Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in Sidetracked In The Wilderness - # 28
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life
Ministries International
Littleton, Colorado
Notice: this email is part of a BLOG, called Getting Out of the
Wilderness. Why a blog? So that many can receive the weekly thoughts
I express on Michael’s writings in an easy manner
We
left off the last writing mentioning that Michael was just getting ready to
address three problems facing those who are “born dead to God in the spirit.” Today we find him talking about the 1st
one…
THE INESCAPABLE EMPTINESS
excerpt
from pages 76-79 of SIW (5th printing,
March 1998)
excerpt
from pages 72-75 of SIW (14th printing,
March 2012)
(used with permission from
ALMI):
First…man
is driven, and ends up looking in places other than God to make up his
deficiency…Man becomes thoroughly and intensely self-centered in his quest for
love and acceptance.
…The
self-centered life is a miserable one.
It tries to draw every item in the world to itself…
Consider
the stupidity of self-centered life…Unfortunately, self-life is a force much
greater than reason, capable of enslaving mankind.
…Self-life
is ugly, wicked, and will always lead to misery, controlling people and giving
them a truly beastly existence. That is
what it is meant to be carnal: to live as an animal.
An
animal has a soul (mind, will, emotions) and body, but no spirit…
In
my work, I’m amazed at the depth and extent of the hideous nature of the
self-life.
(Michael gives an extensive list of the
characteristics of the self-centered)
…The
self-centered man is blinded both to his condition and to the destruction that
he causes, not only in his own life, but also in its wake. He will begin to experience turmoil in the
personality, disturbed emotions, and sickness, followed by discord and division
in his relationships with others.
One
of the saddest things for Christians is to reject
God’s grace when faced with any issue of life and to fall back into
dealing with life in the same manner they did prior to being born into the
Family of God: self-centeredness. Rejecting God’s grace negates the power of
Christ’s Spirit living within AND negates the awesome availability of His mind,
will, and emotions also possessed.
To
be a Child of God and to live like a child of the devil is the most pitiful
life. How man could be persuaded to do
this, to most is incomprehensible. Yet,
it is simply a CHOICE. And that choice
is basically determined by UNBELIEF.
Every test in life is about WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD.
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