Comments on: Letter: Some thoughts on New Thought ideas http://maderatribuneredline.com/letter-some-thoughts-on-new-thought-ideas/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:15:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JRieping http://maderatribuneredline.com/letter-some-thoughts-on-new-thought-ideas/#comment-587 JRieping Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:23:24 +0000 http://maderatribuneredline.com/letter-some-thoughts-on-new-thought-ideas/#comment-587 <STRONG>A written letter reply from Katherine Atilano of Madera:</STRONG> I would like to respectfully respond to Floydy, who frequents the Red Line. To be God-centered is to be Jesus-centered. God established that the way to salvation and eternal life will be through Jesus Christ. We are all free to choose His way or not. His way is the right way; therefore, a person who chooses His way has the “more right” way. One cannot eat junk food and stay healthy even with regular positive activity; but the point of the analogy was the correlation between our humanity and spirituality; that what we eat physically to stay healthy matters, as well as what we partake of to stay spiritually healthy matters. Positive thinking is good, but having faith in Jesus Christ is better; inclusive in this soul-saving faith is positive thinking. Employing faith in Jesus Christ is by our will; we will choose to believe or choose to not believe. The Bible, though written by man, was authored by God. Unless one chooses to believe by faith and study the Bible, the beauty of His wisdom, truth, and offer of salvation for eternal life will be missed. It is good to have Christian preachers and teachers of the Bible, but they are not to be completely relied on. Jesus warns of being deceived by man. We have to personally spend time in the Bible with the help of aides to study hard to understand Scripture from the original languages. The point can be made that even those who study the Bible differ on non-salvation doctrine, so who can say who is “more right”? It matters not who is “more right” when it comes to non-salvation doctrinal differences of opinion. These differences are a distraction of what matters most, which is teaching Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected for salvation and eternal life. We are free to choose what we believe, but will be responsible for that choice. The wisest choice is to study the Bible and be persuaded to the best of our ability in the understanding of Scripture. God will one day set us all straight of wrong interpretation relating to non-salvation doctrine. Remain mindful that thinking is an activity of our existence and continuously functions, but thinking of only human needs and desires in this age of salvation without being mindful of God’s will and our eternal destiny is superficial and foolish. A written letter reply from Katherine Atilano of Madera:

I would like to respectfully respond to Floydy, who frequents the Red Line.

To be God-centered is to be Jesus-centered. God established that the way to salvation and eternal life will be through Jesus Christ. We are all free to choose His way or not. His way is the right way; therefore, a person who chooses His way has the “more right” way.

One cannot eat junk food and stay healthy even with regular positive activity; but the point of the analogy was the correlation between our humanity and spirituality; that what we eat physically to stay healthy matters, as well as what we partake of to stay spiritually healthy matters.

Positive thinking is good, but having faith in Jesus Christ is better; inclusive in this soul-saving faith is positive thinking. Employing faith in Jesus Christ is by our will; we will choose to believe or choose to not believe.

The Bible, though written by man, was authored by God. Unless one chooses to believe by faith and study the Bible, the beauty of His wisdom, truth, and offer of salvation for eternal life will be missed.

It is good to have Christian preachers and teachers of the Bible, but they are not to be completely relied on. Jesus warns of being deceived by man. We have to personally spend time in the Bible with the help of aides to study hard to understand Scripture from the original languages.

The point can be made that even those who study the Bible differ on non-salvation doctrine, so who can say who is “more right”?

It matters not who is “more right” when it comes to non-salvation doctrinal differences of opinion. These differences are a distraction of what matters most, which is teaching Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected for salvation and eternal life.

We are free to choose what we believe, but will be responsible for that choice. The wisest choice is to study the Bible and be persuaded to the best of our ability in the understanding of Scripture. God will one day set us all straight of wrong interpretation relating to non-salvation doctrine.

Remain mindful that thinking is an activity of our existence and continuously functions, but thinking of only human needs and desires in this age of salvation without being mindful of God’s will and our eternal destiny is superficial and foolish.

]]> By: floydy http://maderatribuneredline.com/letter-some-thoughts-on-new-thought-ideas/#comment-480 floydy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:36:04 +0000 http://maderatribuneredline.com/letter-some-thoughts-on-new-thought-ideas/#comment-480 What makes one person's way "more right" than another person's? If food analogies are a good way of proving points about how one should live spiritually to you, the point must also be made that one can eat whatever they choose to, but more importantly they must combine it with the right amount of regular positive activity to remain healthy. What makes one person’s way “more right” than another person’s? If food analogies are a good way of proving points about how one should live spiritually to you, the point must also be made that one can eat whatever they choose to, but more importantly they must combine it with the right amount of regular positive activity to remain healthy.

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