In my observance of different christian movements around today, the word fundamentalism often comes to mind. I want to share some thoughts on the word and define what i feel many christian God loving people boarder on and cross over too !
A fundamentalist is someone who puts religion (in this case christianity) into a system. To put order to religious experience. This often is used as a tool to exercise power over groups of people. Or be in control over a situation or be in control of ones faith and belief.
It often is born out of truth and out of a real and true experiance with God. “If God changed my life this specific way, then thats how he is going to change every one else.” “If I got healed like this, everyone else will also need to do this or do what i did to be healed! ” These are the kind of true experiances that start a fundamentalistic belief in a christian setting.
The opposite of fundamentalism is trust in the Holy Spirit. Not in a a man/woman influenced system. Not into a certain way of becoming righteous or finding God. The minute I put an ABC or the seven steps to this or that we take away the trust in Gods creative ability to move.
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