We all begin our physical lives here as a helpless child. Without our parents we could do nothing. As we got older we developed a means to cope with, and even thrive in, this world. We tend toward independence.
True. But this term "inner child" is a psychology term that has many negative implications like: Personality starts in childhood and is defined as a range of habits, some good and some bad. Nevertheless, we start with rebelliousness as we can see in the terrible two stage. That is not how we come to Christ. Then there is a sense of a child's ignorance and innocence taught by psychology. But we are born sinners - we are not innocent. Then there is a sense that we need to look for this inner child, a key enlightenment within oursleves ... to get in touch with our inner child. Then there is a sense that god is within, to look within ourselves for god - and so we see the massive amounts of self-help books that are humanistic. So the person that thinks that God is within us can say, I am God, like Sherly Maclain shouted out to the universal energy force. God is not within us until we are washed by His blood and He gives us the Holy Spirit to live in us. Prior to being born again, He is not in us! He is outside of us knocking on our door. We need to invite Him into our lives.
So there us a lot of psycho- babble that should not be blended with Christianity. We are to die to our old selves, whether children or adults!
The only aspect of a child that Jesus wants us to have is humility, realizing we know nothing, in fear of God. That attitude of wonder and awe that draws a child to something or someone is the idea. Adults have pride, thinking they know it all. So we are to drop all that pride and come to Him as if we know nothing and seek Him, without preconceived notions, without doubts, skepticism, fully trusting, and with open arms and come to our Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Our vessels must be emptied of the flesh before God can pour His Spirit into us.
Our vessel, our spiritual compartment if you will, our most holy place, our Temple was already empty and void. GOD FILLED IT.
Being eternally minded means a self-abnegation that seeks no other comfort other than what God sends to us by His Spirit. In our independent state we tend to find comfort for ourselves. But doing that foregoes the need to seek God for His Comforter.
Yet you abnegate the Holy Spirit, a person. You seek comfort from Him, yet you deny Him. HE IS God, the Comforter, Whom the Father sent and Jesus sent to live in us. Non-Trinitarians are confused.
..I came NOT to call the righteous to repentance....most modern believers thinks he meant "self-righteous". But this is the opposite of what it means. Jesus says that the righteous have no need of a doctor. Their heart isn't sick
No, Jesus was referring to the Pharisees, who thought they kept the Law and thought they were self-righteous. He didn't come for them, the prideful. He came for those who realize they are sinners, who are meek, humble and realize they need a Savior.
The HOLY don't sin. The righteous sin...as the bible teaches. There is none righteous that never sin. A righteous man acknowledges his sins...and therefore God can forgive him. God justifies the repentant heart....declaring it just. Go back to the bible and do an honest study...the Publican was a sinner...but he repented of his sins. God justified him...and that's before Jesus came on the scene.
Holy has a dual meaning. 1. Separate, different 2. Righteousness.
A good teaching on what Holy means:
All are sinners and wicked...yet there are the righteous. People who only see one side of things will of course disagree. How wicked was Abel
Righteousness is imputed to us by God. It is God's work through us ONLY that is righteous. So we experience moments when we do something right, a deed, a word of encouragement, a scripture shared at the right moment, love, kindness ... it is the work of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the Holy Spirit. God ordained all good works. We cannot do nothing without Him. And when we do these things, we feel God present. Every good work comes from God, so He gets the credit. When we do something ordained by God, it is an act, a moment of perfection, holy, righteous, set apart from our normal daily activities. Then it's done, we have lunch, play basketball, go to a movie, walk your dog, go back to your job, whatever. But we are not perfect, Holy and righteous all the time are we?
