The interest in Eastern religions, iintanda-bulumko, and practices significantly increased. Many people adopted Eastern spirituality and practices and because of that, the Eastern way is prominent in Western society. Ungacinga, that Christians would abstain from Eastern spirituality and practices. Kodwa ngelishwa, many Christians succumbed to the trends and spirits of the world and allowed the Eastern wisdom, ulwazi, ngokomoya (ukuphilisa)iindlela, and practices in their lives. Instead of keeping the devil’s lies and demonic powers out of the Church, they opened the gates of the Church for demonic powers and false doctrines. They’ve Christianized Eastern philosophies and practices, thinking you can separate the natural practice from the spiritual aspect. But you can’t separate the traditionally spiritual root from the natural wisdom, ulwazi, ubuchule, iindlela, and physical practices, since they originate from the spiritual. Nje ngeziphumo, many churches are defiled with the occult.
Can you separate the spiritual from the physical?
There are many people that call themselves Christians and believe and practice Eastern meditation, ukuqonda, iyoga, kunye / okanye ubuchwepheshe bokulwa. These Christians say they only practice the techniques, iindlela, and physical exercises without the religious, ifilosofi, and spiritual aspect.
They say that the Eastern meditation techniques, mindfulness methods and physical exercises of yoga and/or combat techniques have no spiritual context. Kodwa kwenzeka njani? Since these techniques, iindlela, imithambo, and/or combat techniques originate from the spiritual and are inextricably linked.
These techniques, iindlela, and practices derive from evil spirits.
Evil spirits gave their wisdom and knowledge to carnal people through meditation and umjelo. Ngoko ke, these technics, methods and practices derive from inspiration and revelations (imibono) from demonic spirits.
If these techniques, iindlela, iindlela, and combat techniques derive from the inspiration of demonic spirits, how can you separate these demonic spirits from these techniques, iindlela, imithambo, and/or combat techniques?
These demonic spirits are ‘the owners’ of these (combat) ubuchule, iindlela, and physical exercises.
Yonke (combat) technique, method, and physical exercise contains a promise that comes to pass through application and practice.
Just like the promises in the Bible that become reality through obedience and by doing the Word, these methods, (combat) techniques and exercises also contain promises that become reality by applying and doing them.
When people engage in Eastern meditation, ukuqonda, iyoga, or martial arts and practice a specific pose or combat technique, they obey the words and practice of the demonic spirit. From that moment they bow and submit themselves to the demonic spirit and invite this demonic spirit in their lives.
Participating in Eastern philosophies and practices opens a door for demonic powers
You can’t separate the religious and spiritual aspects from the physical exercise. Therefore you can’t disregard the spiritual aspect, since it derives from the spiritual.
This also applies to alternative and holistic ways of healing, like Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, Ayurveda, Reiki, I-acupuncture, massage techniques, njl.
All these Eastern doctrines, ubuchule, (ukuphilisa)iindlela, and physical exercises derive from the mind of the old carnal man, who have received their wisdom and knowledge through meditation and channeling with demonic spirits.
These doctrines and practices derive from Eastern religions and Eastern philosophies and are not part of the Kingdom of God.
These Eastern doctrines and practices are not written in the Bible (ILizwi likaThixo). Ngoko ke, the Church must reject these Eastern doctrines and practices.
God commanded His people; IBandla laKhe, to keep Imithetho yakhe and not engage with pagan religions, iintanda-bulumko, kunye nezenzo. All pagan religions, philosophies and practices originate from the kingdom of darkness (Owu. iEksodus 20:3, iDuteronomi 12:1-32, UYeremiya 10:1-5, 1 UYohane 5:3).
Many Christians have the mind of the world
Nangona kunjalo, the problem is that many people that call themselves Christians are carnal and have the mind of the world. They belong to the world and love the world and the things that are in the world. Ngoko ke, they don’t want to abstain from Eastern practices but they want to be partakers.
They don’t want to be different from the world, but they want to be partakers of the worldly trends. Kwaye, they found a way to approve Eastern practices and methods, namely by Christianizing these occult practices.
That way, they can live according to their will. They can say and do the same things as the world, without being accused in their mind, thinking they’re igciniwe.
But pouring a religious Christian sauces over the things of this world and Christianize pagan religions and practices, don’t change anything about the truth and the spiritual roots of Eastern traditional philosophies and Eastern practices.
You can deceive and fool unspiritual people and make them believe that Christian yoga, Tikva, Christian self-defense, Christian martial arts, Christian meditation, kwaye Christian mindfulness or christfulness exist and that there is nothing wrong with it and has many (impilo) benefits.
Nangona kunjalo, born again Christians, abangoonyana bakaThixo bona (oku kusebenza kuzo zombini iinkunzi nemazi) kwaye uhambe emva komoya, discern the spirits. Ngoko ke, they shall not be deceived and fooled by these lies of the devil. They shall remain faithful to Jesus Christ and not engage with the works of darkness.
Can you practice yoga only for the physical exercises?
Hayi, you can’t practice yoga only for the physical exercises. Although there are people that call themselves Christians that believe and say that you can separate the traditionally spiritual aspect from the physical exercise. They practice yoga only for the physical exercises and say that western yoga is harmless and not dangerous because it’s just stretching. Kodwa bubuxoki!
Inyaniso yile, that you can’t separate the physical practices of yoga from the traditional religious origin and spiritual source, since it originates from that spiritual source.
There is no difference between Eastern yoga and Western yoga or even Christian yoga. All types of yoga and all the yoga exercises derive from the same spiritual source.
All Eastern philosophies, iimfundiso, iindlela, and practices originated through inspiration from demonic spirits. Every yoga pose worships a hindu god that is in reality a demonic spirit.
Everyone that practices yoga are yoked together with the devil. No matter what your intentions are or what you believe. Every pose opens a door for a demonic spirit to enter your life. (Funda kwakhona: Ingozi yeyoga).
People that say that yoga is just physical and not spiritual and that you can separate the religious and spiritual aspects from the physical exercises, are liars. They don’t have the Spirit of God but the spirit of the world. They don’t belong to Jesus Christ but to the world.
Can you separate the philosophical and spiritual aspect from the combat techniques?
Hayi, awukwazi. There are people that don’t practice yoga, because they acknowledge that through meditation and the physical exercises you open your life for demonic spirits to enter. These people believe that you can’t separate the religious and spiritual aspect from the physical exercises. Okwangoku, they do practice martial arts and believe in the moral ethics of martial arts and/or promote self-defense that derives from martial arts.
Bathi, that you can’t separate the religious and spiritual aspects from the physical exercises of yoga, but that you can separate the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the physical combat techniques of martial arts and self-defense techniques. But this makes no sense at all!
Because if you can’t separate the religious and spiritual aspects of yoga and the effect in the spiritual realm from the methods and physical exercises, you can’t separate the philosophical and spiritual aspects of martial arts and the effects in the spiritual realm from the combat techniques and physical exercises.
Just like yoga, martial arts is a way of life.
Martial arts is a life philosophy, whereby the philosophy and practices are inextricably connected to each other. Therefore it’s impossible to separate them.
Buddhist monks developed martial arts through yoga, ukucamngca, and channeling with demonic spirits.
Every combat exercise derived through the inspiration of demonic spirits, who belong to the kingdom of darkness. (Funda kwakhona: The danger of martial arts).
Just like yoga has its origin in pagan religion, martial arts has its origin in pagan philosophy that belong to the kingdom of darkness. Their doctrines, ethics, and physical exercises diametrically oppose the Word of God (Ibhayibhile).
Eastern philosophies and practices deny the existence of God
Ubuchwepheshe bokulwa, yoga and all the other Eastern practices, deny the existence of God, UYESU khristu, noMoya oyiNgcwele. They deny that God is the UMdali of the heaven and the earth. They deny that Jesus is the living Word and Son of the Living God and they deny the Holy Spirit.
People can do everything by themselves and don’t need God.
The reason why church leaders are misled and succumb to Eastern philosophies and practices
Even church leaders are misled and succumbed to Eastern doctrines and pagan practices, because they are carnal and belong to the world. These church leaders believe in the philosophy of man and opinion of people that say that you can separate the religious, ifilosofi, and spiritual roots from the natural practice of meditation, ukuqonda, iyoga, or martial arts.
There are also church leaders that practiced meditation, iyoga, martial arts or any other in their former life, before their conversion.
Nangona kunjalo, instead of fully renouncing these occult practices and removed them from their lives, they have taken their occult knowledge and practices into the church.
Many church leaders started right but down the road, they succumbed under the pressure of carnal believers that have the mind of the world and/or because of their old love for Eastern religions, iintanda-bulumko, iyoga, and/or martial arts and have left the true faith and blended Eastern religions and Eastern philosophies with Christianity and adopted Eastern practices in the church.
Many church leaders blended the Word of God with Eastern philosophies and Eastern practices. They teach nutrition, ukucamngca, ukuqonda, iyoga, ubuchwepheshe bokulwa (including self-defense).
They use examples from Eastern philosophies and practices and/or their experience from their former life in their sermons, to clarify spiritual truths, whereby the hearers in the church are influenced and gain knowledge of these Eastern philosophies and occult practices and consider them as good and accepted by God.
Ke kaloku uMoya uthetha ngokucacileyo, ukuze ngamaxesha amva inxenye iya kumka elukholweni, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils
1 uTimoti 4:1
Demonic spirits pretend to be the Holy Spirit
As these church leaders opened themselves for pagan doctrines and practices, they’re inspired by demonic spirits masquerading as the Holy Spirit.
These church leaders receive special visions, izityhilelo, and prophecies that seem spiritual and divine, but are not from God. They come from man through the inspiration of demonic spirits and ensure that people become prideful and independent. They can do all things by themselves by saying the right words, and applying the right techniques and methods. (Funda kwakhona: Ukholo lobuchwephesha)..
Churches are turned into yoga classes and Dojo’s
Many churches are no longer houses of prayer, where Jesus Christ, ilizwi, is the Head and center and He and the Father are exalted and glorified and the spirit of man is fed. But many churches have become occult temples, where the flesh (umphefumlo nomzimba) is entertained, fed and nurtured, and Eastern philosophies, ukucamngca, mindfulness techniques, yoga and martial arts (including self-defense) are taught and practiced, and demonic powers are exalted and the devil is glorified
Nje ngeziphumo, many Christians have become lukewarm for Jesus Christ and hardly spend time with Jesus and the Father. They don’t study the Bible and don’t pray and fast. They have become indifferent towards sin and the lost. Ngenxa yoko, bona sinyamezele isono and people don’t repent of their sins and don’t become born again and therefore souls aren’t saved.
Many Christians say they believe, meanwhile they don’t live according to what the Word says but what the world says. Ngoko ke, many Christians don’t experience rest and peace in their lives and are not happy and satisfied. But they’re prideful, ukungaphumli, woyika, ixhala, edakumbile, edandathekile, lonely, nemvukelo, nomsindo, angonelisekanga, ukungaxoleli, and are pressed down by the problems and chaos in their daily lives.
Kuba liyeza ixesha lokuba bangayi kunyamezela imfundiso yesandi; Kodwa emva kokuba iinkanuko zabo baya kuzilahlela bona ootitshala, ukuba neendlebe; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, kwaye uya kuguqulwa abe ziintsomi
2 uTimoti 4:3-4
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