Warnings for Christians

Opening Doorways to the Occult

Many people believe that they can play around the outer fringes of the occult and avoid being affected by it. That is not true. We must realize that using a health care provider's services that is completely unaware of the occult roots of their treatments doesn't mean you and I are unaware of them. For example, if you see a Christian chiropractor who doesn't understand the occult connection of chiropractics with its occult origins in Traditional Chinese Medicine, doesn't mean that participating in treatments may not open up the door to the occult in our lives.

I Thessalonians 5:22 tells us that Christians must, "Abstain from all appearance of evil." In 1 Peter 5:8 Scripture also warns us, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour".

One of the great principles found in the New Testament about removing ourselves from any hint of sinful influence is found in 1 Corinthians 6:17. Here, the apostle Paul commands us, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you".
 

Sadly, many Christians fail to pay attention to the Bible's explicit instruction to avoid the spiritual dangers involved in alternative medicine. Often, this results in "giving Satan a foothold" in our lives and opening an unwanted door to the occult. We need to remember, the occult, in any form, is something to be taken very seriously.

Sometimes even Christians will tell you that alternative therapies are just another way to feel better. That is a lie and we must recognize it as such. 2 John 1:7 warns us it plainly, " For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an Antichrist".

Even seemingly "innocent" looking alternative therapies may look harmless in themselves, but the Bible says they are "guilty" of allowing Satan to not only invade medicine, but opens pathways to his influence in our lives as well.