Voices, Noise and Spiritually Estranged

Garth Heckman The David Alliance [email protected]    Mark 7:13 13 And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.” Colossians 2:8 8 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. 9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. If you become captured by empty philosophies bad things happen?  Notice the way this verse states it… you allow yourself to get captured. How… you quit staying vigilant - you quit seeking the voice of God. You fail to realize that the best way an enemy captures you is not with Bombs and bullets but by voices of compromise.  When you listen to compromising voices what happens?  Fosters Complacency: Relying on the voices in your circle - be it social media, politicians, friends… etc…  erodes motivation to increase in intimacy.  Hinders Personal Growth: It traps people in comfort zones - what do I mean? One of the keys of knowing Gods voice is that it grows in clarity, focus and detail. But we don’t need to grow or act as disciples if we choose the voices outside of the Holy Spirit. Damages your soul with a lack of joy from obedience, testimonies and will ultimately produce a spirit of comparison that will rob you further. Now if it is you that is canceling the word of God you are doing so at the peril of practicing idolatry. You have set yourselves up as God.