Churches today have gradually shifted from the word preached by Yahshua & the apostles to EMOTIONALISM. Emotionalism is the act of cultivating emotions to stir feelings that God has touched you or that you have touched Him. We’re more concerned with entertainment in the church than reading & applying the Word.
Emotionalism tends to draw attention to the worshippers rather than to Messiah and His sacrifice on Calvary and other doctrine within God’s Word. Emotionalism creates an illusion that the more you’re emotionally stirred, the more you’re in favor with your Creator.
The danger of emotionalism is that it leaves the person in depression & doubts God once these emotions go away. The person ends up believing that they’re not in fellowship with God. Yet it is easy to fall under this trap on the folly & exalt them as a mere Christian experience. This is a trap fostered by the “sin nature” that remains within the Christian’s flesh (body) and which is cultivated by his Adversary, Satan himself.
God did not send us his Spirit to feel something but rather to accomplish a holy life.
John14:26- ‘But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.’
John16:8- When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
Although the ability to experience emotions is God-given, the choice by man to express such emotions may at time be counter to God’s plan and purpose. Such may have been the case in the early church at Corinth (1 Corinthians 14). During its worship service there were several in the congregation that were demonstrating their "spirituality" by speaking in various languages in a competitive manner. This led Paul to admonish them. He explained that this only leads to confusion and that visiting unbelievers would think they were crazy (14:23). He then proceeded from verse 26 on to tell them that the service should be conducted in an orderly manner, because "God is not a God of disorder but of peace" (vs. 33). It was not what they were saying that was wrong; it was how they were saying it. Instead of everyone clamoring at the same time, he advised them to take their turns. He concluded his admonition on this subject with verse 40, "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way."
We are therefore admonished to worship our Lord in and Spirit. Unfortunately, churches today look like an extension of night clubs. Remember you cannot mix the temple of God with Idols.
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