God cares about us even when we don't understand His word. He applies His remedy without us knowing exactly what He is doing. And yet He acts according to His word. Our emotional experience is not always accurately reflective of our interpretation of His word. But God hears us even if our answer about a situation is not exactly correct as we become emotionally involved about the persons or actions in the situation. It is possible to experience positive or negative emotions about a situation even if we do not have full information about it. God does not require us to suppress our feelings, but He is much greater than our feelings. All He asks is that we be honest with Him about how we feel. I believe I have stated this previously.If we take our personal experiences in relationships and divide them from how we feel, then truth is only concerned with what we know about ourselves and our circumstances. However, we know that truth also contains our experience, and that the completed facts are outside of our understanding. We, as finite beings, could not possibly know the full truth at any time. The Bible gives us not only a description of the perfect man, but also addresses the heart issues and how Jesus thinks and feels in a perfect world. This is mainly addressed in the Psalms. The Psalms not only offer a description of how a sinner approaches God, but they also provide a glimpse into the perfect creation of reality. Some people may question the emotional approach in the Psalms, but it is important to remember that our inner experience is only extreme in our own view. Our reactions are often corrupted, but the extreme reactions found in the Psalms can help to consume our insincere reactions by comparison to Christ. We have an inner experience that views the world as insincere because our renewed feelings are hidden. This is because we believe that God is all-knowing and all-powerful, and therefore He must be aware of everything we feel or think. We talked about this in the "eternal creation" thread. I am using His word as the instrument which creates, not just addresses, our understanding.
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