It’s odd. Today on FR I’ve been called a liberal, a member of Black LIves Matter and a pagan (paraphrasing). It’s pretty pathetic when people who think they are smart or wise take one sentence and act as if they know me based on that sentence. Of course it’s even worse when one of them, despite warnings in The Bible NOT to do so, claim the authority to judge my soul.
Now in return, I won’t judge your soul. I don’t know anything about your soul. But I do know that you think far too highly of yourself and, based on your “sentence” believe God follows Sontagged.
The “don't judge!” meme spread amongst the church is about judging other people and/or brothers in Christ for DOING THE SAME THING WE OURSELVES DO.
Jesus’s admonition against judging has to do with judging hypocritically.
Jesus’s admonition about judging righteously or with discernment, if not the Holy Spirit gift of “discernment of spirits”— is what all believers are to exercise.
Modern Christians get this idea that we follow a ‘nice” greeting card Christ.
Jesus was never “nice”. (The Greek definition of “nice” by the way is about being a stupid pushover).
Did I jump on your words about yoga not being a big deal? Yes. If I was wrong, and you do completely understand the supernatural and spiritual ramifications of opening yourself up to evil entities, entities that Christ warned us about, then please forgive me. But I have seen too much supernatural weirdness in Christian circles not to try to counteract the idea that yoga is spiritually neutral.
In fact, I recommend anyone who has ever ignorantly engaged int this practice ask the Lord to reveal if there is any spiritual “clean up” or renouncing of the Enemy of our souls that they may have gotten into unwittingly.
And I'll pray it right now:
Dear Lord Jesus: if anyone reading this FR thread has unwittingly bowed the knee to any evil entity while practicing yoga, or somehow compromised their faith with this deceptive practice, based on the first commandment to love You with all our minds, bodies, souls and spirits, because You are a jealous God and You will have no other gods before You...
... then I pray the sweet conviction of the Holy Spirit on these people so that You might deliver them from evil. Lord, as Paul wrote, physical exercise is good, but spiritual exercise is way more important, and I pray for all those reading this thread that their faith in You is increased, encouraged and blessed with joy. Amen!
Don’t mind him, he thinks the world is flat.