God is Not Your Genie or a Bellboy.
In The Secret, the Universe is portrayed as a cosmic genie, waiting to grant your every wish. But God is not your Genie or a Genie. God is sovereign, not merely an extension of your hopes and wishes.
IMPLICATIONS:
So what’s the implication of God’s sovereign nature upon the “power of faith” scriptures? Simple: You can have all the faith in the world, but God isn’t granting your wish unless it’s His will, but that doesn`t mean you should succumb to impoverishment as Catholicism has insinuated throughout history.
This does not completely undermine the principles of faith advocated by LoA, but does apply limits to them. In many respects The Secret gives the impression of new-age philosophies re-packaged into the lies of self-will or living for self, when Scripture clearly indicates that we are to die with Christ and die daily to the flesh, which is the old-man,which Satan uses through self-will.
Remain in this state and scripture says all die in Adam -look it up. Furthermore, The Secret constantly substitutes God and Jesus with a Genie called the universe - an obvious new-age tactic.
Plus, the Bible has a Code of Conduct.
Although the Law of Attraction and the Bible agree in principle on the power of positive thinking and the importance faith, the Bible (being a religious book) suggests a code of conduct related to what you should attract, whereas The Secret (a secular book) does not. It fully advocates living for oneself rather than God.
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FUTILITY IN LIVING FOR THE MATERIAL:
Do Not get me wrong everyone on Earth requires money to live. The Secret says you can obtain a new BMW by manifesting it. The Bible, on the other hand, suggests the futility of living a consumer lifestyle and being enslaved by it. If you want to know the opinion about the hopelessness of modern consumption, read the American Zombie article. If you want to know what the Bible says about it, read these verses:
THE BIBLE: AN INDISPENSABLE BOOK:
Matthew 6:19 — Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 13:22 — The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
Both verses hint at the temporary and unsatisfying nature of living for the material treasures of this life.
There’s More to the Bible than the Law of Attraction.
The NIV Study Bible contains almost 2,000 pages, and only a small percentage involve desire manifestation. In other words, there’s more to the Bible than the Law of Attraction.
This brings us to our final point, the real impact statement of this article: If a person wants to follow the tenets of Christianity and simultaneously use the Law of Attraction, he must recognize the Law of Attraction as one small component in a larger body of Christian teachings.
A complete reconciliation of LoA with the Bible would take a book, not an article. And it’s doubtful even a book could tackle it, since reconciliation is a personal journey. Hopefully this article has given you a place to start and something to think about.
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