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Originally Posted by Igzy
"Christian mystic" can mean more than one thing. The benign meaning is someone like Brother Lawrence, who had 24/7 fellowship with God. I recall A.W. Tozer being called a mystic by one of his posthumous publishers. But no one more respected the Bible, nor was more suspicious of gnostic knowledge, than Tozer.
The term has fallen out of favor in the recent years, I would think, as 24/7 fellowship with God has come to be considered normal, rather than rare.
I never liked the term. It reeks of new ageism and Eastern counterfeits.
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It's difficult to discern between a mystic "Christian" and a truly born again Christian. Both have fellowship with the spiritual realm and use the same terminology.
It's easier for a seasoned Christian to discern but for a babe in Christ it's hard. It's why the apostles repeatedly warned of them in scripture.