The meaning of shalom

The Truth About YOGA
by James Issa

BETH CHAI MINISTRIES

House of Life

Shalom Mispochah, Today I’d like to discuss the prevalence of Yoga classes throughout the Fitness Training Centers, Park Districts,
and Sports Arena’s. Yoga has its origin in Hinduism and Buddhism. Without Yoga, there’s no Hinduism and Buddhism and without
Buddhism and Hinduism there’s no Yoga. Through Yoga, people attempt to “clear” their minds and enter into a realm where they have
no more control of their mind. This is done through Transcendental Meditation-TM. These Eastern Religions are rooted in Satanic
Worship and Demons. They influenced musicians such as the Beatles, and Rolling Stones, who turned scores of young people into
rebellion against their parents. This is a religion which worships “gurus” human beings that people elevate into gods. In practicing any
form of Yoga, whether Hatha Yoga or other forms of Yoga, a person is opening himself/herself to the possession of their souls-mind,
will, emotions to a demonic force. This is where channeling spirits come in and takes over your personality. They now have possession
of your mind and tell you things now, which you believe is coming from you but it is another person speaking through you. This is
what happens with psychics.

The psychic has a spirit that possesses them and tells them things about the person who has subjected themselves under their control.
When you see a psychic, you are subjecting yourself to the authority of the psychic and so that psychic can tell you things, partial truth
to deceive you and eventually cause you harm and evil. Depriving you of the presence of God. You cannot say that in India, Hinduism
is the worship of idols, but here in America, it is repackaged form, there’s no effect. That is where you are mistaken. It is a respectable
looking demon here in America, but it is a demon and it will affect areas of your life with a purpose to steal, kill and destroy you.
Most of those who teach these classes, have gone deeper into the religion than yourself, and are soul winners of these demonic spirits.
Think about it. Within Yoga, is Hare Krishna, Sai Baba, New Age, Transcendental Meditation, Psychics, Palm Reading, Fortune Telling,
Astrology, Crystal glass, etc.

The so called “peace” that this Yoga is supposed to give you is rather enslavement. Because when you think your mind is full, you
attempt to empty it by Yoga. However, your mind is not empty. The only way to achieve true and lasting peace “in every area of your
life is through Jesus.” Jesus came into the World not only to save sinners, but to destroy the power of Satan-1st John 3:17.

Satan likes to attract children. You see if you can twist the mind of someone while they are young, then he can lead them to serve him
and believe in what his teaching. That's why it is essential to teach children at a young age. Satanists believe that too. So they began
with games such as Pokie Man, Harry Porter series, Ouichi Boards, Teletubbies(homosexuality), Dungeons and Dragons(dragons is
another name for Satan-see Revelations12:9). So now, they even have “itsy bitsy yoga.” Get it to them young. So after the Harry Porter
series, children began to have nightmares and it is the number one book that Parents have called to complain about. Children began to
be fascinated with magic, witches and witchcraft. There’s nothing like “innocent fun.” because Satan who wants to destroy their soul-
John 10:10. But that “fun” will turn out to be a “curse.” Children go to Fairs and allow Fortune-Tellers to tell their future. You can even
find them at events like “The Taste of Chicago.” Please flee these things.

Check your children’s books, toys. Do they have demonic tones? Destroy them if they do. You do not want any demonic influence
around you. Please note that anything you subject yourself to is your master. If you subject yourself to God, he’s your master. If you
subject yourself to the Devil, he is your master. Attending Yoga classes, is like going for a prayer meeting or reading your bible in the
morning. The more you meditate, the deeper you want to go, the deeper you want to get into the supernatural. Please note that any
attempt to get into the supernatural outside of Jesus is opening yourself to the attacks of Satan on you and your family into the third and
fourth generations-Exodus 20:5.
Satan only wants one thing from you and wont mind giving you his world including fame and wealth his way, provided he can get one
thing back-Your Soul. He made that offer to Jesus in Matthew 4:8-10, and he rejected it. He made that offer to Adam and Eve-Genesis
3:5, and they took it and death, pain and suffering came upon the earth. He still makes that offer to people today. He tells them the same
lie he told Adam and Eve: “You will be like God.” Yoga, New Age and all other occult teachings try to teach you that you can master
your mind. You can be a Buddha, enlightened, know something special. This is also what Masonry teaches. The word “occult” means
“hidden.” So only few of you know it, this is nothing but one of the branches of the Devil to attempt to deceive people under his
authority and control.
His ultimate aim is to steal the persons peace. And the peace he thought he/she was getting from yoga, will kill them physically and
destroy them eternally in hell. There’s only one God, and he hates all practitioners of the occult-1st Timothy 2:5, Deuteronomy 6:4.
So please run away from Yoga mats, books and videos, because before long, a voice will begin to speak into your mind, and that is not
the voice of God. Anything that can speak is a person, so take heed what you hear-Mark 4:24.
The mark of a person is the ability to speak. Even in movies we sometimes see two persons on different shoulders, one a good angel,
the other the devil, and they are both speaking into the conscience of the person and it is up to the person to make a choice. So whose
voice are you listening to? God or the Devil? When you enter into Yoga, you are tuned on the devil’s channel. God gives his warnings
about the occults, including Masons. Deuteronomy 18:10-11: “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire(human sacrifice to Molech), or that useth divination(types of magic), or an observer of times
(astrology), or an enchanter(casting of spells), or a witch or sorcerer (practicing of spells and occult magic); or a charmer, or a
consulter with familiar spirits(a medium through whom demonic spirits speak), or a wizard(practices occult magic), or a necromancer
(one who alleges to call the dead(these are actually the demons pretending to be the dead).

Psalm 115:17, says the dead do not praise God. Their time is over, what awaits them is eternal judgment. In Psalm 31:12, David says
“he’s forgotten as a dead man out of mind.” In verse 17, he says the dead are silent. Yes many have died, how many of them are in the
minds of those living today. So do not believe that the Devil can bring someone dead back to life as portrayed in Whoppi Goldberg's
movie-“Ghost.” The dead have no knowledge of what is going on in this life and have no influence on it. Yes their good examples are
emulated by people, but they cannot come and pull you out of a situation. The only person who can do this is Jesus. Hebrews 9:27,
says “It is appointed unto Men to die and after death is the judgment.”

What Satan does is give a little of the truth so he can deceive you. He's able to first do this, because by participating in a psychic
reading or Ouija boards, crystal ball etc, you have yielded yourself to him, so he can, through the occult, know something about you.
But that is where it ends. The rest are lies, lies, lies, until he finally destroys you. He also prevents you from knowing the truth and
becoming completely free. So when Christians invite you to a Bible study or deliverance service, Satan puts several obstacles or worldly
reasons in your mind to prevent you from seeking the most important thing you have-Your Soul. In John 8:44, Jesus stresses
categorically that “Satan” and “liars” are synonymous words: “…the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning and abode not in the truth, because there’s no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own nature, for he is a liar
and the father of lying.” Other scriptures on the occult are: Leviticus 19:26, 31, (verse 28 speaks against tattooing your body)
Revelations 21:8.

Jesus’ death and resurrection is what gives you victory over the natural will, emotions and intellect that we inherited from Adam and
Eve. In Leviticus 17:10, God says the “Soul of the flesh is in the blood … and it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.” In
Ezekiel 18:4,20, says “the soul that sinneth shall die.” So how do you preserve your soul? Jesus said what shall it profit you, if you gain
the whole world and lose your soul, or what can you trade for your soul? The answer is in Isaiah 53:10, where God says he’s made
Jesus soul an offering for guilt. “When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin…”
So the natural soul has been atoned for through Jesus, and he has taken that natural will, emotions and intellect from us and given us a
spiritual one. In other words, after we are born from above, we say “not my will, but the will of God” “not how I feel, but what the
Word of God says” “not what I think, but what God’s Word thinks.” From that day on, our soul is led by the Spirit of God and his
Word. It will direct our thinking, emotions and actions. It doesn't mean that the evil nature is gone for good. No, it means it has been
neutralized, made ineffective, innocuous. Romans 6:6, refers to the old soulish nature as “the Old Man.” It says that the old nature was
crucified with Christ on the Cross-Jesus being made an atonement for our soul. From then on we put on “the New Man”-
Ephesians 3:10.

Romans 8:7, says that our natural mind, obtained from Adam and Eve, HATES GOD-“Because the soulish mind, is an enemy of God
and it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” This means don’t’ think, you will naturally be good and kind or loving
and sweet Christian, . No, you will be the opposite. You will see yourself becoming worse and worse, naturally degenerating from
good to bad. As we get age, we will naturally degenerate, just like an apple naturally degenerates from a beautiful fruit to a decaying and
worm infested fruit. 1st Corinthians 2:14, says “But the soulish man(a person operating by his soul-mind, will, emotions) CANNOT
RECEIVE, the things of the Spirit of God, for THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS to him, neither can he know them because they are
spiritually discerned.” So if you operating in the area of your natural soul, you CANNOT RECEIVE GOD OR THE THINGS OF GOD.
This is what Yoga and New Age religions are trying to do. It cannot work. Jude 19, says people who walk in lusts-self-indulgence, are
people who operate according to their souls. They do not have the Spirit of God.

James 3:15, says the wisdom of such people degenerates from earthly, to the soul to the demonic. That is exactly what Yoga does, it
begins like an earthly exercise, but then it affects your soul and leads to the demonic. Please flee while you have the time. Jesus says in
John 10:10, (a popular passage in the Bible) that Satan comes to do three things to those who open themselves to him: “Steal, Kill and
Destroy.” He comes to steal your joy, peace, spouse; to kill you if you allow him, and destroy you eternally, by eternal separation from
God, by getting you into the Lake of Fire-Revelations 21:8-lists (sorcerers as among the group of eight going into the Lake of Fire. See
also Revelations 20:10, and 15.)
There’s nothing wrong with exercises, you can exercise without practicing Yoga. The better exercise is spiritual exercise: such as
fasting. 1st Timothy says 4:8, says “bodily exercise provides little benefit, but godliness benefits unto all things, having promise of the
life now is and of that which is to come.” This means spiritual exercises, unlike physical one which just benefits you now, not only
benefits you physically now, but spiritually for eternity, because it aids you in eternal issues. Eternal issues are the most important.

For more information in this study, please see Derek Prince-Deliverance and Demonology and Gods of the New Age. You can watch
this movie now on our webpage under Avid Cohen. Please contact us or send us a note even anonymously if you have a question or
need help. Our Power is the Blood of Jesus-Revelations 12:10.

Shalom.