Any time we replace old beliefs with new ones there is the potential of inner tension, a trickle-down effect which takes place as other, yet unchanged beliefs are challenged by the new. This I believe is what John is experiencing/expressing. Hence it does not necessarily have anything to do with some sort of God-sent anxiety on John's behalf, nor need it be interpreted as "red flags" by you; it is just the normal process Christians go through when taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.Blessings, Bill
Bill, my personal experience (FWIW) has been that when I have anxiety or âtensionâ over a new concept it is because I am trying to incorporate something that is not of the Spirit of God. Thus the concept and the Spirit are at war; conflicted. Whenever I come into true revelation of a new concept I experience peace and joy. Izzy
When I personally experience tension over a new concept, it is because I am ...............................................................................thinking. Make of it what you will. I do not like being wrong or poorly informed. That is why, of coourse, such seldom is the case in my case. Learning is a blast -- fogging your way through personal bias in an effort to get at something deeper while continuing as a witness for Christ is the struggle for me. Thank God the "gospel" message is profoundly simple. Appreciating the Lord Jesus and doing what He did is central to this Message ( in a practical sense). A message of hope, powerful in its simplicity, undefeatable in fact and affording the disciple a witness in spite of his own personal confusion about the "deeper" things.
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