Safe-guard Your Spiritual Worship Circuitry! God bless you! Amen.
It is very dangerous to call a fellow human being your "father in the Lord", "Papa", "Mama", "spiritual father", etc. (father, papa, mama - in the spiritual sense). When you do so, you may end up worshiping them and you may not be very conscious of this happening. A "personality cult" may develop around the person. You may start bowing down to and worshiping him or her - unconsciously. As a human being, you have a "WORSHIP CIRCUITRY" built into you. You are "fearfully and wonderfully made" - you are strong, intricate, delicate, superbly special and wonderful. There's a worship circuitry that connects you to the Paradise Father - directly!
If you are not careful, you may find yourself channeling that built-in worship circuitry to that man or woman you call your spiritual father/mother, Papa/Mama. That individual may end up taking the place of God in your life. That's a curse! That's very, very dangerous! Your eternity may be at stake! Your life on Earth may become messed up! This is no joke at all, beloved.
We are all brothers and sisters - children of God. Some of us are lost like "the prodigal son". Some of us are saved - salvaged sons and daughters of the Heavenly Father. You should love and honor those who teach you TRUTH but you must not worship them. Don't call them "father" or "mother". They are your brothers and sisters. Yes, they may be more spiritually matured. But this doesn't make them better than you in the sight of God. Learn to love everyone, including your enemies. Fear no one. Bow down to no one. God bless and keep you! Amen.
It is very important we understand why Jesus made this statement, "And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens." - Jesus, Matthew 23:9 Darby Bible Translation
So, how can you tell if someone else has taken authority over your "spiritual worship circuitry"? Here are some ways to know whether or not you have submitted your "worship circuitry" totally or partially to an individual, spirit, entity or being other than God the Father:
- If you fear that individual
- If you lose your composure in the presence of that individual
- If you stand in awe of that individual
- If you freak out in the presence of that individual
- If you consider yourself as little or nothing before that individual, spirit, entity or being...
The degree to which you do these things is directly proportional to the degree or level of the worship you give to that person. When you understand these things, you will see clearly that some people worship their Pastors, Politicians, Movie Stars, Music Stars, Sports Stars, etc...
If people understand what we are talking about here, they would see clearly the subtle and deft hand of Lucifer in the practice of calling their religious leaders, "fathers". For example in the Roman Catholic Church, Priests are called “fathers”. This disaster can also be seen in many Pentecostal Charismatic Churches today. As a result of calling them "fathers", millions upon millions of people from generation to generation unconsciously cede (partially or completely) their "worship circuitry" to these Priests/Pastors. In essence they were regarded as, "spiritual fathers". In Roman Catholicism for example, things got so bad to such an extent that even when some children told their parents that they were being sexually abused by some of these Priests, some of these parents could not even believe it. There were parents who could not even allow themselves to entertain the idea that this was possible. Some were so scared to even entertain such an idea let alone make bold to bring the matter up publicly. This is one of many, many terrible problems that may arise when you call or regard a human being as your spiritual father.
Here's a video of a Pastor calling his Senior Pastor, "his father" and adding that he wishes he could worship him because he is worshipable. That’s a very big problem right there. He may already be worshiping that man without being very conscious of it. You just need to watch for about 2 minutes (from 9:31 to 11:45): https://youtu.be/W3m55X_2eE0?t=9m27s
"And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens." - Jesus, Matthew 23:9 Darby Bible Translation
“While you should honor your rulers and reverence your teachers, you should call no man Father in the spiritual sense, for there is one who is your Father, even God..." - Jesus, The Urantia Book 175:1.10
Safe-guard Your Spiritual Worship Circuitry! God bless you! Amen.
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