Quote:
Originally Posted by Trapped
Question:
When we refer to "life" (Gk., zoe, specifically) in this way, what exactly are we talking about?
Are we talking about the eternal life that we have and can rest assured knowing it is ours after we pass away?
Or is there some kind of thing called "life" that we deal in during our physical human life?
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"...it's not a matter of asking whether something is right or wrong… [but] of checking with the life inside us whenever we do something. What does the new life which God has given us tell us inwardly about this matter? What does our inner life say? If the life is strong and active within us, we can do this; if the life is cold and retreating within us, we should not. Our principle for living is inward instead of outward.
The standard of Christian living does not only deal with evil things but also with good and right things. Many matters are right according to human standards, but the divine standard pronounces them wrong because they lack the divine life…. Decisions should be made according to God’s life as it rises up or recedes within us…. Do we feel joyful inwardly about this matter? Do we have spiritual happiness and peace? These are the matters that decide our spiritual path." (Two Principles of Living, pp. 2-3, 6-9, 13-15)
They're talking about a subjective sense flowing from the connection that believers have to the life of God (zoe) within. We'd call it 'conscience' or 'intuition' but for LSM 'life' is suitably fuzzy for manipulation. But I would match this against scripture, otherwise they are going to manipulate you, take you somewhere that you don't want to go. The phrase "it's all about life" suborns common sense and even basic human understandings of right and wrong.