Experiential christianity

First, Experiential christianity without established truth gets you nowhere. Illiteracy in the Bible and of orthodoxy is the problem of the church today. This lends itself to be problem to those who have no firm grounding of objective truth in Christianity. It ruins experimental christianity for it cannot exist without objective truth. Experimental christianity is not about natural theology and speculations. Its more about worshipping in spirit and truth. Most Modern Experiential christianity has an anti-intellectual/anti-truth strain that seek not its answers in the Bible but in experience. It seeks the spirit but shuns the truth. I am weirded out by those who cannot establish a firm distinction on truth from mere speculation. Or the one who rejects the more 'normal' operations of the spirit as being suffiecent. One cannot teach without being taught themselves. True experiential Christianity does not look for new truths but seeks to relive old ones. It establishes current convictions, like the Gospel. (This conviction is by far the best sign of maturity.) This is not a new conviction. It is power and motivation to that end. It does not seek to establish the mindset of "seeking spiritual gifts" above all else. It seeks to establish love toward God as response to His love and grace. In so far as Experimental christianity should a vital connection that centers around the fruits of the spirit being poured out in a soul, not the spiritual gifts. Its end is God-ward. This does not boost a man's abilities above the normal station of his life into something superhuman for it a time. It rather gets the Christian to use his gifs in reliance and in greater confidence on the Holy Spirit in aiding his weakness.

This idea of nothing new in experimental christianity is consistent with the teaching of the Word. It is complete. New stances aught not to be formed in our experiences alone. No matter how grand the experience is. These things really should only reinforced what is in the Word. There is no new doctrine in real Experimental Christianity on which a new stance could be built. It is from Satan that new doctrine and heresy arise. True experience is consistent to the Word. We know that the entire word of God is profitable for doctrine, teaching, reproof, and correction. (2 Timothy 3:16) It will not be contradicted. Our life must be lived by it rather than by vain imaginations.

This means that we do not look here or there for Christ to return. We do not adulterate the Bible because we think it to be in error. We do not fight with hard chapters like Romans 9, Ephesians 1 and 2, or James 2. Yet, we do not subject ourselves to earthly institutions that add an infallible cannon, ex cathedra either. While we accept the clearly laid out understandings of past orthodoxy like the Trinity. Not because of experience alone but because of the vast evidence in the Bible that confirms it. We trust not the speculative. Yet, we trust in faith. For Faith is far less speculative for God has clearly said and written extensively on its object.

It is true that many positions of the Bible can be reinforced from experience but this is not adopting something new. It does not lay its foundation or modify the current one. For christ is the only foundation. This ADD, gratification now generation must slow down. Be still and know that he is God. He is the one that lifts our hearts. He is the one who lifts our heads. He does not attack us with crazy fits of passion. He slowly fills us with grace until it overflows in our hearts.