Psychology is a religion that is mainly consumed with self.  People in society along with many Christians flock to these false practitioners and ask, what am I like, why do I do things, who am I supposed to be like; instead of reading God’s Word and learning that we are sinners and that we do many things because we are prone to sin, that we deceive ourselves and we need to be more like Jesus.

In our schools, when there is a crisis, they do not call the local pastors in to help the children as they used to do. They call in the psychologist or they have one on the school staff to guide the children.

I do not know if you ever consider the origins of things, but psychology came from a fellow named Sigmund Freud.  He was an atheist and hated Christians.  Psychology was built on that foundation.  Does that sound like someone, you, as a believer want to help guide your life.  In my opinion, it is straight out of The Deceiver’s guidebook of deception.

They call these false prophets into our courtrooms and treat them as experts when there is nothing scientific about their profession.

We now have them in our churches trying to guide people with psychology instead of God’s Word.  Christ and Psychology are like oil and water.  They do not mix.  Christian psychology is not accurate terminology because they are polar opposites.

Years ago, I was in a church in Florida and listened to a preacher’s message on Sunday morning.  It was not about the Bible at all.  It was all psychology.  This touchy-feely kind of Christianity appeals to a lot of people.  Some of it sounds good to me until I take a closer look at God’s Word.

For example, the Bible does not teach “self-esteem.”  On the contrary, it teaches Christ-esteem.  The Bible does not teach “self-confidence, it teaches God-confidence.  Some years ago, in the mid 90’s, there was a study that revealed that the highest incidence of self-esteem was in our prisons with murders, rapists, and the like.  It was an eye-opener to me.

God gives us value.  The Bible says we that our heart is deceitful and desperately wicked.  Then Christ comes into my life and imputes righteousness to me and I then have real value.  My value is in and through Christ, not within myself.

We do not improve ourselves by looking inside of ourselves for good.  God says that inside me dwells no good thing.  However, Christ Jesus brings good to my life and heart and changes me inside.  He makes me a new creation.  2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold all things have become new.   Now I can boast in Him and the cross.

We all need to go and read the Old Testament and get a grip on how God feels about His moral principles.  He was not touchy-feely about the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hittites, the Jebusites and sometimes Israel and Judah!  You may say, well that was Old Testament teaching.  You do realize that God’s moral principles do not change?  Yes, we are under the New Covenant, but the Old Testament gives us perspective on what The LORD thinks about certain behaviors in life.

Today we are developing a generation of Christians who coddle sin and sinners as if they are going to coax them into the kingdom by appeasing sin.  That is dangerous ground!

Some people say, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.  We need to keep what is good and not what is bad.”  Oh my friend, throw it out the door and bury it.  Stick to the Word of God and learn how to live from its pages.  Be careful that you do not compromise God’s Word with a secular world’s thinking.

You do not need extra biblical teachings.  There is enough in God’s Word to take up a lifetime of learning.  It tells why you were born, who you are, what you are like, why you react like you do, and how to live a contented, prosperous, and happy life here on earth.  If you do not understand a passage, keep reading and reading and God will illuminate your mind when He sees that you are ready to absorb it.  But please, do not fill your mind with problematic thinking that could be deceptive and unhealthy.