tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14807939.post6760780308221779164..comments2008-09-11T10:16:48.472-05:00Dr. Michael Harbourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16440196469305635371DrMichaelH@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14807939.post-15242651033745007222008-09-11T10:16:00.000-05:002008-09-11T10:16:00.000-05:00"I wonder if there is something in us that thinks that knowing the right thing will get us to heaven."<BR/><BR/>I have heard this called "thought-righteousness" (in contrast to "works-righteousness"), by my brother, actually. And I think it is a big problem in the church. I think you're right, I think people are afraid sometimes to re-think, or look at things a different way, because it rocks their world and they start to get that sense of 'lostness', as you say. "Oh, no, I may NOT actually already know and understand everything. Things may NOT be exactly as I have always thought!" It's scary, if you think it all hinges on you and your perfect understanding. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if it were true that God couldn't be in the presence of the sin that Jesus bore, how much sin would I have to have before He would also have to forsake me?Becky Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739260014925472252noreply@blogger.com