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Cal · 01-15-2014, 11:51 AM

By its very operation, decision-making requires we believe we know what we are doing. Whether we think we are God-inspired or not, the last thing we think before we do anything is "I believe I know what I'm doing." Otherwise, we wouldn't do it. No matter how much you pray, read the Bible or sense the Spirit, in the end you have to decide. So a certain amount of developed aptitude and self-confidence is necessary. A person who truly had zero self-confidence could never even make the decision to tie his shoes.

So we shouldn't interpret the Bible, or anything else, in a robot-like fashion. And we should not kid ourselves that we can ever be completely out of the picture. The mantra, "The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it." sounds good until you ask the question "What does the Bible actually say?" We have to decide, which puts us right back in the middle of things.

We have to decide to do whatever we do, even if the decision is to do nothing. The Spirit isn't going to animate us like the well-worn image of a hand animating a glove. It doesn't work that way. And it wouldn't be any fun--for us or God--if it did.

So awareness' point is well-taken. We need to learn how to think.

01-15-2014, 11:51 AM	#107
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Does 2 Peter 2's warning of false teachers describe Witness Lee? By its very operation, decision-making requires we believe we know what we are doing. Whether we think we are God-inspired or not, the last thing we think before we do anything is "I believe I know what I'm doing." Otherwise, we wouldn't do it. No matter how much you pray, read the Bible or sense the Spirit, in the end you have to decide. So a certain amount of developed aptitude and self-confidence is necessary. A person who truly had zero self-confidence could never even make the decision to tie his shoes. So we shouldn't interpret the Bible, or anything else, in a robot-like fashion. And we should not kid ourselves that we can ever be completely out of the picture. The mantra, "The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it." sounds good until you ask the question "What does the Bible actually say?" We have to decide, which puts us right back in the middle of things. We have to decide to do whatever we do, even if the decision is to do nothing. The Spirit isn't going to animate us like the well-worn image of a hand animating a glove. It doesn't work that way. And it wouldn't be any fun--for us or God--if it did. So awareness' point is well-taken. We need to learn how to think.