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11.26.2005

Faith, charity, hope as higher emotions

The Puritans described faith in ways modern theologians don't. They described it as a positive emotion. Something that enables you to do and see things. These words and others like them in the Bible are graces. Grace is an interesting word as well in that it is, among other things, a synonym for the Holy Spirit. When you have them they are volitional aspects of essence. If you have The Embattled Christian by Bryan G. Zacharias read pages 92 and 93 and that chapter on faith in general. You can see that faith is described there by the Puritan writers as a positive emotion. 'It hath a piercing eye.' It enables you to see into the spiritual world.

Charity as well is a similar 'thing'. A positive emotion. With a different use. Hope as well.

In the 13th chapter of First Corinthians charity is described. If you meditate on the verses of that chapter you'll see how charity becomes a thing, a living 'grace' (even personified like Wisdom as a 'her'). A positive emotion.

This is all interesting because it's the substantive teaching - or material - needed to understand higher emotion. It can't be seen but by people who get to it.

Posted by c.t. at 22:47