Human throne for God and the Self

I conclude posting excerpts from Jabay’s books, this one speaking to the throne that every human being has:

“In the center of every human heart is a throne. It is always occupied. Not a person in all the world is without both throne and someone occupying that throne at all times.

“The aspirants to the throne are only two: God and the self - or, as we will call it, the prideful, self-centered ego. If God is enthroned by a human spirit, then that man is under the regime of the kingdom of God. Man, because he is human spirit with that godlike freedom of choice, can choose who will sit on that throne. If God is enthroned, the prideful ego is dethroned and the human spirit is correctly positioned under God and with people. But when the ego is self-enthroned, God is ignored while man, who is now mispositioned in his world, plays god. It is this mispositioning of man which brings him now to live without God and against his fellow men. The tragic result of egoistic self-enthronement is correctly termed godlessness.

I have endeavored to show in compelling manner that by the boundless love and grace of God through the sin sacrifice of His living Son, Jesus Christ, we can have personal communion restored with the Holy Spirit, a dualist interaction that leads believers to sanctification and everlasting entry into the Kingdom of God.

Stan Lennard