Jesus Calling: Who Is Really Speaking?

Gillyan Stone examines Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, a devotional written as if Jesus Himself were speaking to the reader. She notes that Young was an advocate of "contemplative prayer," a term that links straight to "Christian mysticism" on Wikipedia, and reads the July 7th entry, where the voice of "Jesus" teaches readers to practice thinking in certain ways until those thoughts become natural.

Jesus Calling doesn't quote Christ from Scripture. It puts new words in His mouth, written in the first person, and millions read them as daily guidance. That alone calls for the test John commands. Any voice that claims to be the Lord has to be measured against what He has already spoken (Galatians 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:16–17).

The July 7th entry shows the problem. Its focus is technique: training the mind, directing thoughts, and practicing ways of thinking until they become natural. That is the vocabulary of contemplative and mystical practice, not of the Bible, where renewal comes through the Word and the Spirit (Romans 12:2; Colossians 2:8). Stone connects this to New Age ideas such as "Christ consciousness" and enlightenment, which teach that a higher spiritual level is reached by inner practice. The gospel teaches that we are made right with God through faith in Christ alone.

The light was always there, in Scripture. We don't need a new channelled voice. We need to test every spirit by the Word God has already given.

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