Quote from Forum Archives on July 2, 2002, 10:26 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

I need the kind of balance in my life that Neil Anderson writes
about in this message. How about you?

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

Daily in Christ

by Neil Anderson
July 2

A WHOLE-BRAIN GOD

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
men to Myself.

Some researchers have suggested that our brains have two
hemispheres. We are led to believe that each hemisphere functions
slightly differently from the other as follows: Left Brain Right
Brain reason intuition cognitive subjective task-oriented
relationship-oriented verbal visual facts feelings language arts
math music linear spatial

When God works through the church, He doesn't bypass our
minds. And neither does He bypass one hemisphere for the sake of
the other. We only have one brain and one mind. We have a
whole-brain God. Without Christ, the cognitive people are "always
learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2
Timothy 3:7). Without Christ, the intuitive people are "led on by
various impulses" (2 Timothy 3:6).

Neither the rationalist nor the mystic will ever come to Christ
by reason or intuition. Jesus is the ultimate revelation of
God. He is the truth. He draws both the rationalist and the
mystic to Himself when neither leans on his own understanding.

Cognitive-oriented Christians strive to be right and search for
wisdom and knowledge. Intuitive-oriented Christians are zealous
for reality and power. We need the biblical balance: "We preach
Christ crucified . . . the power of God and the wisdom of God" (1
Corinthians 1:23, 24).

Prayer: Lord, keep me from being too rigid or too flexible in my
thinking and learning. May my mind be balanced by the truth.

Daily in Christ

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Brian Masinick, mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
Home page: www.geocities.com/masinick/

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