Sermon Tone Analysis

*/The New Age Movement/*

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/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