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This Does Not Go Together

Dr Dharius Daniels·Change Church

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Part of Detox - Goated Vol. 5

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Summary

Adding incompatible practices or worldviews to our faith dilutes its spiritual strength, much like ice melting in a soda makes it weak. In this message, Dr. Dharius Daniels addresses spiritual syncretism—the subtle blending of Christianity with forbidden or worldly additions like superstition, spiritualism, and sorcery. Believers are called to trust completely in the sovereignty and sufficiency of Jesus, removing anything that weakens their faith and living in the power and protection of the gospel.

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Matthew 15:1-6↗Matthew 14:15-36↗Mark 5:25-34↗Mark 6:5↗

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1 Timothy 4:1↗

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Proverbs 26:2↗

Themes

Spiritual SyncretismGod's SovereigntySufficiency of ChristSpiritual AuthorityProtection in Christ

Pastor's Points

1.The ice of superstition
2.The ice of spiritualism
3.The ice of sorcery

Key Points

1.The wrong addition eventually leads to subtraction—adding incompatible beliefs dilutes the strength of your faith.
2.Matthew 14 demonstrates the normalization of the miraculous through multiplication, acceleration, and motivation.
3.Spiritual syncretism is the gradual dilution of biblical truth by blending Christianity with practices fundamentally incompatible with the gospel.
4.Syncretism does not ask you to abandon Jesus; it subtly convinces you that Jesus is insufficient and needs additions.
5.The ice of superstition reveals a deficit in understanding the absolute, unshareable sovereignty of God.
6.Superstition fuels anxiety because it places your well-being into random circumstances rather than God's sovereign control.
7.The ice of spiritualism involves seeking spiritual insight or power through forbidden channels like mediums, psychics, or horoscopes.
8.Relying on horoscopes locks you into toxic personality traits and removes personal responsibility for growth through the Holy Spirit.
9.The ice of sorcery stems from self-reliance and seeking spiritual manipulation or vindication instead of trusting God's justice.
10.Believers under the blood of Jesus have divine immunity, meaning undeserved curses or dark practices have no power to stick.

Sermon Moments

“The wrong addition eventually leads to subtraction. In other words, sometimes when you add the wrong thing, you lose the right thing.”

“Spiritual syncretism is a spiritual contamination that occurs when you blend Christianity with beliefs, practices, and worldviews that are fundamentally incompatible with the gospel.”

“Syncratism doesn't ask you to abandon Jesus. It just asks you to add to Him what doesn't belong.”

“Superstition is a symptom, not the sickness—it reveals a deficit in understanding the sovereignty of God.”

“Christians who are superstitious are always infected with anxiousness because your welfare is now in the hands of something random that you can't control.”

“Horoscopes make your personality permanent and give you an excuse not to evolve.”

“When God's got a word for you, He will make that word find you.”

“The blood of Jesus is a divine repellent against any curse.”

This Week

Examine your life for superstitious habits or beliefs and intentionally surrender them to God's absolute sovereignty.
Stop consulting unbiblical spiritual sources such as horoscopes, psychics, or fortune-telling.
Refuse to use astrological signs or past behaviors as excuses for not growing into the new creation God made you to be.
Surrender any desire for self-vindication or revenge when hurt, trusting God to handle justice in His timing.
Stand boldly in the protection of the blood of Jesus, rejecting fear or intimidation from curses, hexes, or spiritual attacks.
Let answers to prayer in other believers' lives motivate your expectations for what God wants to do in your own life.
Rely completely on the sufficiency of Jesus rather than trying to add extra spiritual 'backup protection'.

Remember This

Adding worldly or unbiblical spiritual practices to your Christian walk dilutes the power, authority, and peace of your faith.

A Challenge for You

May God show you how to work what is already in your cup, removing every added ice of superstition and spiritualism, so you can walk fully in His sovereign power and grace.

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