to books, which told us how to manipulate the false self to make it more effective in getting along sums up too much of the current religion that passes for Christianity in the U.S. today. We claim to believe in the power of God via the Holy Spirit, the inability of a person to reform themselves, but we sell how-to books that say the opposite. What's wrong with that scenario? (rhetorical question)
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.....hmmmm....never thought of it that way.
Thanks for the post. Gives me something to chew on for a while!
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