Sproul knows how to write it

I am currently going through the book Knowing Scripture by R.C.Sproul...and it is probably one of the best books I have ever read. In chapter one Sproul talks about a character that I pray everyday that I will not become, one called a Sensuous Christian and it was so good that I wanted to write it out on my blog.

"I often have been tempted to write a book by the title The Sensuous Christian. The Sensuous Woman, The Sensuous Man, The Sensuous Couple, The Sensuous Divorcee, ad nauseam, all have become best sellers. Why not The Sensusous Christian?

What is a sensuous Christian? One dictionary defines sensuous as, "pertaining to the senses or sensible objects: highly susceptible to influence through the senses." The sensuous Christian is one who lives by his feelings rather than through his understanding of the Word of God. The sensuous Christian cannot be moved to service, prayer or study unless he "feels like it." His Christian life is only as effective as the intensity of present feelings. When he experiences spiritual euphoria, he is a whirlwind of Godly activity; when he is depressed, he is a spiritual incompetent. He constantly seeks new and fresh spiritual experiences and uses them to determine the Word of God. His "inner feelings" become the ultimate test of truth.

The sensuous Christian doesn't need to study the Word of God because he already knows the will of God by his feelings. He doesn't want to know God; he wants to experience him. The sensuous Christian equates "childlike faith" with ignorance. He thinks that when the Bible calls us to childlike faith is means a faith without content, a faith without understanding. He doesn't know that the Bible says, "In evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature" (1 Cor. 14:20). He doesn't realize that Paul tells us again and again, "My beloved brethren, I would not have you ignorant" (see, for example, Rom. 11:25).

The sensuous Christian goes his merry way intil he encounters the pain of life that is not so merry and he folds. He usually ends up embracing a kind of "relational theology" (that most dreadful curse on modern Christianity) where personal relationships and experiences take precedence over the Word of God. If the Scripture calls us to action that may jeopardize a personal relationship, then the Scripture must be compromised. The highest law of the sensuous Christian is that bad feelings must be avoided at all cost."
(pages 27 - 28)