[God] hath poured upon [Israel] the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew it not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart." Isaiah 42:25
Another consequence of Godless Christianity is numbness. The absence of God's presence in our lives and religious practices produces an ignorance of what His presence is, which consequently produces a numbness to His presence when it comes. Because Israel is God's chosen people, His sons and daughters, He will chastise them for their sin (vs. 22-24). They are so far away from Him, however, that all that chastisement on numb hearts and numb minds.
Godless Christianity, the religion of many a Christian, produces this numbness. It produces it so well that people can easily and foolishly mistake other things for the presence of God: emotions, self-esteem, agreeable sermons and services, amiable dispositions, etc. All is utter self-centered nonsense. Look at Jesus: if there was ever one person who was totally disconnected with himself, it was Him. His Father was an ever present reality to His mind, while He himself was an afterthought. Godless Christianity is exactly the opposite: there God is forgotten, and consequently we grow a numbness towards Him and an oversensitivity to ourselves. Godless Christianity is yet another worship of man.
"Turn me ever from myself
And unto You;
From the shadows in my cave,
To the Sunlight of Your Reality..."
-Jon Vowell
Another consequence of Godless Christianity is numbness. The absence of God's presence in our lives and religious practices produces an ignorance of what His presence is, which consequently produces a numbness to His presence when it comes. Because Israel is God's chosen people, His sons and daughters, He will chastise them for their sin (vs. 22-24). They are so far away from Him, however, that all that chastisement on numb hearts and numb minds.
Godless Christianity, the religion of many a Christian, produces this numbness. It produces it so well that people can easily and foolishly mistake other things for the presence of God: emotions, self-esteem, agreeable sermons and services, amiable dispositions, etc. All is utter self-centered nonsense. Look at Jesus: if there was ever one person who was totally disconnected with himself, it was Him. His Father was an ever present reality to His mind, while He himself was an afterthought. Godless Christianity is exactly the opposite: there God is forgotten, and consequently we grow a numbness towards Him and an oversensitivity to ourselves. Godless Christianity is yet another worship of man.
"Turn me ever from myself
And unto You;
From the shadows in my cave,
To the Sunlight of Your Reality..."
-Jon Vowell
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