tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post7946665129561467957..comments2023-06-28T11:56:24.073-04:00Comments on The Lamb's War: Our Words & The Living WordMicah Baleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-30421012290419051962013-03-01T11:37:43.053-05:002013-03-01T11:37:43.053-05:00There is the God that is responsible for the prime...There is the God that is responsible for the prime laws of natural, biological and psychological science. That God is outside of ourselves and is revealed to us through scientific studies. <br /><br />Then there is a spirit of love that can arise and flourish within us and find expression in our words and deeds and in community. Looking around the earth at human history, there appear to be many routes to this spirit. Jesus is prominent among those who taught about this spirit. <br /><br /> <br /> James Breilinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127399925944849943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-75515814977925219202013-03-01T11:13:18.530-05:002013-03-01T11:13:18.530-05:00Hey Jeremy,
We read in 1 John 4:7-12 that God is ...Hey Jeremy,<br /><br />We read in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204:7-12&version=NIV" rel="nofollow">1 John 4:7-12</a> that God is love, and that we know God when we love one another. Based both in my reading of Scripture and in my own personal experience, I would say that God (Creator, Jesus and Holy Spirit) is both love and truth, and that any firm distinction we make between the two stems from our own fallen condition, not from any division within God's nature.<br /><br />Love is revealing!Micah Baleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-73515322050189120012013-03-01T11:00:41.312-05:002013-03-01T11:00:41.312-05:00Hello Friend.
Thank you for your words. You linke...Hello Friend.<br /><br />Thank you for your words. You linked to 1 Cor. 13 when citing the primacy of felt experience of Jesus' presence.<br /><br />I interpret this passage as meaning that love, itself, is more important than a felt experience of God's presence: the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />I don't believe that the Holy Spirit is known by all people in all phases of the Spiritual journey. Certainly she should be sought after, but I believe that God removes God's spirit for periods of time as a way to teach us to obey him.<br /><br />Our creeds, our Scripture, our theologies, keep us grounded in the times of darkness. They are a form of obedience. In fact, they are a dialog with our ancestral Christian community.<br /><br />I see the Holy Spirit as the revealer. She has been called, the spirit of truth (http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=229152132). Truth is good, but love is better.<br /><br />Sometimes we are in darkness, without the revealer. In this way God teaches us humility and steadfastness.<br /><br />Have you had a chance to read Larry's latest piece? http://www.priestlygoth.org/home/2013/02/27/presence-absence-and-belief-in-god/<br /><br />(This is Jeremy, http://glassdimly.com. Often your blog marks me as "unknown," despite linking my google account which has a completed profile.)glassdimlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428974725670543355noreply@blogger.com