can you be a spiritaulist and still be christian? I mean can you study many things to find the universal truths and still find your way home. or is it more important to follow in line. does god want people to search or just take someone else interpatation for truth.
2007-04-17 06:18:11 · 14 answers · asked by Ryan&Tricia H 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't be truly spiritual until you are born of Gods Spirit. Because with willful rebellion to God comes spiritual death/blindness. So a person isn't whole but a body & soul. Jesus said that to see the Kingdom of God, you must be born again (born of His Spirit, cleansed by His Blood, joint heirs with King Jesus, part of the family of God). That is when a person is whole again; body, soul & spirit.
Person can pray to God 24/7 in spirit & truth, because person is born of the Spirit. To have a relationship restored with God is to be truly spiritual.
Todays spiritualists who don't accept the LORD God, they are still spiritually dead & the connection to the spiritual is only of the soul & of worldly spirits. Not Gods Kingdom Spirits.
As Christians we are not under the letter of the law but follow after the Spirit. We learn to not react in the flesh (like yell, curse, etc.) but to choose to follow after the fruits of the Spirit; faith, hope, love, joy, peace, patience, etc... The Spirit doesn't force us, we have to choose to.
Pangle has an interesting web site. I read through some of it. But after a while (even though seems Christian spiritual) in the discerning spirits part, the Zodiac tries to discuss spirits returning to talk to you in mediumship. That only those who come back to say encouraging things should be listened to. It is written in the bible that we are not to talk with the dead (that would include baptizing for those in purgatory). God puts people in a special place. People can't leave to speak to others on earth, unless they are the Lords Prophets & regarding the Lords ministry. (Example the Prophet who visited the medium when King Saul disobeyed & went to a worldly medium.)
In my own spiritual experience, The Lord has directed me to (in vision) His Prophets, only associated to a question I was asking God about. Like the Prophet John. And I didn't know why some thought He was the disciple Jesus loved. So, the Prophet John read through the book of John with me & I realized that John himself is the one who wrote that He was the disciple that Jesus loved. And He told me that Jesus loves his other disciples too.
2007-04-17 06:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on who you ask.Though perhaps if you are claiming Christianity you should consult your bible for the answer rather then looking for individual opinion.
To paraphrase the bible does no good.Seek and you shall find is a great concept.Except that without knowing what that paragraph was talking about it is just a euphemism.Take then god blew smoke.Should I interpret this as god smokes and if so what.paraphrasing can be a dangerous thing without the knowledge of full context.
According to the bible there is only one Truth.Take that for what you desire.I am not Christian though I feel the bible is a book which the Christian is supposed to follow.Whether you like what the bible says or not.Yes the bible does have mistakes in it.Overall it has a clear message.Jehovah isn't big on free thinking idealists.Nor those looking for a higher Truth then himself.
And man shall be like sheep's to god slaves to his will.
2007-04-17 06:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by ddstantlerstill 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you truly come to God & receive Jesus as your Savior you will know He can satisfy all your questions. He demands that you put Him first and love others as yourself. He does not tolerate other idols in our lives. He wants you to trust Him to guide you & teach you in all things....and He gives you the Holy Spirit to do that. I think it is questionable to study other things to find truth. God is truth & you will find pure truth with Him. You might want to find out what others believe so you can better understand where they're coming from....but to seek answers for yourself anywhere other than God can be very dangerous, spiritually. You could be opening a door for spirits that mean you harm & what they say to God is..."Hey, he came looking for me, so I have a right to him." God may turn you over to them for a time & remove his protection, just because you chose to disobey Him. Now, why would anyone in his right mind, who has the best God possible, ruin that relationship just for curiosity? The answers to our lives rests in God's Word. Get into that. It will not be time wasted. Invest your life & time in getting to know God & his character. Find His will for your life. That other stuff is just a detour from what God has planned for you. I pray you always put Him first in your life. God bless you.
2007-04-17 06:36:45 · answer #3 · answered by Joyful Noise 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can be a spiritualists and still be a Christian because Christ defined the spiritual and to seek for another is to deny the first. Either Christ was true and that truth is the way oflife, or He was a liar and none of it true.
2007-04-17 06:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In the words of George Muller..... To seek the spirit without the word opens one up to great delusion.
2007-04-17 06:24:55 · answer #5 · answered by wisdom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As long as your own spirit is inhabited by God's own Holy Spirit, you have nothing to fear,...nothing to lose !
2007-04-17 06:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by STORMY 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Loving GOd his son and his Holy Spirit is what is most important to GOd...
2007-04-17 06:21:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I totally agree! i do no longer purely like the be conscious "faith" for that's guy's build for an prepared equipment of theory. faith has executed extra to break human form and humanity that something. of course, it is not God's motive. God additionally calls us into community in faith. we are referred to as to assist one yet another, love one yet another and stay with one yet another. you are able to not have a faith of one! it is the reason there are one in all those good form of "religions." somebody might discover fault with the regulations and regulations that somebody wrote as much as chanced on that distinctive faith and pass directly to discover yet another faith that suits his/her flavor. it is merely yet another indication that we are religious beings searching for meaning in our lives and the middle of all it is extremely - GOD! i've got faith it is the reason Evangelical is the biggest transforming into part of Christianity. It has the least regulations and pursuers actuality and solutions quickly from Scripture. human beings (like me) are ill of "faith" and all it is convoluted trappings.
2016-12-29 04:35:56 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth shall set you free.
Both the names 'Lucifer' and 'Jesus' mean 'morning star'.
I would go with universal truth.
2007-04-17 06:24:32 · answer #9 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"God is spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth"
2007-04-17 06:23:26 · answer #10 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋