New Life Fellowship Church
My Struggle For Freedom from Religious Institutionalism
By Pastor Teague
Have you ever thought that there has to be more to believing in God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ? I have. My mother passed away in April of 2018 and my father in May of 2021. They were faith teachers and truly believed in healing, peace, protection and success through the scriptures. I looked up to them my entire life, hearing and seeing commitment.
I mention this because their deaths caused me to open my heart to the scripture in a fresh way and search for answers to questions that no one could answer in a way that would quench them. Christians do not live forever in the current body and everyone dies but my parents’ deaths left me shipwrecked in my faith. Not that God was not real to me because He is, but that what we’re being taught about Him was not complete. There had to be more because I observed fear and the failure to overcome the attack of sickness.
Were my parents wrong in what they believed? Yes, and no. It wasn’t a lack of love for God or effort; it was a failure of information passed to us as Christian congregations. We can’t learn beyond what we are willing to examine. We cannot eliminate fear and doubt of a subject unless we search the information and compare it with scripture {Bible}. If failure occurs regarding something we believe in, then we must find out why. If the why cannot be found with our current understanding, then we must be open to the possibility our understanding is wrong or missing a piece of the puzzle that makes the picture clear. I believe this to be the case.
If we believe we are doing something right and yet continue to fail, we must stop and evaluate why. Faith IS NOT blind, it sees. I believe the problem lies in us not being willing to see. God did not mean us to be slaves to clergy as though only they have the answers. The Temple’s Veil was torn to allow access to God for everyone. This writing is not meant to be a teaching yet it will teach. Its purpose is to be read as a conversation with a friend who sees something and wants to share with those he cares about. If you would like in-depth teaching you can go to newlife-fellowship.org for FREE comprehensive teachings. Let’s begin.
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08/02/2022