Lesson 12: Spiritual Mixture - The Danger of Mixing God's Truth with Other Spirits
Maintaining Purity, Holiness, and Spiritual Separation
By Apostle Howard Tundu
1. Introduction
Spiritual mixture is when a believer or minister tries to combine the worship of God with practices, beliefs, or spiritual influences that do not come from God.
"Do not worship the Lord your God in their way." - Deuteronomy 12:30–31
Spiritual mixture is the blending of what belongs to God with what does not—mixing truth with error, worship with flesh, faith with superstition, holiness with compromise, or the Spirit of God with influences not coming from Him.
It is when the holy is diluted by the unholy.
Biblical Examples:
- • Israel worshiped God and Baal (1 Kings 18:21)
- • The people worshiped God and stars/constellations (Zephaniah 1:5)
- • Israel mixed Yahweh worship with ancestral rituals (2 Kings 17:33)
Mixture can be visible or hidden, conscious or unconscious.
2. Biblical Images of Mixture
- • Mixing light with darkness (2 Corinthians 6:14–17)
- • Mixing worship of Yahweh with idols (2 Kings 17:32–33)
- • Mixing clean and unclean sacrifices (Malachi 1:7–8)
- • Mixing the Spirit with fleshly practices (Galatians 3:3)
- • Mixing pure doctrine with false teachings (1 Timothy 4:1)
Mixture weakens spiritual power, opens the door to deception, and contaminates the altar.
3. Why God Hates Spiritual Mixture
a. Mixture produces spiritual deception
"A little leaven leavens the whole lump." - Galatians 5:9
Just a small spiritual compromise contaminates the whole spiritual life.
b. Mixture breaks covenant loyalty
"You shall have no other gods before me." - Exodus 20:3
God wants exclusivity.
c. Mixture destroys spiritual authority
When Samson broke consecration, he lost power (Judges 16:20).
d. Mixture invites demonic influence
Practices rooted in ancestral worship, divination, or occultism give demons legal ground.
e. Mixture corrupts the altar of God
"Do not bring unclean fire before the Lord." - Leviticus 10
4. Biblical Examples of Spiritual Mixture
King Solomon
He began with pure worship but later mixed it with foreign practices (1 Kings 11:4–6).
Result: Loss of wisdom, loss of favour, national instability
Eli's Sons (Hophni & Phinehas)
They served in the temple but mixed purity with immorality and corruption.
Result: They died prematurely, the ark was captured
The Church at Thyatira
They tolerated a woman symbolically called "Jezebel" who mixed prophecy with immorality and idolatry (Revelation 2:20–23).
Result: Sickness, judgment, loss of authority
The Slave Girl in Acts 16
She proclaimed the truth ("These men are servants of God") but operated under a spirit of divination. Paul did not accept mixture.
4.1 Biblical Symptoms of Spiritual Mixture
- !Lukewarmness (Revelation 3:15–16) - Neither fully committed nor fully detached
- !Double Standards / Double Life - Living like a Christian on Sunday but worldly during the week
- !Worship Without Obedience - Saul worshipped but kept forbidden things (1 Samuel 15:22–23)
- !Confusion and Lack of Discernment - Mixture clouds spiritual perception
- !Spiritual Gifts Operating Without Fruit - Gifts with no character
5. How Spiritual Mixture Enters
- • Ancestral Influences Not Renounced - Family altars and traditional rituals still active
- • Ministering Without True Consecration - People fasting for power but not purified in heart
- • Seeking Power Instead of God - Desiring gifts without transformation
- • Exposure to Witchcraft/Traditional Rituals - Rituals and incisions open spiritual portals
- • Wrong Associations - Company influences spiritual covering (2 Chronicles 20:35–37)
- • Mixture in Worship Practices - Using symbols from ancestor veneration while calling on God
- • Through Unrenewed Mindsets - Old habits and beliefs carried from past lifestyles (Romans 12:2)
- • Through Doctrinal Compromise - Teachings that accommodate culture and tradition
- • Through Entertainment and Culture - Music, movies, and symbols carrying spiritual influence
6. Signs of Spiritual Mixture in a Person or Ministry
- ✗ Power without Holiness - Demonstrate "gifts" but lifestyle contradicts God
- ✗ Strange manifestations - Inconsistent with Scripture
- ✗ Inconsistent doctrine - Combining culture, tradition, and Bible verses
- ✗ Resistance to purity teachings - Offended when holiness is preached
- ✗ Spiritual jealousy and manipulation - Influence through fear and control
- ✗ Unusual dreams - Seeing someone in traditional spiritual regalia
- ✗ Confusion in followers - People feel spiritually unsettled or oppressed
7. Types of Spiritual Mixture in Today's Church
- • Mixture of Worship and Worldliness - Entertainment replacing God-driven worship
- • Mixture of Christianity and Witchcraft/Superstition - Using charms, rituals, and ancestral consultations
- • Preaching blessings without repentance and holiness
- • Mixture of Prayer and Occult Practices - Secret rituals and prophetic objects without Biblical grounding
- • Mixture of Anointing and Sinful Lifestyle - Gifted ministers living in sin but leading
8. Why Spiritual Mixture Is Dangerous
It Pollutes Worship - God rejected mixed sacrifices (Malachi 1:7–10)
It Attracts Wrong Spirits - When truth is diluted, deception finds entrance (1 Timothy 4:1)
It Weakens Spiritual Authority - You cannot cast out what you are mixing with
It Kills Revival - God moves where there is consecration. Mixture grieves the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30)
It Confuses the Next Generation - Brings generational bondage
9. God's Call to Separation
God continually calls His people to purity:
"Come out from among them and be separate," says the Lord. - 2 Corinthians 6:17
"Have nothing to do with the fruitless works of darkness but rather expose them." - Ephesians 5:11
"Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped." - Joshua 24:14
"Keep yourself unspotted from the world." - James 1:27
10. How to Break Spiritual Mixture
a. Renounce Ancestral and Cultural Spirits & Close Open Doors
Verbally disconnect from past rituals, covenants, occult objects, and ungodly influences.
b. Break Covenant Ties Through Prayer
Every covenant made knowingly or unknowingly must be cancelled (Colossians 2:14–15).
c. Consecrate Yourself to God
Through prayer, fasting, repentance, and the Word.
d. Deep Personal Repentance
Repent of any compromise, wrong associations, or practices (Psalm 139:23–24).
e. Submit to the Holy Spirit
Pure power comes from Him alone. Let the Spirit convict and cleanse you.
f. Purify the Altar (Your Life and Church)
Remove people or practices that bring spiritual contamination.
g. Discern Associations
Not everyone can lay hands on you. Not every voice is safe.
h. Guard Your Environment
Choose spiritually healthy influences: music, relationships, mentors, books, and media.
i. Root Yourself in the Word
Transformation begins with renewed thinking. Truth exposes deception (Romans 12:2).
11. How to Guard the Church from Spiritual Mixture
- • Teach purity and holiness regularly - Mixture dies where holiness is strong
- • Guard the pulpit - Only allow spiritually clean and doctrinally sound people to minister
- • Pray over your spiritual atmosphere - Cover the church with intense prayer
- • Train people to discern spirits - Don't allow them to be spiritually naïve
- • Maintain order in prophetic and deliverance ministry - Avoid excitement-driven manifestations
- • Deal with issues privately and firmly - Address mixture with love but authority
12. How Jesus Modeled Purity
Jesus refused mixture at every point:
- • He rejected Satan's alternative "shortcuts" to power (Matthew 4)
- • He cast out demons, but never mixed with them
- • He never compromised for political favour
- • He protected His disciples from wrong influence
- • His life was fully consecrated to the Father
Your calling as a leader is to walk in the same purity and keep the church pure.
13. Conclusion
Spiritual mixture is one of the greatest dangers facing the modern church. It weakens spiritual authority, contaminates the altar, and opens the door to demonic influence.
But God calls His people to:
- • Purity
- • Holiness
- • Discernment
- • Separation from unclean influences
Teach your church that power without purity is dangerous, and ministry without consecration is a trap.
God is raising a generation that worships Him: "In spirit and in truth." - John 4:24