BrianT wrote:
When we have this new spiritual existence, we don't need to look at pictures, hear beautiful music, and otherwise entertain our flesh and imagination. Our whole existence is already in God.


When we enter a marriage, we don't need to look at pictures, hear beautiful music, and otherwise entertain our flesh and imagination. Yet we do these things anyways, and they are awesome!

What does that have to do with anything??

We are talking about new spiritual life IN CHRIST...which comes only from faith in him alone...with no help from anyone or anything else excpt the Spirit of God. Just as scripture tells you.