Oprah On Spirituality

If you watch Oprah, then you know that she is doing a series on "How to Live Your Best Life." Yesterday she focused on her - (this is a quote) "favorite subject - spirituality." Oprah has previously said that she grew up a Southern Baptist - she went to church every Sunday, Wednesday night and even sang in the choir. But around the age of 24 she had a "spiritual awakening" where she began to question organized religion.

From there she became a seeker - and through the years she has arrived at this panel of people - who are her "spiritual teachers." I listened to her "world simulcast web classroom" last night to get clarity on where Oprah is trying to lead her millions of viewers. If you are confused as to what Oprah believes (she portrays herself as a Christian at times)- let me warn you that most of her panel is Unitarian. They believe all religions lead to the same path. They do not take the Bible literally and they have no creeds.

Oprah said on her simulcast that she no longer prays to the "Heavenly Father" but she has evolved spiritually and prays to "all that is God." And when she prays she believes the "universe answers you". That's not very reassuring in my assessment! Then Oprah had a famous A-ha moment - and brace yourself for the reinvention of God's holy word. One of her "spiritual teachers" said this direct quote..."the Bible is not God's holy word - but it's the inspired word of man about God." Oprah said - "I just had an A-ha moment - say that again!"

Nope Oprah - your spiritual teacher is wrong!!! 2 Timothy 3:16 says "All scripture is God breathed" and 2 Peter 1:20 and 21 says "No scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." The Bible IS the Holy word OF God not man!

Then her panel said something that boggles my mind - they said " we are all seekers not finders, we do not know the answers." I thought - "so why are people following them?" Then they said, "Old school religion has church as it's authority, -but new school religion lets you be the authority. You are in control of your spirituality emerging. Obey your inner voices" Then Oprah said "My goal this year is to have a closer walk with me."

I hope you are seeing the flaws in all of this psychology - but in case you don't, God says in Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things". And in Noah's times - people decided to let their hearts be their own authority and in Genesis 6:5 it says "The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time." They followed their hearts and ended up with the great flood!

We do not want to follow our own heart - it is inclined to evil! It will deceive us and take us away from God rather than to him if we choose to listen to it. We must let God be our authority and submit our hearts to him for both salvation and spiritual growth.

Also, her panel continually judged organized religion for being too judgemental - that itself was an oxymoron! I guess it's okay for them to judge, just not others - I sensed elitism.

I will close this blog which is getting too lengthy - by saying that Oprah said her "show is her ministry" and that is why she has changed her show. But Oprah is deceiving her audience - there is no hope offered from this fake spirituality. A woman called in who had recently lost her job, house, and mother and asked where she could find hope and her "wise" panel answered "pull on your inner power." That fell flat with me and the lady who asked the question. Basically, if you believe what Oprah does - you are all alone in this world. You are God - you are your own authority and own power. And you are left to seek forever answers to your purpose in life. Pray for Oprah that her eyes would be opened to the truth of God's word.

"There will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them - bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways." 2 Peter 2:1,2.

You are not alone - Walk with the King!

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