Table of Contents:

Introduction

So what even is acupuncture?

So what is Taoism?

What about the “Tao”?

What about yin and yang?

So, how did Taoist create acupuncture?

What about acupuncture and acupressure?

Testimony from ex-acupuncturist

Conclusion

Have you ever wondered if acupuncture is Biblical? Or if it is a safe and effective treatment for anyone to receive? Over the recent century, it has found more popularity and “success” in Western Medicine and has been practiced in China for thousands of years — but does that make it a safe practice? Is it something that God would approve of? (Please read all the way to the end, as the testimony shared by an ex- acupuncturist is life changing – I pray you are blessed!)

I say all of what you are about to read below with grace and so much love.  By God’s grace; He has put me in the position to share what I have learned in hopes that it will encourage you to seek the ways of Jesus and help to shed light on this specific modality.  🙂

Introduction: 

The choices we make will either fall in line with God’s Word and the laws of nature or they will go contrary to God’s divine guidance and we will be following satan’s path. “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24) And we see in John 17:17, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”  

When making any decision, we must test every thought and option against the Word of God.  1 John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”  We must not let what thousands of years of Chinese history and many “success” stories determine if something is worthy of our time and acceptable in the Lord’s eyes.  We must not let physical healing, how kind someone is, how successful a doctor/practitioner may seem; good feelings, emotions or miracles determine if we should ourselves partake in a specific practice or belief.

Miracles and good results alone should not determine if a practitioner’s specialty is something we should receive, nor should it determine if someone is to be trusted or believed; for Satan himself performs many miracles.  If you read in some of my earlier posts, many received relief from the work I was doing, but the work I was doing was in opposition to God and was powered through Satan. (God also gives us many examples in Scriptures of Satan’s ability to replicate and perform certain miracles but only to a certain point and as God allows). And in the very near future, Satan is going to counterfeit Jesus’ second coming; he will be performing many miracles, and our only way of discerning if these miracles are indeed of God or Satan will be by the Word of God. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” (Isaiah 8:20)  No matter the miracles performed, if they are in disobedience to the Lord or are walking in a way contrary to what Scripture says, we are not to believe them no matter the miracles performed.  Link 

For we know that according to 1 John 3:4, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”  Someone that professes to know the Lord, but willingly disobeys His commandments is working iniquity. (Take the Seventh day Sabbath for example – God’s fourth commandment – which is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown and not Sunday). This excludes those that are in true ignorance and love the Lord as best as they can, according to the light they have been given.  In perfect timing, when the Lord deems best they will have the Scriptures expounded onto them more perfectly, as Aquila and Priscilla had unto Apollos, “expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.”  Acts 18: 24- 26, “And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. (25) This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. (26) And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.”  

There are even many well known and self proclaimed faith healers today (take Benny Hinn for example), many practitioners that pray or say in the name of Jesus they are doing the work that they do, and many that profess to be Christians, but what is their fruit? What are the roots of the modality?  Does it fall in line with Scripture?

So what even is acupuncture? 

“Acupuncture is a treatment that uses very thin steel needles inserted into the skin to stimulate specific points in the body. The goal is to relieve a health condition or symptom, such as pain. The practice comes from traditional Chinese medicine. Scientific studies have confirmed its effectiveness for some conditions.” https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/4767-acupuncture

 “Acupuncture is part of the ancient practice of Traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe the human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points connected by pathways or meridians. These pathways create an energy flow (Qi, pronounced “chee”) through the body that is responsible for overall health. Disruption of the energy flow can cause disease. By applying acupuncture to certain points, it is thought to improve the flow of Qi, thereby improving health.” https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/acupuncture

When pressure (acupressure), needles or moxibustion (the burning of mugwort leaves on or near the surface of the skin) are applied to those specific acupoints and areas throughout the body; it is believed that yin and yang is balanced and proper flow of Qi can once again be restored, therefore healing and restoration can be brought back into the body.  

May sound pretty harmless, right? Well…

Behind every therapy and modality, just as with any holiday, festival, and tradition there are roots of where or how that therapy or tradition came to be.  When looking specifically into the roots of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), we find that Taoism (pronounced and sometimes spelt as Daoism) and TCM go hand and hand.  They cannot be separated, for it is within the practice of Taoism that such modalities like acupuncture came to be and are practiced today. 

“Just as Western medicine has been heavily influenced by European philosophy, it makes perfect sense that Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on the Ancient Chinese religion of Taoism. In order to properly understand Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is necessary to understand Taoism.” https://www.amcollege.edu/blog/taoism-and-traditional-chinese-medicine

Keep in mind; acupuncture points are not the same as trigger points.  While acupuncture points are found along different “meridians” or “channels” that run throughout the body, and are based on Eastern religion philosophy.  Trigger points are simply structural and based on the anatomy and philosophy of the muscular system; these points are found in the muscle tissue or fascia where injury or overuse of a group of muscles/muscle has occurred causing tightness, tenderness and sometimes pain in a certain area.  Trigger points are not based in any religion or Chinese medicine.

So what is Taoism?

“Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is a religion and a philosophy from ancient China that has influenced folk and national belief. Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao, or the universe. Taoists believe in spiritual immortality, where the spirit of the body joins the universe after death.” https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/taoism/ 

“Taoism [is] the way of man’s cooperation with the course or trend of the natural world, whose principles we discover in the flow patterns of water, gas, an fire, which are subsequently memorialized or sculptured in those of stone and wood, and, later, in many forms of human art. (From Tao: The Watercourse Way). The specificity of this way of life is the need to adapt to the tendencies of nature. But this approach is not a mere return to Mother Nature so familiar to our New Age ideology. Rather it is a wisdom acquired by simply observing the flow of the natural world.” https://www.taopage.org/taoism.html 

“The Taoists were most interested in discovering “the primordial qi:” the energy source from where all life comes from. As a spiritual philosophy, the Taoists focused on the source of life, coming from a chaotic “oneness,” sort of similar to the “Big Bang Theory” in Physics. From this “oneness,” which they called the “Tao,” came differentiation and opposites: male and female, light and dark, substance and non-substance: “Yin and Yang.” From the interaction of Yin and Yang, all phenomenon are born. Chinese Medicine, as created by the Taoists, focuses on this aspect of reality: the “Qi,” or energy that creates and sustains life.” Source 

“In the beginning, there was an endless void, known as Wu Chi, or Tao. The Tao is a universal energy, from which all things emanate. (2) From this vast cosmic universe, from Tao, the One emerges. (3) As the One manifests in the world, it divides into two: the Yin and the Yang, complementary conditions of action (Yang) and inaction (Yin). This stage represents the emergence of duality/polarity out of the Unity of Tao. The “dance”–the continual transformations–of Yin and Yang fuels the flow of qi (chi) In Taoist cosmology, Qi is in constant transformation between its condensed material state and its dilute energetic state.”https://www.learnreligions.com/taoist-cosmology-3182590

 

Taoists believe that the misbalance of yin and yang in the body, blocks “Qi” or “life energy” to properly flow therefore causing sickness and disease.  It is believed that through various religious practices and treatments like acupuncture (other practices also includes martial arts, yoga, and meditation – scary demonic practice of emptying of the mind), proper balance of yin and yang can be achieved, which in turn helps someone “achieve immortality” by being in proper balance with the “Tao” and nature. There are varying beliefs within Taoism of what achieving immortality looks like, whether by worshipping many gods, becoming gods themselves, or simply becoming part of earth by living in nature; the plants, trees, or flowers in spirit forever…whatever variation of belief it may be, it seems to be that across the board no matter the slight differences, all Taoists strive to find balance and harmony with existence and nature. And it is within the beliefs of Taoism that such modalities as acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine were created in the first place, but what does Scripture say? What does the Christian believe? Do they strive to be in balance with nature and depend on their own abilities to achieve immortality? 

Contrary to “Qi” or “life energy”, scripture tells us that it was God Himself that gave us life and breath. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7)  There is a big misconception that our body and our soul are two separate things, but as we read in the verse above, it is dust plus breath from God that equals a living soul.  We are all living souls.  And just as God gave us life, it is God that determines our time to die (or go to the grave) and when we die, our breath will return unto God and we will return to dust just as we came into this world. Genesis 3: 19, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” 

James 2:26, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith with out works is dead also.”

God also tells us that many precious souls would worship nature over Him who created everything seen and unseen, including His beautiful creation. Romans 1:20-25, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

Rather than striving to be one with Nature or the “Tao” to achieve immortality now and for some in the afterlife as well, Christians understand that there is nothing of themselves or their own abilities that can give them life eternal or immortality.  Rather it is through the merits and righteousness of Jesus Christ that we are worthy of eternal life; His shed blood on Calvary and leading captivity captive when He rose again on the third day defeating death itself.  It is Christ and His righteousness that guides us and creates in us good works onto salvation. Praise His Name! Ephesians 2:8-10, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” 

 Titus 2:14, “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” 

Titus 3: 3-7, “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (4) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (6) Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (7) That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”      

What about the “Tao”? 

Hmm interesting how they started one the quotes with, “In the beginning…” sound familiar? Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Taoists believe that everything we see today was created through a chaotic “oneness,” which is similar to the “Big Bang Theory…” which is evolution, as we know it today. 

While the Bible believing Christian believes that the Word of God is truth and every aspect of their life is determined by it. The Taoist believes that the “Tao” is the “divine or correct way” while Christians believe what Jesus said in, John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” 

We also understand that this universe, world, man and beast were not created merely by chance.  It is by the divine and inspired Scriptures that we learn that in the beginning of creation, God created life and all things in 6 days and on the 7^th day He rested, and sanctified and hallowed the 7^th day.   Exodus 20:11, “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” 

God created man in His image with purpose and careful thought. Isaiah 43:7, “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.”  Evolution and Taoism sadly make people to be just a bag of molecules created by accident, with no purpose and hope.

The earth as we see it today wasn’t always like this, in the Garden of Eden before sin entered in everything was perfect; there wasn’t any violence, death, abuse, corruption, poor health, GMO foods, etc.  Man was living in perfect harmony with God, with praise and thanks in their heart to their Creator.  God didn’t create man to die, but to live in eternal peace with God forever…it wasn’t until Adam and Eve, the first parents of humanity broke the Creator’s law (1 John 3:4) when tempted by Satan and because of their sin; death, disease, sadness, and famine entered into the picture. 

This also meant that the whole human race would now be born into a sin fallen world. This was his (Satan’s) plan all along; Satan knew that if he could get God’s creation to willingly disobey God, (and this still applies to today) God’s children would also receive the just punishment of death and perish just like Satan and his angels. Just as Satan hoped.  Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death;…”

Just as when you break the law of the land, you must pay a cost.  For example, if you break the speed limit, the cost is a speeding ticket.  If you commit a crime, depending on the crime; it costs a payment of money and/or jail time.  This is a heavenly truth made manifest on earth. Just as we have a set of laws and rules to follow in the US, the Creator of the Universe also has a set of laws in which we are to follow.  This being the 10 commandments. And rightly so, there is a just punishment and consequence of breaking God’s Law as well…which we read in in Romans 6:23 is death. 

What Satan didn’t know was that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit had a plan of redemption for fallen man.  Jesus would come in human flesh to pay the price that we deserved. “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: (8) And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:7 & 8)  He would take upon Himself the wrath of His Father for the price of the sins committed, and by His death make a way for us to be forgiven and be given the ability by His grace and imputed righteousness by faith to obey His divine Law; the very Law which we had broken and Jesus had died for our breaking. The death that you and I deserve, that Adam and Eve deserved, Jesus paid.  

Psalms 139:13 &14, “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. (14) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:…” God knew each and everyone of us long before we were born. And it was long before God planned to bring us into this world, that Jesus already had decided that He would die the death that you and I deserve so we could have purpose in this life now and eternal life with God forever. “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” (Titus 1:2) 

 “…the Lamb (Jesus) slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8) 

2 Timothy 1:9 &10, “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:”

What does this have to do with acupuncture and Taoism?

Evolution and Taoism on the contrary teaches that sickness, disease, sadness, destruction, and evil are part of how this world has always been and that is how it will always be.  Unlike the amazing promises of heaven, and the hope we have in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on the cross and His rising from the dead defeating death itself and the power of Satan. Belief in evolution, Taoism and Chinese philosophy undermine the Gospel of Jesus Christ for if evolution or the “Big Bang Theory” were true, then Jesus died for nothing. 

What about yin and yang? 

As we read in earlier quotes above, the relationship between Yin and Yang play a vital role in understanding the Taoist and Chinese philosophy.  “It takes Yin and Yang to create life, and only when the two are harmonized will there be a moral way.”  Source

As shown to the right, this well-known symbol represents the relationship of yin and yang.  Yin and yang are explained to be harmonious and not opposing. Take light and darkness, good and evil, heat and cold for a few examples.  They believe these things are to be in harmony with each other in order to attain life, optimal health, happiness and again to be in balance with the “Tao”; for this “symbol represents the movements of heaven and the Tao” and “the small opposing dots in each area represent that in all evil there exists some good, while in all the good there exists some evil.” Source  

The Taoist and Chinese philosopher sees every aspect of life in relation to the balance of yin and yang.  Here are a few more examples; female (yin) and male (yang), night (yin) and day (yang), interior (yin) and exterior (yang), sour (yin) and sweet (yang), metal (yin) and wood (yang)…they believe this applies to organs as well; liver, heart, spleen (yin) and gallbladder, stomach, large intestine (yang).

The relationship between this “yin and yang” is the basis and foundation of the Taoist religion and traditional Chinese medicine but what do the Holy Scriptures say? “…that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5)  

The concept of yin and yang oppose the divine Scriptures; not only was Jesus Christ sinless and perfect when He walked on earth in human flesh just under two thousand years ago, but God also calls us to follow after Jesus’ perfect example.  He calls us to walk as He walked in 1 John 2:6, “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked” and “…Be ye holy; for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:16) We are also told that we are not to live in harmony with evil, but rather we are to reprove it and depart from it!  Ephesians 5:11, “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” And we see in Job 28:28, “…the fear of the Lord, this is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding” and in Proverbs 3:7 we read, “Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord, and depart from evil.” 

We see this all throughout Scripture, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” (1 Thessalonians 5:22) & 2 Corinthians 6:14, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion that light with darkness?” 

A child of God wants nothing to do with evil, and everything to do with the light who is Jesus Christ Himself. John 8:12, “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” 

So, how did Taoists create acupuncture? 

We must understand that under the religious belief and philosophy of Taoism, it was the combination of divination, numerology, astrology and spiritism that Traditional Chinese Medicine and the many modalities within TCM, like acupuncture and acupressure were created for the sole purpose to bring them closer to the “Tao”.

It is important to note as well that it is from this theory and concept of the relationship between yin and yang, and divination (which we will discuss further down) that the well-known five element theory (fire, water, earth, metal and wood), the 64 hexagrams of Yijing (or the I Ching Hexagrams), 5 Shen, Chakras and looking into the organs for certain meanings and emotions were created. Without going too in-depth, for this could be a whole separate study in itself, here are a few quotes in regard to these other tools created within Chinese philosophy. “I Ching is one of the oldest books of Ancient China. It contains 64 hexagrams and texts on how to understand them in the case of divination…In I Ching, each hexagram has its own particular meaning in divination. So do the lines of it. They represent yin and yang, the basic polarities of Chinese cosmology and philosophy.” Source                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              “From this dance of Yin and Yang emerges the five elements: wood (lesser yang), fire (greater yang), metal (lesser yin), water (greater yin), and earth (central phase). Also produced here are the eight trigrams (Bagua), which form the 64 hexagrams of the Yijing (I Ching). This stage represents the formation, out of the initial Yin/Yang duality, of the elemental constituents of the phenomenal world.” Source 

“The Five Shen are the spirits associated with each of the body’s five yin organ systems (Heart, Kidney, Spleen, Liver, and Lungs). The origin of the Five-Shen system is found within the Shangqing lineage of Taoist practice. Each of these spirits has a connection not only with a yin organ and its associated element, but also with the energy of a planet and a direction. To “wake up” the Shen of the organs is similar to “calling in the spirits” for a shamanic ritual. The Five Shen, when in balance, vibrate with a resonant beauty similar to the planets’ “Harmony of the Spheres.” Ultimately, within the context of our neidan (Inner Alchemy) practice, the Five Shen are returned to the unified Mind of Tao.”  “Each chakra has a very specific yin and yang meridian counterpart. The Root Chakra corresponds to the Kidney meridian (yin) and the Bladder meridian (yang). The emotions associated with these meridian pathways are fear and shock.” Source

“The seven main Chakras are located at various points along the spine. They correlate with various Meridian points flowing along the spine. There are 12 main meridians 6 are yin and 6 are yang. Reiki channelizes the Qi/Ki life force energy through both the Chakras and Meridians.” 

So, what about acupuncture and acupressure? 

“Huang Ti concluded through study of the stars, that harmony and balance reign in the universe. His next conclusion was that man as the microcosm must correspond to the macrocosm. In other words, physical and mental processes must be put in tune with one another. This insight has found new emphasis in the psychosomatic school of our own century. The basic concept of acupuncture is thus philosophical in character, with a leaning to astrology.” Source

This should be an automatic red flag to the Bible believing Christian.  For such practices is an abomination in the Lord’s eyes.  For astrology and numerology are divination.

Deuteronomy 18:9-12, “When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. (10) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (11) Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (12) For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.” 

“Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.” Jeremiah 10:2

Isaiah 47:13 & 14, “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. (14) Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.”

God even gave us a verse showing that it is within the practice of divination that “answers” were found looking into the organs (this is different than scientific medical testing, like a blood test or scope). For we see this in Ezekiel 21:21, “For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.”

It is even within Taoism itself that many principles from Buddhism, Confucianism and new age philosophy and thought are found. They all have their distinct differences, and their beliefs vary in certain ways, yet in comparison to Scripture they all fall under the same categories: unBiblical, pagan and demonic. For they teach contrary to the teachings of Scripture and how we are to live this life. It is sadly under the deception of Satan that such confusing beliefs have come to be. 

Christians understand that this earthly life is temporary, and that our only hope for eternal life is Jesus Christ. For this earth and everything on this earth will soon be destroyed and a new earth will be created.  If we repent of our sins and put our trust in the loving and merciful Saviour; no matter the terrible deeds in which we have done, the “secret” sins in which we have pursued, or the awful crimes which we have committed against God and our fellow man. His grace is sufficient, and we can be forgiven and have eternal life with Him forever! By the grace Jesus Christ, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God will give us strength to obey His Commandments and walk in His light to overcome whatever temptations Satan may bring and whatever trials may come.  James 1:12, “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” 

It is often the many deep wounds and the burden of sin that causes the many ailments we face, whether they be physical, mental or spiritual.  It is the soul burdened with grief of their sin and sorrow of their ways that so often causes the many ailments of the heart and soul (body).

With any modality, even if we receive “healing” or “feel better”, if God doesn’t approve of it, is it worth opening a door to him whose only intent has ever been to kill and destroy us?  Such modalities found in Traditional Chinese medicine like acupuncture and acupressure, open the door to let Satan in even if we don’t realize it.

That may seem harsh but it is the blunt reality that gets so often sugarcoated and downplayed, but it’s so important to understand that Satan “cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:” and Jesus said, “…I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Any way in which Satan can tempt us, place doubt, discontentment, and lies into our mind and heart, he will.  Any way in which he could lead someone away from Christ or farther away from the possibility of seeing Jesus as the true physician and true healer, he will.  Any way in which he can get someone to disobey God and not see the truth of the importance of keeping all His blessed Commandments by the grace of Jesus Christ, Satan will. 

Revelation 22:14, “Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”

Receiving acupuncture (acupressure or any of the other modalities we touched on briefly – paganism as a whole) is an open door and opportunity for Satan to get his foot in the door and deceive you to think that there is true healing outside of Jesus and the Biblical ways in which He uplifts.  For I have heard it said, “That spiritual death happens one small compromise at a time.”

Oftentimes, because of our impatience and desire to be fixed instantly and in the most easy or convenient way, the result is typically us choosing to walk outside of the lighted and narrow path that God wants us to walk, and when we choose that path we cannot expect to be protected from evil in which Satan wants to bring. 

“There are multitudes today as truly under the power of evil spirits as was the demoniac of Capernaum.  All who willfully depart from God’s commandments are placing themselves under the control of Satan.  Many a man tampers with evil, thinking that he can break away at pleasure; but he is lured on and on, until he finds himself controlled by a will stronger than his own.  He cannot escape its mysterious power.  Secret sin or master passion may hold him a captive as helpless as was the demoniac of Capernaum. 

Yet his condition is not hopeless.  God does not control our minds without our consent; but every man is free to choose what power he will have to rule over him.  None have fallen so low, none are so vile, but that they may find deliverance in Christ.” 

A concerned Christian

 

As we read earlier in Deuteronomy 18:9-12, divination and looking to the stars for guidance is an abomination in the Lord’s eyes, so why would we receive a modality that was created in this way?

James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Psalms 5:4, “For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee.”

1 John 1:6, “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:”

The following testimony comes from a Chinese doctor in Malaysia quoted in the book, “They Shall Expel Demons” (pages 135-136) by Derek Prince:

“About eight years ago, at a retreat in Singapore, God spoke to me about the dangers of acupuncture and its link to the occult, especially its inseparable origin with traditional Chinese religion. I immediately renounced my practice of acupuncture- a skill I learned in Hong Kong and practiced successfully for five years.

As soon as I came back home, I announced to my startled staff of doctors, nurses and patients that acupuncture is dangerous and that I had renounced it and would not practice it anymore. I gathered all my machines, needles, books, diploma and charts and made a great bonfire of them publicly. The total cost of the items was about $15,000- but the blessings after that were priceless because:

1.       My wife, who had suffered from chronic migraine and had acupuncture, done by me many times before, was immediately healed without medicine or prayer.

2.       My unexplained fear of darkness immediately vanished.

3.       My medical practice, instead of suffering a loss, received a doublefold increase in blessings.”

Often times, in our impatience and desire to be fixed instantly and in the most easy or convenient ways, results in us walking outside of the lighted path that God wants us to walk, and we choose a path in which we cannot expect to be protected from the evil satan wants to bring into our lives.  In the past I can attest to doing this myself  time and time again, but praise God, the Lord never allowed me to receive true healing by these many different new age modalities. It wasn’t until I surrendered my health at the Lord’s feet, and I stopped using these different unBiblical modalities, that true healing began.  Praise the Lord!

To conclude:

We all have the free will to choose to make whatever decision we want, but we don’t have the option to choose the consequences of those decisions.  Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death;…” Not only will we reap the eternal consequences of being separated from our loving Creator and Heavenly Father forever if we don’t confess and turn away from our sins, but we reap earthly consequences as well.  We reap restlessness, anxiety, poor health, we lack peace, our sleep is disturbed, we are more easy to get stressed and upset, and the list goes on.. Galatians 6:7 & 8, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” 

I say this all with grace and love, for someone currently reading this may not have known acupuncture and other new age modalities (as listed in this article and others – new age) aren’t modes of healing that glorify God. I can relate, I have been there too. “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:” (Acts 17:30) Praise God for His mercy and grace, that you are here reading this today. He knows just what we need, just in the right time. If you are grieved by partaking in such modalities; I pray your heart is comforted by the grace we can have in Jesus. Seek Him with all of your heart, confess and turn away (repent) from these modalities and sins that you know you have done against Him, and by faith accept Jesus’ atoning blood for the payment of the sins you have committed. He will restore you unto Himself.  He will do a mighty work in you. He will help you turn away and learn how to live life without those new age methods in your life. Get into your Bible as much as you can, and pray as often as you can; thank Him, praise Him, tell Him your concerns, your worries, whatever it may…He wants to hear you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. He sees your heart and your desire to know Him and put away everything that goes against Him.  We all have fallen so so short of God’s glory, yet His grace is truly sufficient. (2 Corinthians 12:9) Thank you Lord!

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:6-7)

“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalms 103:12)

We on our own cannot not do any good thing, we on our own have no ability to change ourselves, to change our hearts, our desires, overcome temptation and sin; we need the grace of Christ working in us. We need Him. ALWAYS. Every moment of everyday.  If we give our will and our hearts to Jesus; we repent and turn away from the known evils in our lives, and we believe the Jesus’ blood cleanses us; He will change us; He will live in us. Praise His mighty Name! “..He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” (Philippians 1:6).

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I pray it is a blessing to you and many others. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you today. And if you have any comments, concerns, confusion, questions, or need prayer, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 

May the Lord bless you! 🙂