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
