As I mentioned in other post, and videos, The Word of Faith movement is an occult (Season 2, Episode 1). While I totally believe in the Holy Spirit's power to perform miracles through believers (1 Corinthians 12:1-15), I also believe that there are many churches and people who claim to be Christian, who are doing things outside of God wills, and without having a relationship with God, and are only focused on the supernatural. Thus, they are occults in disguise (Matthew 7:15-23). I believe most of these churches will deny they are occults, because their hearts have been harden, and their minds blinded by falsehood and pride.
The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing such phenomena involving otherworldly agency as mysticism, spirituality, and magic. - Occult definition via Google.
Unfortunately, like most, I grew up thinking that The Word of Faith movement was Christianity. It wasn't until Jesus intentionally allowed me to go through many trials as a Christian, that I realized that the Word of Faith movement doctrine is really wrong. At one point, I believed these ministers over the world of God (Martha's moments: Why do we have trials & tribulations as believers?). One of the slogans from the founder of the Word of Faith movement is "I am not moved by how I feel." As I briefly mentioned in Season 1 of Martha's Talk, this statement is really wrong, and here's why:
- Compassion is a feeling - Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another's suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering. Compassion is not the same as empathy or altruism, though the concepts are related.