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Hi friends,
Here is my final food for thought for Part 3 of my Love Letter series, 7Strongholds God Delivered Me From.
Some years ago, I called myself spiritual. Now as I walk with Christ, I decided to share perspectives I’ve gained on the concept of spirituality.
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Something I warn believers of in my last Love Letter, The Dangers of Spirituality, is adhering to theologies, doctrines or practices that glorify self instead of Christ.
Today’s media constantly exposes us to motivational speeches, 30-sec Instagram clips and online courses that condition us to believe that self is all that we need. It’s this very belief that presents contradictions to the fundamentals of Christianity.
I see that where spirituality teaches you to obtain your “highest self”, Christianity teaches you to come to the end of your self (Galatians 5:16-17). I see that where spirituality teaches you to exercise reign over your body, Christianity informs us that our bodies are not ours to begin with (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
We’re told that we have the power and right to fulfill our own needs. Thus, we have practices to glorify our thoughts, emotions, desires and body.
This insults God’s order for healing, wisdom, redemption, and salvation.
You can see how we make ourselves sovereign over God. How everything about the self—thoughts, emotions, carnal desires, body—becomes idolized.
God does not point us to us for our spiritual needs. He points us to Christ.
Scriptural References:
1 Corinthians 1:9
John 5: 37-40
John 6:35-40
I think it’s important for believers to understand the fundamental truth that the Word does not testif about believers, rather it testifies about Christ. The Word is Christ:
“In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being.”
John 1:1-3 (amplified version), The Deity of Jesus Christ.
In an Instagram video regarding this post, I add an aspect of my personal journey when first giving my life back to Christ.
After I fully surrendered to God what was keeping me spiritually separated from Him, I felt this natural drawing to study and understand Jesus. It’s like God was pointing me to Him so that our relationship can be sustained and mature. That drawing was potent about six months after fully surrenderance.
Believers and those who vouch for spirituality must know that we cannot honor God without honoring His Son (John 5:22-23). We cannot please God without having faith in His Son.
Take note that righteousness with God was established through Jesus’s fulfillment of the law—we were not able to do it. So, salvation is ours not by our own means but by the means of Christ. He is so crucial in our relationship with God.
If all roads point to Christ, why should we glorify anything that does not?
Read the full letter on my blog or watch the discussion on YouTube.
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