Spiritual Mental Cartwheels

 

 

Hey, what’s that topic?

What are you talking about?

Spiritual Mental Cartwheels?

You’ve lost it no doubt.

 

I am sure you have heard

About “stretching the truth”

And trying to fit into an agenda

Void of scriptural proof.

 

Denominations do it daily

Framing the Word in their view

And the purpose for this exercise

Is to convince me and you.

 

Jumping to conclusions

That definitely do not fit

The passage of scripture they read,

But forcing it to stick.

 

If it were just peripheral

We wouldn’t mind too much

But oft it touches on fundamentals

And is used as a crutch.

 

But here is a little caution:

Be careful on what you’re leaning,

Particularly on the Internet

And what people are streaming.

 

I will mention no names here

Maybe, to protect the guilty,

I prefer to note issues, anyway

Than behave irresponsibly.

 

If I were to raise some issues

Tithing would be one,

Prophecy would surely be another

And also, ritual and form.

 

 

Add to these, charismatic gifts

And the five-fold ministry,

Israel, the key to end-time prophecy

And of course, soteriology.

 

Of course, there is the matter,

Regarding who’s in the right church

And that those who are not in it

Will be left in the lurch.

 

Denominational leaders

Often do spiritual mental cartwheels

To convince gullible adherents

Theirs is the truth revealed.

 

Some people leave churches

For one reason or another

And their repetitive church hopping

Becomes a spiritual bother.

 

Sooner or later you’ll find

They are back out in the world

Sorely disappointed and mislead

And spiritually deterred.

 

 

 

It is not how bright you are

But how willing to be Spirit led,

Spiritual mental cartwheels

Causes giddiness in one’s head.

 

So be careful I would caution

Regarding such spiritual exercises,

Always be scripturally relevant

And scrutinize all surprises.

 

Stewart Russell © July 23, 2023