We can be deceived by religion into believing we are spiritual. Many people in the world believe they are spiritual when they are not.
There are some people that are spiritual and are not religious. However, they are not involved with the Holy Spirit but deceiving spirits and are not aware of it. We are called upon to test every spirit!
I don’t think anyone will deliberately go to a deceiving spirit. It seems that this religious, spiritual thing can be very confusing. Am I to be religious or spiritual? I think the answer is simple. We are to be both!
Jesus said that we must be born again of the Spirit to enter the Kingdom of God. He also said that pure and undefiled religion was to take care of the orphans and the widows. We are to be spiritual and religious!
There are times when religion brings us to spirituality and times when spirituality brings us to care for our fellow man, to be religious. It appears that spirituality has to do with my relationship with God and religion has to do with my caring for man.
For the most part, we’d rather be a little religious, pay our tribute to God and go about our daily lives not worrying too much about spiritual things. The problem is, spiritual things are here in this world. They affect our lives, our circumstances, and our families in some powerful ways. The only way to deal with these spirit’s is to be spiritual; not only that but we must use spiritual authority and power. That only comes from God. By receiving Jesus Christ in our life and receiving spiritual power and authority through the Holy Spirit. There is no other way without being deceived and misled by some other spirit or religion that leaves you powerless with only an outward appearance of being religious and spiritual.
I am always telling people “We need Jesus in our lives for salvation because of the sin issue. Man has sinned and needs the redeeming work of the cross. We need the Holy Spirit and the authority that comes with Him if we are to become spiritually mature!”
Without the work of Jesus and the cross and the work of the Holy Spirit and His authority in our daily lives, we can never become the spiritually mature authority on this earth that He wants us to become.
We often get calls from Christian people that are telling us of problems in their homes. We pray on the phone and take authority over the spiritual attack. We often get a call back the next day; that everything has changed. When are Christian people going to wake up that we are in a spiritual battle with spiritual things on this earth?