The World According To Chris Brewer

…but it’s really bothering me. I keep seeing examples among Christianity of people preaching and teaching that it’s always God’s will to heal and there’s something wrong with you if you’re not healed. The people who teach this claim that you have already been healed, you just have to accept it.

I believe people who believe this are horribly misled. I have stated my reasoning in a previous post. See here.

I found an article on a website today that cites Scripture reference combating the highly destructive Word-Faith movement and sheds some light as to how a lot of WOF believers operate. Here it is….it’s rather long. I’ve got a couple quotable quotes from the site here.

The vibrant message delivered with great authority through these media, and seemingly backed by Scripture and buttressed by claims of the miraculous, has led many astray. These teachers often deliver cautions against those who would criticize the doctrines.

….Word-Faith adherents often gain an attitude of superiority. Word-Faith adherents consider any criticism of their doctrine to be an attack by those who are not “spiritually mature,” and have not had this “higher revelation.”

I realize that those who proclaim the name of Jesus Christ as their Savior are fellow Christians and that is a common bond. But when Christians start trying to teach other people stuff that is not in the Bible, that is where I cross the line. The following paragraph from the above referenced article states my personal belief on the issue.

We believe in divine healing, both instantaneous and gradual, the existence of demons and deliverance from them; and that the gifts of the Spirit are for the church today as they have been since its beginning. Criticizing a body of teachings is not the same as judging one who accepts those teachings. However, Christians are told to compare any teachings, and the gospel they bring, to the Word of God and to cast off any that contradict Scripture (Acts 17:11; Galatians 1:6-9; 1 Thessalonians 5:21).

Rest assured I will continue to vehemently oppose the Word-Faith doctrine and its beliefs.