I’ve been forcing myself to read more often, especially since my doctor asked me what books I’m reading, and all I had to answer was an obscure name of a book title that I forgot and could only remember by description. I read one book for an hour and opted to listen to an audiobook for my second reading while doing chores. The suggestion came to me on YouTube, “The Game of Life,” written in 1925. The description talked about spiritual laws and the comment section discussed Jesus. Sign me up! I love learning about the rules and order of God.
As I listened, I was disturbed. I initially told myself to be open-minded and have deeper faith. The book spoke to fear and self limiting beliefs, some things I am actively working against at this point of my life. I was intrigued, especially by the language, referring to God as Infinite Spirit, Infinite Wisdom, etc. I thought they must have some biblical reference. After all, the author was referring to Jesus and the Bible quite a bit. After further listening, I decided it was time for bed, and I felt this unease come over me. I felt the need to rebuke and renouce aspects of what I heard. A few concepts rang in my mind, and I couldn’t help but realize this was a new age doctrine disguised as Truth and Christianity. I finished the book today, and as I laid down, again, great unease came over me, and I repented for listening to that book.
The author discusses God as being a spirit that needs to be tapped into or activated to give us our heart’s desires and we must relinquish fear or we won’t get our desires or a warped version of them. This was concerning because I don’t know a Bible reference that says God is a spirit that is here to aid us in our desires. In fact, the Bible calls us to seek righteousness, and the Kingdom of God and all other things will be added to you (Matthew 6:33) . Instead, the Bible calls us to sacrifice our desires, putting God first. The Kingdom of God, while not explicitly stated, is almost always explained in tandem with the will of God. Everything about the Bible calls us to relinquish our desires in pursuit of honoring God. It doesn’t mean there aren’t Earthly blessings, but God is not a genie I need to activate.
On the note of genies, the book also stated to be specific with your prayer requests, or you never know what you’re going to get. The word of God says the Holy Spirit advocates for us when we don’t know what to pray (Romans 8:26). I don’t believe God will trick us or make us go through hardship because we violated a “spiritual law” and didn’t pray the right way when our hearts were pure.
The book also talks about karmic law and the law of attraction, two things which are anti-Biblical. The Bible says you reap what you sow (Galatians 6:7), which is not the same as Karma. Karma says you get back what you put out, and it follows you in your many lives. Karma says that if you are dealing with suffering in this life, you might have caused pain to others in a previous life. You reap what you sow says you are accountable for your actions in this one life you have. You will not come back and suffer in another life for being a thief in a previous life. The law of attraction, similar to karma, says you get what you put out there. If you are giving and loving, you will attract giving and loving people. This isn’t Biblical. It’s similar to saying that “if you are with a harmful person, what did you do to attract that person?” Probably nothing, harmful people look for victims, not their equal in toxicity. Evil is always lurking (Romans 7:21), and we have to be vigilant with the word of God against it.
If there is any game to life, it is that God’s blessings are hidden in seeking Him wholeheartedly, and guarding your heart means being vigilent and sensitive to the Holy Spirit when the Holy Spirit says no, or to look the other way. That’s it. Your life is an honorable sacrifice. Do God’s will for Your life, honor Him. That’s all.
There are so many other facets of the book I can tackle that go against the word of God, but new thought is the same as new age, and I’m surprised so many pastors are teaching these messages as Bible.
Sure, the Bible says life and death are in the power of the tongue, but this means to use hope because words can build or destroy, not that I am some magician who can make things happen. If I speak something and it happens, it’s because God granted me wisdom in that moment, and that’s all.
The last thing I want to touch on is that the author kept commenting that God sees us humans as perfect, which is untrue. If we are perfect to God, what, who, and why is Jesus? God created us in His image, but we need God. God is perfection, and the more I know Him, the more I see how imperfect I am. I don’t know how anyone can read the Bible and arrive at the conclusion that humans are seen as perfect by God. If we are perfect, why must we be reborn and adopted into a royal priesthood? Our flesh is so full of sin that we can’t take it to Heaven. We are so full of sin that if we saw God, we would die (Exodus 33:20).
I could go on for days, but wow, there are a few Christian pastors I am looking at with side eye now in a way I’ve never realized. For a second, I was going to believe but thank God for the Holy Spirit and discernment that rejects, rebukes, and renounces that book and every word that attempts to exalt itself against the knowledge of God.
In short, read the Bible, not that book.
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