[malakhi]

Because feelings can deceive you. Your assureance of salvation comes from knowing what God says in His word and trusting it. I know when I am not as close to God as I could/should be, and I do feel bad, but I KNOW I am not close because of what God says not because of what I feel.

Yep, right on target!

[SoothingDave]

Because feelings can deceive you. Your assureance of salvation comes from knowing what God says in His word and trusting it. I know when I am not as close to God as I could/should be, and I do feel bad, but I KNOW I am not close because of what God says not because of what I feel.

Yep, right on target!

I don't think I agree. God is not just an idea, somethign we KNOW from His Book. God and our relationship with Him, for good and bad, is also something that can be experienced directly.

Yes, feelings can be deceptive (but so can what we think we "know"). But God can reach out to us directly. This is a huge difference between P and C. I neither believe God only speaks to us through His Book, nor that it is the only way we can gauge our souls.

SD