As I was talking with my assistant, Christa, I was reminded of how many people today grew up believing that God is an impersonal force, without emotion, who set the world in motion and does not intervene in the lives of those He has created. But ... Maybe we all need to examine our beliefs and see if we believe in the separated impersonal God who is rarely ever there for us. Its time to take a fresh look at our own beliefs and see if we are receiving the intimate, indwelling relationship that Jesus came to offer us. Lets compare the new age (NA) God with the (IIJ) intimate, inside Jesus of the New Testament.

God: a universal power or a loving Daddy?
New Age (NA): God is a universal power setting his principles in place in the world, is in everyone, is not separate from anyone and we must all become aware that his good in us already.

Intimate indwelling Jesus (IIJ): God offers us the choice of a Daddy relationship with Him as we invite Him into our life to abide inside us, direct us, fulfill us in specific purposes, spiritual gifts and to equip us for His plans for us.

Jesus: impersonal outside or a person inside?
NA: Jesus is not really God incarnate who has a life, intelligence, individual love or power inside me. Jesus merely a greater "awareness" that we can all have to the same extent.

IIJ: Jesus is expressing his personality, life, mind, his boundless love and power in an unlimited way through me, and as me. I am not living my life for Him but "our" life, because He is living through me.

Divine Spirit: mental assent to principles or two spirits united?
NA: We use principles to develop mental understanding and awareness, establishing the perfect idea of the divine mind in us.

IIJ: We are transformed by a miraculous change of our identity when we are born again as a brand new creature, as our new spirit is quickened to life as we invited Jesus/ His Holy Spirit to live in us. As we become one with Him, we are changed into His likeness.

Sin and guilt: are non-existent or point us to our need for a Savior?
NA: Sin and guilt do not exist but were part of the Savior delusions that Jesus had. God does not feel anger with "disobedient children" and would never require a blood sacrifice.

IIJ: We are not perfect and holy gods but in need of reconciliation with God. We can choose to attempt to pay for our sins ourselves (forever, separated from God) or accept the fact that Jesus Christ took our punishment, paid our debt for our sin, and died in our stead.

Resurrected life: reincarnation (try again) or eternal life in us now?
NA: We are reincarnated over and over to pick up where we left off, working out our problems and bad karma until we are perfected.

IIJ: Because we are helpless to make ourselves perfect, Jesus gives us a new life, His spirit and a new personal spirit as a gift with our salvation. We are transformed by His power as we choose to let Him transform our souls to line up with His Spirit in us. We have a new past and a new future because He alone can give true eternal life.

Good works: automatic or the fruit of unity with Jesus?
NA: As the whole world becomes aware that we are all good, we will automatically usher in the new "good" millennium we are already capable of having.

IIJ: With all of the fruit of the Spirit inside of us and all the power of the Godhead, in Jesus Christ in us, we can choose to operate in union with Him, and bear eternal fruit.

Earning God's love: God does not feel emotions or faith pleases God?
NA: God is an intangible, invisible something that we call life and draw our emotions from but he does not choose either "to love" or "not to love" anyone.

IIJ: God has demonstrated His ability to feel every emotion, deal with every temptation and to overcome even death. He has done everything necessary to establish a guilt free love relationship with us. All we have to do is believe and receive His loving gift.

If you knew that you could have an intimate personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, would you be willing to repent of trying to be self-sufficient, living in your own strength without God and receive that personal relationship?

Please let us know. Blessings, Carlotta