Two Christian friends kindly warned another friend of the dangers of her involvement in yoga.
“Well, you can let me know if I start to act demon possessed,” she chuckled. Her remark illustrates the casual attitude many Christians have toward pagan influences.
Ephesians 6:10-18 is a well-known passage, but do we genuinely understand what it means?
It tells us to be strong, putting on the full armor of God, so we can take our “stand against the devil’s schemes.” It tells us that we are not simply dealing with other human beings—our struggle is “against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Uncompromising faith is the only thing that can “extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
We must be alert, careful, and prayerful. We must take up the sword of the Spirit, which is God's Word, a sword that is sharp with truth, cutting through all the lies and half-truths in our culture. Let's not exchange it for the butter knife of culture and joke about demons as if they don't exist.
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Can a person participate in a pagan mind and body religious practice without their faith being affected? From my experience, I've never met a Christian heavily involved in yoga who had good discernment.
What if it's called “Christian yoga”? Isn't it simply an exercise? Can someone with the mind of Christ mingle their faith with a Hindu mind and body practice? To get detailed answers to these and other questions, see:
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