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Originally Posted by Igzy
How does thinking Christ gets fused into your soul help you? In my experience it made me more passive. Much like OBW has argued, we are not to sit around waiting for God to move into our souls to change our behavior. We are to repent, which means to use our wills to change our thinking, BTW, and follow him. Sure, we have grace, thank God, but grace empowers us to use our wills to decide to be obedient. It doesn't take over and make decisions for us. God never forces himself on us.
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This phrase caught my attention, "
In my experience it made me more passive." Just wondering, but it seems that this topic has come up before. Kind of like that brother who refused to help his sick wife do dishes, because he didn't want to do things of his natural life, or some stupid reasoning like that.
Igzy, do you equate "God worked into our soul" with being afraid to "do things out of our natural man?" If so, then I can understand your point of view.