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that God is not something “out there” but the essence ofeverything. He said, “I was going to say some sort ofdefensive, fearful statement clarifying that I’m not talkingabout pantheism. But I don’t need to be afraid [because Godis] “light and essence and love of the purest kind.” is is afoolish statement in light of the Bible’s many warnings aboutthe danger of false gods and false christs and false spirits.Gungor came to this understanding through “just beingwith God,” through “not judging yourself or your thoughts,”through imagining that “you are breathing the very presenceof God in and out of your lungs,” through imagining that“you are inhaling light into any darkness inside, and thenbreathing out ever more light into the world.” He says, “thereare no rules ... you can try anything.” What a perfect recipefor spiritual disaster!Nowhere does the Bible say that God is all things or thatGod is in all things. He created all things; He is aware of allthings; He is in ultimate control of all things; He cares andprovides for all things; all things consist by him (Col. 1:17);there is nowhere we can flee from His Spirit (Psa. 139:7). ButHe is not IN all things aer the fashion indicated in theprevious statements. e believer sees the glory of God in thecreation (Rom. 1:20), but God does not flow into us from thecreation nor is God in the creation itself. at is heresy andthe essence of idolatry.When God appeared to Elijah He brought a great wind andan earthquake and a fire, but the Bible plainly says that theLord was not in these things (1 Kings 19:11-12).Hayford, JackJack Hayford (b. 1934) is the influential Pentecostal pastorof Church on the Way in Van Nuys, California, and theauthor of many popular books and 600 contemporary praisesongs, including “Majesty.”162