The Destructive Fraud of Automatic Writing

 

One of the most disturbing habits in AA is the act of automatic writing.

Bill W. would literally sit down at his desk, break out the pen and paper, and he would just write whatever came to his mind.

And he believed that this was a way for God to speak to him.

This is really creepy, dangerous stuff.

My mother engaged in this nonsense frequently, too.

She believed that God was "talking to her" directly, and she would order my sister and me around based on  "The Lord said ..."

When I was a kid, I had no idea how to deal with such abuse.

Now that I am an adult, now that I have heard and received the full Gospel of Grace, I know that I can reject all this madness.

"Automatic writing" is a fraud. Such a foolish practice opens people up to oppression and misdirection from the devil, one's flesh, or the world's foolish thinking.

The last thing that I want to do is trust in my own thinking, lean on my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)

For years, I struggled with how to walk in wisdom. I tried to figure out what to do, where to go.

I never realized how simple the Gospel is, and how simple are the directions of the Holy Spirit. When we are established in His righteousness, and we receive His peace, He can work in our lives, and give us direction (Colossians 3:15).

We don't need to give into our thinking, or the foolish, demonic ramblings of cult leaders, in order to get to the truth!

God is Not a Concept: He's a PERSON

I cannot stress this most despicable aspect of the AA cult.

Bill W. thought it was a brilliant idea to "Choose your own conception of God."

Right away, that puts the Creator of the Universe in your head. It makes you yourself God, if you really think about it.

I have written so many times, and I will stress this again: I do not want my conception of God.

I want the truth.

I want to know a real Savior, a Redeemer, a Full-On Creator and Consumate Ruler who cares for me, for us, for everything.

For God to be God, He cannot be within the realm of our understanding.

It is that basic.

God is a Person, not some figment of our imagination.

Jesus, our Savior, is the very image of the Invisible God (Colossians 1:15)

It has taken me such a long time to divorce, to separate how I feel, what I am thinking, from the true Presence of the Living God.

Yet that growing reassurance has helped me in so many ways.

I may feel bad, I may feel good, but Daddy God does not stop loving me.

Jesus does not stop being my Savior, my Healer, my Redeemer just because I feel bad.

In stark and disturbing contrast, the AA cult teaches you that God comes and goes depending on how you feel.

That is a serious problem. That is bondage of the worst kind, and we need to resist this lie with as much courage as we can.

"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." (Hebrews 13:5)