Matt. 9.36 and Heb 9.27 The New Age Movement

The New Age Movement

Text: Matthew 9:36; Hebrews 9:27
Topic: What the New Age movement believes
Big Idea: The New Age movement must be counteracted with the truth about Jesus.
Keywords: Absolutes; False Religion; Falsehood; New Age; Relativism; Religion, New Age; Seeking God; Truth



Introduction:

• Magazines, books, and seminars mark the popularity of the New Age movement.
• Illustration: Polls show that 25 percent of Americans believe in reincarnation.
• What is it that New Agers believe?

The New Age god is an impersonal force.

• It is a pantheistic belief.

New Age teaching makes human beings god.

• Humans only need to be enlightened about their divine identity.

There is no single source of New Age truth.

• Truth becomes whatever we want it to be.
• This is a recipe for moral anarchy.
• Illustration: A man heavily involved in the New Age movement received Christ.
• New Agers reject conventional medicine as a truth source.

Reincarnation is the New Age afterlife.

• There is only an upward evolvement in New Age reincarnation.

The New Age Jesus is merely an enlightened man.

• This human Jesus gained “Christ-consciousness” by studying under Indian gurus.
• New Age beliefs differ radically from biblical Christianity.

Conclusion:

• Five reasons why people are drawn to New Age beliefs
  -Secular humanism has proven inadequate
  -We want to be god rather than bow to God
  -It is morally unchallenging
  -It promises an optimistic future
  -Churches have failed to demonstrate biblical Christianity