Emotional Based Beliefs--sound or filled with error?

[HumbleThySelf]

(01-10-2009 03:45 PM)Vic Wrote:  There is a huge difference in emotion based beliefs and faith based beliefs which provide us with peace, joy, love and so on. It's what the focus is. If the focus is on Jesus Christ and believing who He is, there will be an emotional response, but first there has to be faith.

The incredible desire for signs and wonders replaces the faith of many. The focus becomes feelings over faith, manifestations over Scriptural truth, new revelation over God's Word and they move into another gospel and another Jesus who will allow that focus.

Those who belong to Christ and love Him have emotions also. As you say, if we are grim and lack joy, who would want the Christ we serve. But the difference becomes the application of faith and desire of what we are serving. Him or ourselves.

Vic,

I reminded by your statement "If the focus is on Jesus Christ and believing who He is, there will be an emotional response, but first there has to be faith." of when Jesus appeared before "Doubting" Thomas and showed him the nail holes in his hands and then Thomas was emotional.

I thought this was a fitting illustration. We don't get to put our fingers into nail holes into Jesus's hands however, what a joy we experience when we come to learn who Christ is.