New Age Mystics In The Church
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61% of Christians put their faith in new age ideas.
61% of Christians put their faith in new age ideas.
books teaching the idea that God is an impersonal force in the universe and that we are to cultivate relationship with this force by shifting our consciousness and practicing things like “mindfulness”, “presence”, or yoga.
In 2018
Netflix recently came out with a series called “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” complete with spell-casting, incantations, and demonic manifestations...
right around the same time the makeup company Sephora announced that they would be releasing a witches starter kit for little girls complete with crystals, sage, and tarot cards.
STUDY SHOWS AS OF 2018
witches now outnumber Presbyterian Christians in the US by 100,000, with 1.5 million self-identified witches as paganism continues to grow “astronomically”.
27% of Americans identify as “spiritual but not religious”, including 35% of Protestant Christians.
This is one of the fast growing spiritual-religious demographs in the West right now.
In fact, the population of those who identify as witches or pagans is continuing to increase as the those who identify as “Protestant Christian” continues to decrease.
Americans Believe in New Age
Americans Believe in New Age
They surveyed Americans to see what the thought about the following four New Age beliefs.
1) Spiritual energy exists in physical things
2) Psychics have reliable insight into the future
3) Reincarnation
4) Astrology
Not only did 62% of the general public hold at least one of these beliefs, 61% of professing Christians held one of these new age beliefs:
Pew Research
“Almost one third of the professing church of Christ believes they will live again in another body in another life on this planet,”
even though the Bible says in
Hebrews 9:27 that “it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment”.
Reincarnation contradicts the entire Gospel. We will stand before the judgement seat of Christ.
Four-in-ten professing Christians believes in psychics as a viable means of foretelling the future, even though the Bible repeating condemns this practice:
“There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.” – Deuteronomy 18:10-12
MAJOR KEY IF
If we were to take other such New Age beliefs into account, it is a conservative estimate that
at least 80% of the professing church holds to New Age at least one New Age belief, which is nothing short of a theological crisis in the church.
Atheism isn’t the problem anymore in our culture, and neither is naturalism.
Atheism isn’t the problem anymore in our culture, and neither is naturalism.
62% of Americans hold to New Age beliefs, while only 3% of the American population is atheist.
New Age is the religion of the future and it is beginning to invade our culture and infiltrate the thought-life of Christians.
PROBLEM
Our threat is this new wave of spiritual philosophy that draws from whatever religious tradition and practice it wants while promising its followers supernatural experiences and ascension into some hyper-spiritual state where they can attain paranormal powers and rise up the ranks of god-hood.
Part of the problem is that Christians don’t know what is “New Age” and what isn’t. Futhermore, they don’t know how to navigate or confute New Age ideas once they are identified.
As a church, we are admittedly under-equipped to deal with the type of spirituality that is taking over the culture and is now making its way into the churches.
There’s a risk! the world of the new age sounds exciting at first.
AND
We are being attacked spiritually as our beliefs are being attacked intellectually...
These are doctrines of demons, masterfully presented as harmless forms entertainment and leisure.
These are doctrines of demons, masterfully presented as harmless forms entertainment and leisure.
And the obstacle i’ve found that leads young people away from the church and into demonic oppression is church for them was about a tangible, spiritual encounter, rather than a personal, covenant relationship with the one and only Almighty God.
And when these new age movements eb and flow, they prickle our interest because we are more interested in an experience than we are in love with God
The Word must be elevated. WE must see the gospel in stranger things! And know his word so we wont be lead astray, but in every religion, culture, story, and movie, we can say “Yeah that’s, but let me show you the truth hidden in plain site of the real GOOD NEWS”
The Epoch of the bible is WAY MORE EXCITING than ANY movie or TV show, if we only had the eyes and mind of Christ to see it.
Run HEISER CLIP
We are created in the image of God, which includes supernatural components written into our DNA by Him, that we see even today.
We are created in the image of God, which includes supernatural components written into our DNA by Him, that we see even today.
Hysterical Strength
Hysterical Strength
May 1962, Jack Kirby claims a woman lifted a car off her baby, which inspired him to create the Hulk.
In 1982, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Tony Cavallo was repairing a
1964 Chevrolet Impala automobile from underneath when the vehicle fell off the jacks on which it was propped, trapping him underneath. Cavallo's mother, Mrs. Angela Cavallo, lifted the car high enough and long enough for two neighbors to replace the jacks and pull Tony from beneath the car.
In 2006, Ivujivik, Quebec, resident Lydia Angiyou saved several children by fighting a polar bear until a local hunter shot the bear.
In 2006, in Tucson, Arizona, Tom Boyle watched as a Chevrolet Camaro hit 18-year-old Kyle Holtrust. The car pinned Holtrust, still alive, underneath. Boyle lifted the Camaro off the teenager, while the driver of the car pulled the teen to safety.
In 2009, in Ottawa, Kansas, 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), 84 kg (185 lb) Nick Harris lifted a Mercury sedan to help a 6-year-old girl pinned beneath.
In 2009, in Newport, Wales, Donna McNamee, Abigail Sicolo, and Anthony McNamee lifted a 1.1 ton Renault Clio off an 8-year-old boy.
In 2011, in Tampa, Florida, 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), 134 kg (295 lb) University of South Florida college football player Danous Estenor lifted a 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) car off a man who had been caught underneath. The man was a tow truck driver who had been pinned under the rear tire of a 1990 Cadillac Seville, which had lurched forward as he worked underneath it. The man suffered only minor injuries.
In 2012, in Glen Allen, Virginia, 22-year-old Lauren Kornacki rescued her father, Alec Kornacki, after the jack used to prop up his BMW slipped, pinning him under it. Lauren lifted the car, then performed CPR on her father and saved his life.
In 2012, in Michigan, Austin Smith (age 15) lifted a car to save his grandfather pinned underneath
In 2013, in Oregon, teenage sisters Hannah (age 16) and Haylee (age 14) lifted a tractor to save their father pinned underneath.
In 2013, in Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Cecil Stuckless, a 72-year-old man lifted a Jeep to save his son-in-law pinned underneath
In 2015, in St. John's, Newfoundland, Nick Williams lifted a four-wheel-drive vehicle to save a young boy pinned beneath its tire.
In 2017, in Temple Terrace, Florida, Kenny Franklin, lifted an SUV from a state trooper after an accident
In 2019, in Ohio, Zac Clark, a 16-year-old football player, lifted a 3,000 lb car when he heard his neighbor call for help.
Col 1:29
Colossians 1:29 AMPC
For this I labor [unto weariness], striving with all the superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles and works within me.
Judges 15:14–16 (ESV)
When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands. And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men. And Samson said,
“With the jawbone of a donkey,
heaps upon heaps,
with the jawbone of a donkey
have I struck down a thousand men.”
Created to have relationship WITH the supernatural.
Created to have relationship WITH the supernatural.
Genesis 3:8
Genesis 3:8 (NASB95)
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day...
Exodus 6:7
‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Angels were and are God’s Messengers
Angels were and are God’s Messengers
Galatians 3:19
Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.
Psalms 103:20
Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Mighty in strength, who perform His word,
Obeying the voice of His word!
Psalm 104:4
Psalm 104:4 (NASB95)
He makes the winds (Angels, Spirits) His messengers,
Flaming fire His ministers.
Commanded to WALK IN the Supernatural
Commanded to WALK IN the Supernatural
Healing and Resurrection Powers
Healing and Resurrection Powers
Matthew 10:8
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Visions, Dreams, Prophecy
Visions, Dreams, Prophecy
Joel 2:28-32
“It will come about after this
That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
“Even on the male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
“I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire and columns of smoke.
“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
No Poisonous thing can hurt you!
No Poisonous thing can hurt you!
Mark 16:17–18 (NASB95)
“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Teleportation According to God’s Will!
Teleportation According to God’s Will!
Acts 8:36–40 (NASB95)
As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Power of all beasts
Power of all beasts
2 kings 2:24
When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.
Power to command the UNIVERSE!
Power to command the UNIVERSE!
3224 years ago According to Astrologers
October 30, 1207 BCE, exactly 3,224 years ago.
Joshua 10:12-13
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“O sun, stand still at Gibeon,
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is it not written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
The world presents a promise of power, and control that appears easy, fun, rewarding! All within the reach if your fingertips or thoughts.
The world presents a promise of power, and control that appears easy, fun, rewarding! All within the reach if your fingertips or thoughts.
They hidden truth is it will cost more than you intended to spend, take more then you wanted to give, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay.
They hidden truth is it will cost more than you intended to spend, take more then you wanted to give, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay.
“All Magic Comes With A Price”
“All Magic Comes With A Price”
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ““For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you.”
“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
“For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you.
The world seeks control to manipulate truth and others to meet their own pleasure and desires.
The Kingdom of God displays in both the King, and His People, that it is not through the pursuit of control and pleasure that one obtains power and authority.
Genesis 3:5
Genesis 3:5 (NASB95)
“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God (As gods), knowing good and evil.”
WRONG - Sorcery, Witchcraft, Divination, Seeking to control and manipulate.
RATHER
Matthew 16:25
“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Doing the Will of God IS where we find all power and authority!
Ephesians 6:20
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Matthew 20:16
“So the last shall be first, and the first last.”
Even unto death, if you are IN THE WILL OF GOD, No one has ANY POWER over you.
Even unto death, if you are IN THE WILL OF GOD, No one has ANY POWER over you.
John 10:18
“No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Heal the sick, Raise the Dead, Drive Out Demons
Interesting. All of these actions have to do about God’s will for HIS PEOPLE, THROUGH YOU! and nothing to do with YOUR DESIRES, YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, or YOUR PLEASURE, but the Pleasure of the father.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Isaiah 40:31
Yet those who wait for the LordWill gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Yet those who wait for the LordWill gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
END
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Prayer to Repent for opening doors to demons
Ask God for Forgiveness for believing the lies of “New Age” Mysticism which is just Old Magic (Sorcery) Repackaged
Seal it by the holy spirit - Invite the holy spirit to lead you in all truth, and when lies comes, you can rightly divide them by HIS WORD and HIS SPIRIT LIVING IN YOU.