Brainwashed

The Beatitudes will continue on February 7th...

I saw a FB post that said “I was brainwashed by a legalistic church for almost a decade. The internal struggle it caused made me a very anxious person. Thankfully I was able to recognize it and heal.”

First of all, this is a very victimhood approach. The assertion that the intent of the church you attended, at your own will, was to brainwash you.

Second, the necessity of personal accountability is non-existent in this statement.

Lastly, there is only one way to get brainwashed, and that is to expect the church you go to, to tell you what to do.

2 Timothy 2:15 says “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

It’s no one else’s job to study for you, it’s no one else’s job to divide the word for you. This is one of those passages that makes the personal accountability of knowing what is in the bible and places it squarely on you. It’s one of the reasons why there is such a heavy influence in my mind that the place you go to for worship pales in comparison to what you bring to it. I’m not suggesting you can just go to any church, but I do think there are righteous people from many different religious backgrounds, and it’s not my place to speculate whether they will be judged to hell simply based on the building they walk in for worship.