“Application of the mental faculties
to the acquisition of knowledge” (Webster)
Right
Hemisphere
Left
Hemisphere
Study (My use of one part of one hemisphere of my brain)
Is nowhere
endorsed in Scripture (II Tim. 2:15 is a mis-translation in the KJV Bible).
Is self in
action (Humanism - a false god).
Is self using
reason (Rationalism - a false god).
Results in
wisdom from below - earthly, natural, demonic (Jas. 3:15). For example,
reason caused Peter to be at odds with the purposes of God (Jn. 18:10,11).
Study violates the following biblical principles:
Gal. 2:20 - I
resurrect self, which no longer lives.
Rom. 12:1 - I
am using my faculties rather than presenting them to God to use.
Is. 1:18 - I’m
reasoning, rather than reasoning together with God.
Gen. 3:5 - I’ve
fallen prey to the temptation of the Garden of Eden that “I can know good
and evil.”
Meditation
(Hebrew/Lamad)
“To murmur; to converse with oneself, and
hence aloud; speak; talk; babbling; communication; mutter; roar; mourn; a
murmuring sound; i.e., a musical notation; to study; to ponder; revolve in the
mind; imagine; pray; prayer; reflection; devotion” (Strong’s
Exhaustive Concordance*)
Meditation (God’s use of every part of both hemispheres of
my brain as He fills and flows out through my heart by His Spirit)
Is endorsed 18
times in the KJV Bible.
Is God in
action within the individual.
Is God
granting revelation through the heart and mind which has been yielded to
Him.
Results in
wisdom from above - pure, peaceable, gentle (Jas. 3:17).
Meditation applies the following
biblical principles:
Gal. 2:20 - I
let Christ live through me.
Rom. 12:1 - I
am yielding my outer faculties to the indwelling Spirit (i.e., to “flow”
- Jn. 7:38).
Is. 11:2 When
reasoning together with God, I receive a spirit of wisdom and understanding
and knowledge.
Jn. 5:19,20,30
- I’m living as Jesus did, out of divine initiative, doing what I see and
hear my Father doing.
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