DO YOU BELIEVE IN PRAYING STACK NAKED?

It is within the context of African traditional religion that one can situate the practice of stripping naked at midnight to invoke the power of God. The arguments and justifications are most interesting. Some believe stripping naked to pray at midnight signifies “total submission,” though how is still an alarming wonder.

The Bible definition of submission is yielding to the Spirit and obedience of the Word of God, not nakedness. (Psalm 143:10) They say nakedness is a sign of humility, but the Bible says humility is not thinking inordinately of ourselves. (Romans 12:3) They say stripping naked to pray “removes shame,” but the Bible says those who believe in Christ will never be put to shame. (Romans 10:11) We do not have any instruction to strip naked to pray in the Bible. There’s not one instance of God demanding physical nakedness as a precondition for invocation of his power in scriptures.

This is pagan spiritism not Christianity. Even in the cherished Old Testament God would not allow nakedness on the altar. He told Moses: “You’re to cloth them – your brother Aaron and his sons with him – and anoint them… Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover form the waist to the thighs. These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so they bear no iniquity and die.” (Exodus 28: 41-43 NET) If God is recommending the wearing of underwear for Old Testament priests how come we’re recommending removal of underwear for New Testament priests!

Some Christians want to syncretize Christianity with African traditional religion. They Christianize the vindictive philosophy of pagan religion, fashioning the Old Testament into a retributive implement
Faith is the way to invoke the power of God, not ritualistic stripping at midnight. It has no place in Christianity.