Hey everybody, Pastor Steven Anderson here from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona.
And this is the first in a series of short videos called Hindu Moments, where I will explain some
aspect of Hinduism and how it relates to the Bible. In this first video, I want to start
out just by defining the word yoga, which literally means union or yoking. Let me give
you the definition from dictionary.com. Definition number one, yoga, a school of Hindu
philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining
liberation from the material world and union of the self with the supreme being or ultimate
principle. Definition number two, any of the methods or disciplines prescribed, especially
a series of postures and breathing exercises practiced to achieve control of the body and
mind, tranquility, etc. Definition number three, union of the self with the supreme being or
ultimate principle. And then it goes on to explain that the word yoga comes from the
Sanskrit word meaning literally union or yoking with the supreme spirit. Well, here's what you
have to understand about Hinduism. The supreme spirit of Hinduism is not the God of the Bible.
If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to watch my film, The Truth About Hinduism,
which proves conclusively that the God of Hinduism is actually none other than Satan himself. It's
the devil. And so when you realize that yoga is by definition seeking to have union with the
devil or yoking up with the God of Hinduism, then you realize how demonic it really is. Let
me read for you what the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6 14. Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers? For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Now Belial is
the devil. Baal, Bel, Beelzebub, Belial, all throughout the Bible that term is used. And it
says, What concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an
infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the
living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them and walk in them, and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people. Wherefore, come out from among them and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you. So right here, the
Bible is telling us don't be yoked together with Belial. Don't be yoked together with
unbelievers. So number one, yoga is demonic because by very definition, it seeks to achieve union
or yoke up with the devil himself, the God of Hinduism, the supreme spirit of Hinduism. And
number two, even if you were to just go down to the yoga studio and say, Well, I have no
desire to yoke up with the devil or yoke up with the supreme being of Hinduism. I'm just
going down here just for the stretching and the breathing and the tranquility. Well,
here's the thing about that. The people that are around you in the yoga studio,
I'm certain that many of them have been influenced by these new age philosophies and
are seeking union with an unclean spirit. What they call the supreme spirit we know
is not Jesus Christ, is not the Holy Spirit. They are achieving that union or seeking
that union. And we're not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers or to be yoked with
this evil spirit. It would be sort of like if Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego got on their
knees and bowed down before that idol in Daniel chapter three, but they just said, Oh, well,
in my heart, I'm not really worshiping it. In my heart, I'm still worshiping the Lord. In
my heart, it's all about Jesus. Well, if we're going to a yoga place and getting in
these postures that are associated with worshiping false gods and idols of the Vedas,
then we're being unequally yoked together with unbelievers. And so we should abstain from yoga.
We should abstain from all appearance of evil. We should have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
You