Should CHRISTIANS do YOGA & MEDITATION? This might SHOCK YOU!

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hi everyone let's talk about yoga i received a lot of questions from you guys about yoga daniel should christians do yoga is yoga a sin can a demon come into me if i do yoga can i do yoga if i just stretch and think about jesus and what about meditation well this is gonna be a very interesting video because we are going to touch on a lot more than just yoga and it is extremely important that you watch the video all the way to the end to fully understand it let's not waste any more time let's get to it now just very quick if it's the first time that you're here on my channel my name is daniel and welcome to dlm christian lifestyle where we focus on biblical preaching if you haven't subscribed yet please consider it and also click that notification bell here so you won't miss any of the future videos now let's first talk about meditation you need to know that the bible actually says that we have to meditate on god's word but the meaning of meditation here is very different from other religions like buddhism and from well just how people use it today psalm 1 verse 2 says but his delight is in the law of the lord and on his law he meditates day and night and psalm 145 verse 5 says on the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wondrous works i will meditate now you need to understand that here and also in many other bible verses meditate just basically means to take some time and to carefully think about god and his word it does not mean to go sit somewhere to zone out and open yourself up to spiritual forces in the air meaning demons or to think about nothing god's word actually tells us the opposite to be sober minded 1 peter 5 8 says be sober minded be watchful your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour true biblical meditation is just you taking some time putting god first in your life above everything else you go somewhere where it's quiet and you spend time on god thinking about him his word talking to him reading scripture thoughtful concentration on god's word and prayer god wants a relationship with you so he wants you to spend time with him matthew 6 verse 6 says when you pray go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you if you're a true reborn christian you don't need to do something weird to try to connect with god you know sometimes people pray and then i feel like man god is not hearing me he's not answering my prayers and then they try certain things that the bible doesn't even talk about to try and force god to talk to them some people try mantras controlled breathing or strange relaxation techniques and a lot of people try yoga there's even christian yoga these days and it's actually very dangerous because most of these things come straight from eastern mysticism god does not want us to do the things that other people do to worship their gods fake gods or shall i say demons because we know behind every false idol false god is a demon remember one corinthians 10 verse 19 to 22 says what do i imply then that food offered to idols is anything or that an idol is anything no i imply that what pagan sacrifice they offer to demons and not to god i do not want you to be participants with demons you cannot drink the cup of the lord and the cup of demons you cannot partake of the table of the lord and the table of demons shall we provoke the lord to jealousy are we stronger than he so should christians do yoga is it okay well first you need to understand what real yoga is some christians in the west today they just see it as relaxing stretching exercises improving flexibility but real yoga teachers they know the philosophy behind it and they know is not just normal relaxing exercises they know the philosophy behind it yoga is around 5000 years old it started in india and was created to be a path to spiritual growth and enlightenment with the god brahman the word yoga actually means union and it points to the union between your temporary self the mind and the body with the infinite brahman god do you think that god will approve of it i personally think no so what is brahman exactly this god it is basically the spiritual impersonal hindu god it is one with energy everything around you everything that's been created they think is god and even though it's a spiritual god it does not want a personal relationship with you now we personally know that god is so much more than that he is not creation he created everything he's much more powerful than creation and he's a god of love god is love and he wants a personal relationship with you and yes he is spirit and he can only be worshiped in spirit and very important and truth john 4 24 says god is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth now some christians say it's fine to do yoga it's just stretching exercises that's all i want to do well if that was the case then why don't you do something like pilates because yoga prepares your body and mind for spiritual exercises and it is based on the belief that you and god are one the god brahman this is just basically self-worship and it is against god's word teaching you that you become part with god this god brahman with nature and to find your answers in life in this state of consciousness and we know that this is a lie they say it's to find unity with your divine self but we know that is not the truth the devil is the father of all lies truth can only be found in scripture from god's word jesus says in john 8 31 if you abide in my word you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free now even from what i've just explained to you there will still be some christians people who say they are christian and they will say ah it's fine i'll just do yoga just to stretch they still want to do it don't do it don't be naive it is dangerous it's just like saying you know i'm just gonna play the ouija board just for fun i don't really believe in it but i'm just gonna do it for fun well the demons are not going to see it that way you are playing with fire if you do yoga you take part in something that was created for another god false god and behind that false god is a demon deceiving people remember one corinthians 10 verse 19 to 20 says what do i imply then that food offered to idols is anything or that an idol is anything no i imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to god i do not want you to be participants with demons the brahman god is viewed as everything around you including you all of creation but we as true believers we don't worship creation we worship the creator that created everything and that sustains everything romans 1 22 says claiming to be wise they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal god for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things therefore god gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves because they exchanged the truth about god for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever amen remember everything you do should be done for god's glory and in faith 1 corinthians 10 31 says so whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do all to the glory of god if you do yoga with even just a little bit of doubt in your heart if you don't have peace from the holy spirit and you still continue and you do it it is sin romans 14 verse 23 says but whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats because the eating is not from faith for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin have you truly listened to some yoga teachers what do they teach you what do they do while you do yoga with them what do you think about their mantras while they do yoga and the many idols statues or pictures of them in some of their studios is this really god honoring as a believer whose mind body and soul is focused on being like christ to live holy is this right as a believer of christ you should stay away from all occultic new age practices and yoga is dangerous because it does open you up to receive psychic impressions don't play with this and don't seek after these things these spiritual experiences that god warns us about in scripture leviticus 20 verse 6 says if a person turns to mediums and necromancers whoring after them i will set my face against that person and i will cut him off from among his people and deuteronomy 18 verse 10 to 13 says they shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead for whoever does these things is an abomination to the lord and because of these abominations the lord your god is driving them out before you you shall be blameless before the lord your god listen very carefully this is very dangerous if you play around with these things occultic things new age things you're opening yourself up to demons to come into you ephesians 5 11 says take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness but instead expose them you know some people who practice yoga or their definition of meditation they do it to achieve spiritual awakening and to open in some cases their third eye or to awaken because they think it will let them experience the spiritual world the spiritual realm they think that it's a kind of doorway to all things psychic that's what they think the only forces that are in the spiritual realm is god his angels and the devil and his demons the fallen angels and they are in a war and so are you if you become a reborn christian there is nothing more than that a strange kind of reality or another kind of truth out there but the demons will try to let you think that there is they will deceive you if you open yourself up to the spiritual forces in the air demons can let you experience strange things but remember they are deceivers what you feel what you think you see is not the truth remember the devil is the father of lies john 8 verse 44 says he was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him when he lies he speaks out of his own character for he is a liar and the father of lies the devil and his demons they are powerful and they deceive millions of people in ancestor worship we have that here in south africa where people worship their ancestors they can let you think that you're actually speaking to your ancestors but is just a demon pretending to be your dead father or grandfather in buddhism they can let you experience enlightenment then we've heard of people doing astral projection and that's just two demons one with the person one somewhere else in the world and then they carry the information to each other you get it you think that you've been in america while you are sleeping but it's just that demon seeing what's happening and the next day when you wake up and you look at the news it actually happened but it's just a demon that carried that information from the one to the other demons can enter a person and do supernatural things in that person through that person like telling fortunes interpreting omens or talking to other demons letting the person think that he or she is talking to dead people there are many other things that we can talk about but one of the most dangerous things for the church these demons counterfeiting the work of the holy spirit in the church and they pretend they're very good they pretend to do the work of the holy spirit so they let people focus on them these supernatural things instead of the word of god living holy growing spiritually you know like the word of faith movement being drunk in the spirit slaying in the spirit disorder in the church and even prophecies 1 john 4 says beloved do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from god for many false prophets have gone out into the world some christians are just so focused on these spiritual experiences and they they just want to hear prophecies and they don't read they don't focus on god's word anymore the aim of the devil is to distract them to focus on all these experiences instead of focusing on god's word what he already revealed to us being led by the holy spirit to grow spiritually holy to grow in faith to become more and more like jesus christ many people today even here in south africa they claim to be prophets and they go just to prophesize over people people believe them they don't even test it and then many of it does not come true but if the prophecy was from god it won't be something vague it will be clear and it will come true every single time that is the example we see in scripture god says in isaiah 55 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth it shall not return to me empty but it shall accomplish that which i purpose and shall succeed in the thing for which i sent it and 2 peter 1 21 says for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man but men spoke from god as they were carried along by the holy spirit the prophecies in scripture they are clear and they always came true if you think that you have the gift of prophecy ask yourself this is your prophecies clear does it always come true if you did not then there's only two options you probably made it up or it comes from a counterfeit spirit because you did not test it have you ever tested the spirits like one john 4 tells you to it says beloved do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from god now please understand i'm not saying that the holy spirit does not speak to us today and lead us of course he does he does god speaks to us i've made a whole video about that a while ago that you can watch at the end of this video but you know i've watched a few people these prophets who give prophecies to people and then they feel so special to have this attitude of look at me i'm so special i know what god knows and i can tell you just turn to me you know it's like those people walking on the street corners or in the synagogues praying loudly so that everybody can see how great they are matthew 6 5 and when you pray you must not be like the hypocrites for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners that they may be seen by others truly i say to you they have received their award but when you pray go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you now again i'm not saying that god does not speak to us today if he does of course he does he speaks to us through the bible and through the holy spirit in us through both the rima and laga's word he leads us in specific situations and tells us what to do if we pray i just had to warn you about these type of people who have an ego problem in the church misleading a lot of people the prophecy is so vacant most of it does not even come true but people listen to it and they think it is god and then when the prophecy does not come true they're angry or sad why why didn't god do it i thought it's a prophecy but it was never from god in the first place i know of a woman who prophesized a lot in the church and people started to focus a lot more on her than on the preaching in the church and then she prophesied that the man would be healed would be healed from cancer and then he died a few weeks later imagine that the hurt she caused in that family i wonder how god would deal with those kind of people pretending to be prophets if you pray for a friend and god speaks to you you need to make sure that god spoke to you before you go and talk to that person and say hey god told me this you need to be sure that you tell people the truth this is not something that you should play with and this is not something new that's happening it happened a long time ago even in the old testament jeremiah 14 14 and the lord said to me the prophets are prophesying lies in my name i did not send them nor did i command them or speak to them they are prophesying to you a lying vision worthless divination and the deceit of their own minds now let me get back to yoga meditation opening up your third eye even buddhists they do yoga and meditation to achieve enlightenment demons can give them a great experience if they do it and then they deceive them they experience these feelings and enlightenment and then they think wow there's something there's something here about this philosophy this is very dangerous because you're opening yourself up to demons who will give you experiences letting you think that this is true reality and christians today are also deceived when they mix christianity god's word with new age teachings 1 timothy 4 1 says now the spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons teachings of demons and yes demons can come into you if you practice these things stay away from all things new age occultic things do you know that the new age basically believes god is everything pantheism all things are one monism man is god the old lie of the devil your mind creates reality your own experience validates the truth it sounds similar to some of the new teachings in a lot of churches today doesn't it that your mind creates reality this is disguised as the name it and claim it philosophy they say all you need to do is speak what you want into the spiritual realm speak it into existence if you do it god will make it happen no god is not a genie in a bottle you don't get wishes you are not god you don't tell god what he needs to do god tells you what you need to do of course you can ask him for things as his daughter as his son if you are a true reborn christian but you cannot command god what he should do he will decide if he wants to give you what you asked for and he will if it is according to his will remember he is god not you don't fall for that lie from satan that he started with adam and eve isaiah 44 6 says thus says the lord the king of israel and his redeemer the lord of hosts i am the first and i am the last besides me there is no god now let me just quickly talk about another reason why some people would want to do yoga and meditation they do it to find peace to relax to calm down if they're angry as well to find rest you know i've seen a guy who stayed with me in china and every time he had some anger issues but every time he got angry every time he had anxiety and he was stressed he would go and do yoga time and time again and you would say i just need to get i need to do some meditation and yoga and then he would do it over and over and over and over and actually over the three months that we stayed together he got worse and you know it just made me realize as a reborn christian i had christ i always had peace in me wherever i went because god is with me i didn't need to take time out to try and do some yoga or some meditation how wonderful is it to be a true christian in a living relationship with god almighty where he lives in you and you live in the spirit through the spirit that you are peaceful even in times of tribulation because you trust in him and he leads you forward as true christians we don't need yoga to find peace we already have it in christ you don't need to go sit in a room and hum and zone out jesus says in john 14 27 peace i live with you my peace i give to you not as the world gives do i give to you let not your hearts be troubled neither let them be afraid if you live in a true relationship with god then you have that peace that surpasses all understanding philippians 4 6 says do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to god and listen to this and the peace of god which your passes all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in christ jesus now the only times when you won't have 100 peace within you when you feel ah there's something between me and god that will be when there's sin you need to go and ask god to forgive you and you will and you'll feel that peace again you'll feel free open and you'll feel like you're in the relationship with god again in your relationship with him is restored and then you won't have 100 peace if you have not yet fully surrendered every aspect of your life to god if you want to know how to do that then watch this video here and i'll see you there and always remember god loves you and i love you too bye take my life and let it be consecrated lord to thee