Why do Christians use the terms,
"positive" and "negative"?
"That Hollywood movie certainly had a
positive message!", a Christian mom might say.
"I didn't hear anything negative in the
State of the Union Message", a politically minded clergyman
might say.
When it comes to electrical theory,
"positive" and "negative" have meaning. But
even then it is a RELATIVE concept! A ground potential is chosen
arbitrarily, and any voltage above ground is called
"positive" and any voltage below it is called
"negative".
All the more, when we are speaking of ideas and
behavior, the terms "positive" and "negative"
are RELATIVISTIC. These terms have no relation to ABSOLUTE truth,
i.e., Biblical Truth.
"Positive" and "negative"
have much more in common, as concepts, with the "create your
own reality" of eastern mysticism and the occult. These
terms are rooted in "yin-yang" type philosophies.
Warning someone that they are on their way to the
Lake of Fire without trusting in the real Jesus in terms of the real Gospel is
considered "negative" by worldly thinking.
The Serpent telling Eve that she can be as God by
disobeying God is considered "positive" by the world and
"following your dreams".
Attitudes, ideas, and behaviors are either
Biblical or unbiblical, true or false, rebellion or surrender,
sin or obedience, Truth or deception.
Followers of Jesus should speak in Biblical
terms, not relativistic worldly terms.
"And do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
will of God."
Romans 12:2
