If a person’s sense of God consists merely of mental constructs then that “construct” can get in the way of the actual image of Christ the Holy Spirit is trying to form in the individual. A poorly constructed “God construct”, self imposed and maintained becomes an idol, or a false image of who God is. The Bible does spell out the character traits that are exhibited by those operating healthily as a Christian, within the image of Christ so ordered directly by the Spirit himself. People will make mistakes and still sin, but confession and forgiveness restore balance to that individual as he continues to mature thru-out his life.
Christianity opens itself to psychological proof, hence Paul’s statement...”the outer man perishes and the inner man is renewed day by day.” Studies show that very religious Christian people(in the aggregate), the ones who cite a personal relationship with Christ, tend to have happier marriages, longer lives, deal with illness more effectively and deal with death(loved ones or their own imminent deaths) more realistically. They are the first to help out in crisis where possible and are generous givers to charities even giving beyond what would be expected given their own relative states of wealth and poverty. These are practical ways that the effects of the Holy Spirit can be measured, despite claims of not being able to “see and measure” the Holy Spirit. You can’t “see” radio waves but we know what they do!
Ah, the dangers of not realizing who Jesus is because we have left out the Old Testament. Jesus is quite capable of creating another flood (but because there is a promise of it not occurring we are assured it will not because God cannot lie), of sending people to hell, of ruling with a rod of iron. When He was here He gave internal peace, the next time, international.
With so many Christians in service and being counselors, how did psychology become so pagan?