Yes, yes. Now think about this. If we were to
take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, as we are instructed to
do, we would actually "experience" healing holistically -- i.e., not just
psychological healing, but physiological as well. That, it seems to me,
is "being saved." By the way, the word theraputin, from which we get
our word "therapy," is sometimes translated "heal," and sometimes translated
"save"; hence the basis for my agreement with you that we
were saved in the Christ event -- our ontological salvation
-- while now we are being saved existentially in our daily encounter --
and that is the sanctification of our whole being.
"And do you not know that you
are the temple of God?" Good
stuff! Bill
So the street preachers can all retire because noone
has to be drawn to Jesus by the Father now and faith no longer comes by
hearing the Word of God? Being born again is a thing of
the past - "old hat?" It's all the
ontological Christ event huh?
Don't want to rain on the parade but without His
Spirit indwelling you are not the "temple of God" and this does not happen
ontologically. jt
In a message dated
4/19/2005 6:47:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"Portraits of Human Nature: Scientific &Theological" by
Malcolm Jeeves. Anyway, I think that is what you are talking about. I was
thinking I had sent one of his books home with you. Is that right?
Bill
Yes indeed.
Thanks for the reminder. Do you understand what I think is
so important about this "immersion" thing. Jeeves was
saying that the brain actually experiences physiological changes over time
in view of a particular behavior. This "immersion" process
provides the opportunity for a "righteous" (if you will) change
if not a reversal.
What brief comments I heard from
Jeeves seems to tie in with what I am experiencing right now.
Thoughts/
JD
