Spirit/e—Mere Christianity35 Mere Christianity - Book Four - The New Men Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 11. The New Men In the last chapter I compared Christ's work of making New Men to the process of turning a horse into a winged creature. I used that extreme example in order to emphasise the point that it is not mere improvement but Transformation. The nearest parallel to it in the world of nature is to be found in the .. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Nice People Or New Men Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 10. Nice People Or New Men He meant what He said. Those who put themselves in His hands will become perfect, as He is perfect-perfect in love, wisdom, joy, beauty, and immortality. The change will not be completed in this life, for death is an important part of the treatment. How far the change will have gone before dea.. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Counting The Cost Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 9. Counting The Cost I find a good many people have been bothered by what I said in the last chapter about Our Lord's words, "Be ye perfect." Some people seem to think this means "Unless you are perfect, I will not help you"; and as we cannot be perfect, then, if He meant that, our position is hopeless. But I do not thi.. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Is Christianity Hard Or Easy? Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 8. Is Christianity Hard Or Easy? In the last chapter we were considering the Christian idea of "putting on Christ," or first "dressing up" as a son of God in order that you may finally become a real son. What I want to make clear is that this is not one among many jobs a Christian has to do; and it is not a sort of spec.. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Let's Pretend Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 7. Let's Pretend May I once again start by putting two pictures, or two stories rather, into your minds? One is the story you have all read called Beauty and the Beast. The girl, you remember, had to marry a monster for some reason. And she did. She kissed it as if it were a man. And then, much to her relief, it really .. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Two Notes Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 6. Two Notes In order to avoid misunderstanding I here add notes on two points arising out of the last chapter. (1) One sensible critic wrote asking me why, if God wanted sons instead of "toy soldiers," He did not beget many sons at the outset instead of first making toy soldiers and then bringing them to life by such a.. 2009. 12. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - The Obstinate Toy Soldiers Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 5. The Obstinate Toy Soldiers The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God. We do not know-anyway, I do not know-how things would have worked if the human race had never rebelled against God and joined the enemy. Perhaps every man would have been "in Christ," would have shared the life of the Son of G.. 2009. 12. 21. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Good Infection Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 4. Good Infection I begin this chapter by asking you to get a certain picture clear in your minds. Imagine two books lying on a table one on top of the other. Obviously the bottom book is keeping the other one up-supporting it. It is because of the underneath book that the top one is resting, say, two inches from the su.. 2009. 12. 13. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Time And Beyond Time Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 3. Time And Beyond Time It is a very silly idea that in reading a book you must never "skip." All sensible people skip freely when they come to a chapter which they find is going to be no use to them. In this chapter I am going to talk about something which may be helpful to some readers, but which may seem to others me.. 2009. 12. 6. Mere Christianity - Book Four - The Three-Personal God Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 2. The Three-Personal God The last chapter was about the difference between begetting and making. A man begets a child, but he only makes a statue. God begets Christ but He only makes men. But by saying that, I have illustrated only one point about God, namely, that what God the Father begets is God, something of the sa.. 2009. 11. 28. Mere Christianity - Book Four - Making and Begetting Book Four Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity 1. Making and Begetting Everyone has warned me not to tell you what I am going to tell you in this last book. They all say "the ordinary reader does not want Theology; give him plain practical religion." I have rejected their advice. I do not think the ordinary reader is such a fool. Theology means "the science of God,".. 2009. 11. 23. Mere Christianity - Book Three - Faith Book Three CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR 12. Faith I want to start by saying something that I would like everyone to notice carefully. It is this. If this chapter means nothing to you, if it seems to be trying to answer questions you never asked, drop it at once. Do not bother about it at all. There are certain things in Christianity that can be understood from the outside, before you have become a Chris.. 2009. 11. 15. 이전 1 2 3 다음
