No, I am not talking about a musical group. I am talking about that dimension that is beyond the scope and comprehension of physics. The world of the spirit. One of the prices Adam paid for following Satan’s way and the way of the flesh was to lose contact with the spirit world – that 5th dimension. Not just to Adam and Eve, but to all humanity, God says: “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear, but your iniquities HAVE SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear” (Isaiah 59:1-2).
Dwelling in the spirit world, that fifth dimension, God is invisible to human eyes and undetectable to any mode or method of inspection or surveillance. One can peer into the heavens using any and all devices invented by man, still God cannot be found. It is not because He is not there, along with the entire world of the spirit, it is just that He dwells in an entirely different dimension than that of the physical realm. He can be found or detected ONLY when He chooses to reveal Himself. That is WHY, in speaking of the spiritually blinded Pharisees, Jesus told His disciples to “Let them alone. They be blind leaders of the blind….” (See Matthew 15:14). Spiritual truth cannot be revealed to the spiritually blind! It is similar to making an attempt to show a physically blind person something that one must have sight to see and accept. Although the spiritually blind can have a deep and abiding interest in spiritual matters, their spiritual blindness effectively prevents them from seeing spiritual truth for the most part. A blinded Pharisee could understand that God is real, but he could not make contact with God because of his sins, his walking according to the flesh and carnality. He COULD become religious, super-religious. He could become 100% convinced he knew and walked in the truth, but most of the spiritual knowledge he obtained was erroneous, distorted, perverted. And such is true with many religious folks today – even those professing themselves to be members of the Christian community.
And that is the scary thing about spiritual deception, a deceived person does not know he (or she) is deceived. Like the Mormon missionaries that visited me from time to time, they were and are 110% sure they are right in the path they follow. They have not the slightest doubt that the Book of Mormon is totally inspired of God, calling that book of errors “more correct than the Bible.” Like many religious folk they merely parrot what they have been spoon-fed as being the truth. They have verses of scripture that they point to that they think supports their erroneous concepts and beliefs. Such is the case with most all who embrace and teach error in the various “Christian” denominations. When they find that many thousands, or even millions, agree with them in their viewpoint they then become effectively locked-in to their errors. Jesus told His disciples, “Beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (See Matthew 16:12). I wonder what denominations Jesus Christ would say that of today, “Beware of the_______________.” Many are certain He would say, “Beware of the Mormons, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the Roman Catholics,” but He just might include YOUR denomination. Think about that for a moment.
Notice the “marching orders” Jesus Christ gave His disciples: “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words…DEPART!” (See Matthew 10:14). Again, Jesus was saying, “Let them alone!” One cannot force-feed spiritual truth. Either the Holy Spirit is opening the mind to receive spiritual truth or that particular mind is closed to the same, having embraced error and choosing to remain in that condition and state. Of course the one in spiritual error thinks they are right. After all they have a lot of verses they can point to that they think supports them in their error. Also, they generally have multitudes who agree with them in their error. They have illustrious spiritual leaders who believe and teach the same doctrines. They then think, “All these people can’t be wrong!” They forget the Roman Catholic and Mormon think and reason in the exact same way. And they forget the Bible’s clear warning that Satan “deceives THE WHOLE WORLD!” (See Revelation 12:9). And, of course, that would include your country, your state, your county, your town, etc. It is up to us to bow to the full and total LORDship of Jesus Christ in our lives, and then to search the scriptures – ALL of them – both Hebrew and Greek scriptures (i.e., the New AND OLD Testaments) in order to really PROVE all things of a spiritual nature! Fail to take that pathway and it is a foregone conclusion you will indeed embrace gross and far-reaching error.
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley