"The emotions have a wonderful time but the will has been untouched."
Cecil Andrews said this:
"The only thing that effects our will is our understanding."
One cannot be deeply concerned about appearances and superiority, leaning into emotions and still be submitted to Christ.
When we base our doctrine, our desires, or anything else on emotion, we can count on error dominating our lives.
How does appearances and superiority relate to emotions, simple, those elements of prideful people are based on emotions, feelings and desires rather than truth. Being concerned about how others see us rather than our inner substance will in time emerge for all to see.
When someone is satisfied with emotion and appearances, they will be unsatisfied with truth. Truth hardly ever elevates, but often convicts of sin and shames those who are in love with their own fantasy self.
If a person claims to have become a Christian, but the only thing that changes is a few outer activities, the attitude remains the same, ungoldy things don't fall off they are merely hidden from view, then we might be suspect that Christ changed their heart.
When the heart is changed by God, then the ungodly activities fall away. They do not remain as hidden but are no longer a part of the mind and life of the born again believer.
Those who hide their inner desire to be superior often give themselves away eventually, even without knowing, their hidden sin is evident to the discerning eyes.
Even if we are diluted enough to believe we are hiding from people, we can never hide from God. Which leads me to a interesting question; "if we think we can hide from people, isn't that a sign that we also think we can hide from God, or that we do not really believe in God or we would be more concerned about Him seeing us than we are about what people think of us?
Just a thought!
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