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Naturalism in the Church
Since many Christians suffer from naturalism, they have a conflict between two distinct things in their worldviews. We reduce everything to concepts when we cement ideas into our worldviews. God becomes a concept. Naturalism is a concept automatically since it doesn’t exist. The concept of Almighty God conflicts with naturalism. This concept of Almighty God may include the concept that He’s sovereign over all His creation. Christians may conceptually believe God is personal. They may embrace the concept that they can know Him even if they don’t enter into the experience. They may believe, at least conceptually, in divine revelation. They may believe in the concept of a spiritual realm, heaven, hell, angels, and demons. They may understand prayer as a concept. They may conceptually believe God is enforcing the laws of nature. However, they still presuppose naturalism. And all the spiritual concepts we’ve mentioned conflict with naturalism, so naturalistic Christians have internal conflicts in their worldviews.
As a result, some Christians may have trouble believing God for miracles. They may lean on human understanding instead of looking to Christ for revelation. They may even doubt God can reveal anything to them.
Christians may go beyond the concept of Christ. They may go all the way to experiencing and knowing Christ. The Holy Spirit may lead, teach, and correct them at every moment. And they may live by divine revelation and the faith that proceeds from this revelation. In short, they may live by the grace they can access because of the faith that comes when God leads, teaches, and corrects them. Christians who know Christ also stop doing their own works and saying their own words. They hear God’s voice, and God’s faith comes. God’s faith gives them access to God’s grace, and God’s grace does God’s works through them.
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