Dear Lighthouse Trails:
I am from a Hindu background. The word Yoga has developed from the word Yog. Yog means union. So when you do Yoga, you can expect your spirit to be in union with “divine spirit” completely. According to Bishnu Puran, one of the Hindu scripture yoga is “complete union between spirit of god and man.” So when you do Yoga, you are focusing on uniting with some spirit. We know it is not the Spirit of the Lord God.
Yoga was in practice in ancient Hindu times to connect them with gods to get people closure to Nirvana. Hindus have many ways for salvation and Yoga is one of that. It is a doctrine of demons. Christians cannot take part in it as it tries to connect your spirit with some spirit, and you do not know what that spirit is. In Nepal, if you walk to the Hindu temples, you find “holy people,” and they say they got freedom from all the longing of the world because of Yoga. Yoga helped them to be united with their god, and now they are free. They will show you different postures which will be offered as worship to different gods.
As Christians, according to Colossians 2:8, we should not follow the theories made according to the traditions of this world nor based on any spiritual beings.
B. S. D., Nepal
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I think just as important is the fact that Lordship Salvation and Calvanism is being preached from the pulpit. So many think they are saved and are not because they are trusting in their works and their repenting of sin instead of trusting the Gospel alone. So I think these “Christian’s” who say they have Jesus in their heart and they do yoga are more likely to be demonized. The reason being is that they never received God’s Spirit as a seal. It is so important to trust the Gospel alone to be saved and not in human effort. Yoga is just one more form of works salvation.
I know what you mean! Nobody wants to get into the word.
This is true, I’ve read many articles about Yoga and it is demonic, you are bowing to demons when you do the poses.
I agree. The New Age Movement said they would get into the church’s and they have! They also plan to use the churches for initiation places for the mark of the beast in the middle of the Tribulation. I am a christian and have done a lot of reading, shortly after I got saved my sister told me to get a book called “The Aquarian Conspiracy” by Marilyn Ferguson. It tells about their plans. It is NOT a Christian book! It is a new age book. They said they would get into the churches, we cannot find a good church. I always pray to God to guide and lead me and He always has. I think everyone should pray that every day but read the Bible and books by John Walvoord who is very good.
I have a friend in yoga and I printed a lot of information for her to read so she would get out of it but when she came over she told me she knows what she’s doing and pushed all the printed paper’s back to me and would not look at them. I can’t seem to talk about it with her and I don’t know why.
She seemed to have changed after getting into it, always starting arguments with me and saying the most horrible things to me. We don’t have a friendship
anymore, we have known each other 60 years.
Truth! Everything mentioned is dominating the churches today. So much so that I can hardly call them Christian.
I agree with you 100%!
Praise God for your Biblical wisdom and discernment, Janine!
Well said! I’m surrounded by extended family members who are either compromised Christians, or Christians in name only. The Shack/Jesus Calling, ecumenical, Word of Faith, emergent, seeker sensitive, charismatic, antinomian, worldly, “don’t judge me” crowd. I’ve tried, in vain, to lovingly admonish and warn them about their error. But instead, I’m seen more as a killjoy.
Well, my joy is in the Lord and if that kills their joy, so be it.
So much deception in the Christian body nowadays..from yoga to new apostolic reformation nonsense.
Yoga has been commercialized and westernized, and it’s rather unfashionable (said in a stiff-upper-lip accent) to be seen without your yoga mat and your unflattering yoga pants these days.
Stay with the evil times, people! Don’t be the odd one out.
Don’t disappoint your father of darkness.
Most people do not realize they are bowing to and worshiping an idol and demon when they do yoga and other Eastern meditation activities. When you try to explain to these people about the spiritual dangers involved they usually do not believe you. They think it is just physical exercise or a calming tool. Sad. I have seen a Kindergarten teacher using Yoga with her class.
Correction: Migdal-gad, Joshua 15:37. Baal-gad, Joshua 11:17. Sorry
In Bible study we are studying Matthew 7. “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15. As we studied ‘prophets’ we learned that anyone who claims divine inspiration or a person who foretells future events (Random House Dictionary). A prophet can also be called a ‘seer’ (ra’a strongs 7200) 1 Sam. 9:9, Gad was David’s ‘seer’ (2 Sam. 24:11) and we learned that there was a false Gad, A Canaanite god of fortune and this false prophet’s name meant ‘good fortune’ which the true seer’s name meant ‘fortune’. The false Gad was none other than the glorified planet Jupiter. (Unger’s Bible Dictionary p.488) The false prophet called migdal-gad (Josh. 15:36, and Baal-gad (Josh. 15:37). Anyone can come in the category of ‘prophet’ true or false. As we further studied wolves specifically ‘rabid’ wolves the animals, it does seem demonic in the inward sense like Matthew 7:15 says. Unsaved people are in great danger of becoming a ravening wolf in the demonic sense. Matthew 8:28 talks about the 2 possessed with devils who were ‘exceeding fierce’. When we have ‘Christians’ and all walks of life doing Yoga is should be quite alarming to everyone. The False prophets pushing Yoga on TV, Schools, Hospitals, and every walk of life have done more than any other cult or false religion has, and the father of it is Satan. It is pushed as good for mind, body, spirit but it is evil.