Biblical Christian Counseling
vs.
Psychology
1) Counsel is Christ-centered (Colossians 1:13-18).
1) Counsel is humanity-centered.
2) Counsel is based on God´s view as revealed in His Word – the Holy Bible (Isaiah 55:6-9, 2 Timothy 3:14-17).
2) Counsel is based on the views of sin corrupted human beings.
3) Counsel is based on God´s wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:20-31; 2:12-16).
3) Counsel is based on the wisdom of mankind.
4) Counsel is objective. The objective is obedience to Christ Jesus and His commands (Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:15-24).
4) Counsel is subjective. The aim is personal “transformation” to humanistic and universal values.
5) Counsel is based on God´s moral absolutes – His eternal laws and commands found in the Holy Bible (Psalm 119:142).
5) Counsel is based on moral relativism.
6) Counsel is based on the LORD´s eternal truth revealed in the Bible (Psalm 119:151).
6) Counsel is based on humanistic and universal truth.
7) Counsel is rooted in the teachings of Biblical 7) Counsel is rooted in the false philosophies Christianity (John 8:31-36). of humanity. 8) Counsel leads people to personal repentance of their sins and godly change of behavior (Acts 17:30-31; 26:18-20).
8) Counsel often leads to acceptance of ungodly lifestyles (i.e., fornication, adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty, etc.)
9) Counsel obeyed results in a change of heart and mind through faith in and obedience to our Lord Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17).
9) Counsel obeyed results in a change of mind and/or undesirable behavior based on human wisdom.
10) Purpose of counsel is conformity to Christ Jesus (Romans 8:28-29).
10) Purpose of counsel is conformity to the common views of the group.
11) Counsel recognizes that there is a difference between the counsel of ungodly unbelievers and God´s counsel (Ps. 1:1-6).
11) Counsel is often based on the views of ungodly unbelievers.
12) Counsel rejects the false counsels and theories of psychologists Sigmund Freud (a homosexual), Carl Jung (a teacher of Western Occultism), etc. (Psalm 119:128).
12) Counsel is influenced by the false theories and counsels of ungodly psychologists such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and others.
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