In Peter Kreeft's book Between Heaven and Hell, he narrarates an after death meeting between John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, and Alduous Huxley. All of these men practiced different beliefs and had different worldviews. All three died on the same day.
One of the topics the book discusses betewen Kennedy and Lewis is the topic of sages. A sage is someone who demonstrates unusual insight and wisdom, who demonstrate love, compassion and selflessness, and who are creative. Sadly, our culture tends to criticize modern sages. People see those who have these qualities and try to find something to chastise them on.
Some people have a hard time believing that Jesus is God. Jesus can be either God or a bad man. He obviously was not a bad man because he helped people and did good thing, so He has to be the Son of God. There are four possibilities for who Jesus Christ really was. Either he was a bad man, a good man (a sage), and ordinary man, or God. You obviously can't categorize Jesus into any of the other three categories, so he has to be God.
Lewis admitted that at one point in his life, before he became a Christian, he wanted to be his own God. He didn't like the fact that you have to give everything in your life over to the Lord, and he wanted to be in charge of it all. Many people do the same thing. They want to be in control of the future, life, choices and everything. These people practice self-deception, meaning that they will go against God because they think that they want to be in charge. They will not hand the reins over to the Lord because they "think" that is what they want. They deceive themselves by rejecting the Father, because following Him means letting Him be in charge of every aspect of their life. Sadly, this is where our world is today. They reject God because they want to have the power.
Make sure that you aren't trying to hold on to the reigns that God is supposed to have.
Examine yourself... Is God in control of your life, or are you?
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