ALL of God's Power comes through His Son by means of His Holy Spirit.
Inanimate objects have NO POWER AT ALL, demonic or otherwise--beyond what misguided human beings falsly attribute to them.
To pretend they do have any power is to make them an idol which is a serious sin.
Period.
ephraim
Where do you get that ALL of Gods power comes through His son? I have never heard such a thing! So before Jesus God had no power....hhmm
NO!What about the cross? is that not idol worship?
YES!What about the bible? does that have power? hhmmm...
Why cant the positive power of the Crystal be from God? After all I have posted the verse from Revelations that mentions the Glory of God as individual Crystals mentioned by name. It is His creation - it is in His power.
Oh, definitely!!AutumnSnow said:When you are convinced of their powers, and it will not take long if you use them for any length of time, you start to form a connection to it.
Given that they have no power--beyond what misguided individuals naively ascribe to them--they are no help, but rather a great hinderance in that they distract us from connecting and utilizing the REAL source of Spiritual Power in the Universe--God through His Holy Spirit. WE NEED NO TOOLS TO HELP US MEDITATE ON GOD AND HIS WORD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO US TO AID US IN DOING. Thinking an inanimate object like a crystal can be a connecting tool to God's Spiritual reality is a satanic delusion--#1. The crystal has no such power; #2. No tool beyond an open, cleansed, and prayerful heart is needed in the first place.The question comes down to, if they have "power" why can they not be used as tools to help us meditate on God and His Word.
Satan and his minions are defeated and powerless just as darkness is powerless against the light. Perhaps, as someone--J.B. Phillips, i think--once observed, "YOUR GOD IS TOO SMALL."Saying that nothing has power except through the Holy Spirit is said in ignorance. I've witnessed things first hand, and the things you claim are "powerless" are powerful and are used every day against God's kingdom and just because you say or believe they do not have power and dont take them serious, then that is your misguidance.
I will pray for you Ephraim, and your obvious anger issues...may Jesus soften your hardened heart - Peace, love, and the grace of God be with you.
Thats the last I will say on the matter - even Jesus knew when to stop talking when it came to extreme religious people...
How offensive... I would like to think more of you ephraim, provided you are my brother in Christ. Bro, I love you despite your beliefs and I am not going to step down the road of throwing condemnation at you.
All I have to say is, you may want to question your attitude and also how you are bolding everything and think about how it will make us feel. You think that being "high and mighty" and treating us like we did not even deserve your advice be effective for us? The idea is humble advice, not condemnation. Like I said earlier. And think about how our Lord would go about this. Knowing Christ and my relationship with Him, He has never once come off like you have tonight.
If I am wrong, then please pray for me. Pray for the Lords guidance on my heart, as I am doing for you now, brother.
God Bless
I respect that. Just keep in mind that I'm looking into this with lots of prayer. So far I do not believe He has asked me to stop, He may later. For all I know this may lead me to a group of people that really need Christ. That's what I am thinking about in the long run.
In truth i do thank you for your prayers, but i just can't get around the ungodly nature of your crystal fixation. Like any heresy, it needs to be refuted. Hopefully, i have attempted to do so with a little humor.
MAY YOU BE BLESSED,
ephraim
I work with essential oils. I love them, got familiar with them, and have faith in GOD for their healing attributes. God created everything ..yes. But satan will take it and twist it, fer sure.
God created things for our purpose. For healing, such as oils. Biblically, He wants our MINDS and HEARTS and SPIRITS entrusted and focused on HIM. If you look to crystals for power, that focus isnt where it should be.
God bless
I also use natural herbal products for various physical complaints and I praise God for them as I no longer have to take synthetic prescribed medicines. This is along similar lines of what you are saying about the oils, I actually have a couple of those too.
Now I don't look at these things in no other way than a natural medication that God directed and led me to use.
Now if I light sage brush leaves and waft it through my house chanting some weired prayer believing it has some kind of spiritual cleansing effect. (pagan ritual) This then would be an example of how satan can use something God created and deceive us into believing the object has the power and by praying to it, with it, relying on it etc...offers spiritual protection or healing etc....
And I just think people need to be very careful about having that mindset, 'Oh it's natural, God created it and so it must be ok' mentality.
Hey we may aswell say God created the grapes that makes the wine so go ahead and drink till your hearts content. Marijuana is natural, God created it, hey go ahead and indulge in that too.
There are balances to be had, lines not to be crossed.
And I think this can apply to the whole chrystal and gemstone view aswell. Definitely caution is needed.
Proverbs 3:7-8 "Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones."
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