Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: timh@linus.uucp (Tim Hoogasian) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: I'd say that is has more to do with knowing God Spiritually Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 07:16:53 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: IDE, San Francisco Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [ David Hatcher makes an appeal to "How" do Christians "Know" they're really following Christ, etc. ] david, i admire your honest appeal to folks asking for their personal "revelatory experiences", but your question cannot apply to everyone. Salvation is not a "feeling". it is a fact. if you follow the Owner's Manual that God has supplied us with, it doesn't matter whether or not you get some sort of mystcial emotion telling you "it's right." in fact, i find it safer NOT to trust fleeting emotions; but then, i'm a left- brained person, and i like to have reasons for everything i do and believe. instead of asking people how they "feel" about their relationship with the Holy One, why not ask how well they are conforming to His image, with regard to the directions supplied in the Manufacturer's Handbook (Bible)? --- Tim | ARPA: timh@ide.com Hoogasian | UUCP: sun!ide!timh (415) 543-0900 =============================================================================== #define DISCLAIMER "Are you nuts? I don't represent anyone, let alone myself!"