The
New Age Movement
May 2016 Introduction
God’s Message in this last
day spoke out very hard against the spirit of organization and
denominationalism. The spirit of
denominationalism is the spirit whereby people set up a boundary of a set of
beliefs and then judge other people (and themselves) as to whether they are
“in” or “out” based on that boundary.
One could say that the denominational spirit is the spirit of
Phariseeism. However, the “other side of
the coin” of this denominational spirit is the spirit that declares that
everything is accepted, we are all a part of God, we should “love” everybody,
and that there are essentially no boundaries defining what is right and
wrong. This side of the coin is just as
evil as the denominational spirit. This
“God is in all” spirit is what is known today as the “New Age movement”. Brother Branham exhorted
Brother Pearry Green to “always keep your balance in the Scriptures”. As the Scripture says: II TIMOTHY 2:15 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Truth is always in the
middle of the road. The false is what
washes off onto either side of the road: PATMOS.VISION_ JEFF.IN
ROJC 69-130 SUNDAY_ 60-1204E 102 You know I've always tried to be this, and
our Lord has always revealed it to me; there's one extreme and another
extreme; but
right in the middle of the road lays the truth. Did you notice
Isaiah, where He said that there shall be a highway: Isaiah 35? And you remember
how our precious Nazarene brethren used to sing that song, you know,
"The Highway of Holiness. Highway of Holiness." Now, if you'll read
your Bible right, it doesn't say, "the highway of holiness." It
said, "There shall be a highway and a way, and it shall be called,"
not the highway of holiness, but "the way of holiness."
"And" is a conjunction that finishes your sentence. See? "It
shall be a highway and a way, and it shall be called the way of
holiness," not a highway of holiness. See, a road's built, a way... A good
road is built, the highest part's in the center, because it let's all the trash wash off
to both sides. That's it. When a man really comes to Christ, he's
got his eyes centered on Christ. TRYING.TO.DO.GOD.A.SERVICE_ SHP.LA
SATURDAY_ 65-1127B 179 Watch how close it gets to that razor edge
now between right and wrong. And remember, it'll fall on one or the other sides;
and it comes down sometime like a honed razor between the difference of right
and wrong. It's got to be every Word of God, not just almost every Word, but
every Word. And it's got down today, not to Lutherans, not to Methodists, not
to Pentecostals, but to that honed age, in this age where just the
antichrist anointing is so perfectly, it would deceive the very Elected; they'll fall
on the wrong side if they don't watch it, like a wedge. Watch. Be
careful. We're not living in a Pentecostal age now. We're passed that age,
... For our present topic, one
could picture it this way:
Incredible as it may sound,
there are groups that have claimed to be in the Message that have gone down
the path of this “new age” spirit, thinking that they are entering into a
deep revelation of God. The New Age movement is
what will be discussed in this article. God’s Warning For This Age
We know that God’s prophet
cried out continually against the spirit of denominationalism. But he also spoke out against the “other
side of the coin” that was to rise up in this last day: 319-3 LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE -
CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9 How fitting were the characteristics
of this last age to represent the age in which we now live. For example, they
worshipped one god, Zeus, who was the chief and father of the gods. This forecast
the twentieth century 'one God, father-of-us-all' religious premise that sets forth the brotherhood of man, and is
even now bringing together the Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Hindus, etc.
with the intent that a mutual form of worship will increase our love,
understanding, and care of each other. The Catholics and Protestants are even
now striving for, and actually gaining ground in this union with the avowed
intent that all others will follow. This very attitude was seen in the United
Nations Organization when the world leaders refused to recognize any one
individual concept of spiritual worship but recommended putting aside all those separate
concepts with the hopes that all religions become leveled into one, for all
desire the same goals, all have the same purposes and all are basically right. The New Age Movement DefinedThe New Age movement is a movement wherein its followers believe that they are seeing the real truth of what is going on, of how things work. They believe that all people are a part of “God” (or whatever term each person chooses to use for God, e.g., “Higher Power”, “the Universe”, “the Eternal Spirit”, “Nature”, “the Infinite”, “the Source”, “the One”, “Light”, etc.). The mystical teachings of all religions are considered to have been in touch with this ultimate truth. All people are accepted, because all are a part of “God”. All different religious paths are accepted, because each is considered to be an individual’s unique way of pursuing the one truth that we all are coming to. There are no absolutes, no real boundaries, no judgment – all paths to truth are accepted. Those that pursue a particular religion may be considered to be somewhat ignorant of the real deeper truths, but are loved as those who are currently “less enlightened”. There is no actual being called the devil. Everything is one and is a part of God, and we are just evolving up to a higher knowledge and consciousness of the truth. Some believe that the world is transitioning into a “new age” of enlightenment, a “new age” of higher consciousness and spirituality, that we are entering into the “Age of Aquarius” (and hence the name “New Age” movement). The great teachers of all religions (Jesus Christ, Buddha, Islamic mystics, catholic mystics, etc.) are considered to have been enlightened ones, but none of their teachings are to be taken as absolutes - only the parts of their teachings that line up with the current “higher understanding of truth” are to be accepted. New Age adherents consider truth to have been taught by enlightened ones of all ages, and this hidden truth is now becoming known (“the secret”) (we are evolving into a higher level, a “new age” of consciousness). The New Age Movement’s DeceptivenessThis Laodicean age is the greatest age of deception, deception being where people think that they are in right standing with God when they are not: GOD.OF.THIS.EVIL.AGE_
JEFF.IN V-4 N-9 SUNDAY_
65-0801M 33 Last week, in Matthew 24 it was the most deceiving age of all ages. All the ages of deceit from the garden of Eden all the way down, there's never been an age so deceptive as this age. False prophets will rise and show signs and wonders, if possible, to deceive the very Elected. See? Now, just a cold, formal, starchy churches and so forth of manmade theology, that wouldn't--the Elect would never pay no attention to that. But it's up there almost like the real thing. Just leaving out one word is all you have to do. Promised of the age, very great time... Christians everywhere, take heed to the hour we're living. Mark down, and read, and listen close. The New Age movement is very deceptive because its principles embody much truth and have much good in them. In fact, when many of the principles of the New Age movement are applied correctly to a born again Christian, they can actually be a blessing and a help. Principles such as believing that you are a part of God (your real “essence”), overcoming your “false self” (your “ego”) so that the real you (your “essence”) can be expressed, not judging but loving others, etc., are all good things, when applied correctly. What is even more deceptive is that the New Age movement contains many Biblical terms: the Mystery, the Truth (the Father), the Logos (the unfolding, the expression of Truth), Theophany, Faith, Christ, the Beast, resting, not doing, getting out of the way to let the intrinsic harmony of body and spirit automatically express itself - all true principles when applied correctly. New Age adherents talk about the principles of the “I AM” and of “being present”, but by not receiving the “I AM” ministry of their day they are actually walking in a state of deception, for to walk in the Light is to recognize your day and its message. The New Age movement aligns with many eastern philosophies in the concepts of focusing on the unity of mind and body, learning to get out of the way to let intrinsic harmony automatically express itself, etc. Because of the deeper contemplation and honesty called for in these philosophies, they have a spiritual and reverent quality about them which adds to its deceptiveness. New Age adherents can feel a “peace” within themselves because they have released themselves from the burden to have to stand boldly for something, i.e., to have to confront and declare “THIS ONE WAY (Jesus Christ) is the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. They feel that they can now just “love” everybody (but we shall see later that this “love” is not true love at all). Hence the price incurred in standing up for something is eliminated. This truly is a “broad way” that leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13). New Age people look at denominational people and compare themselves, using that comparison as a justification: “we are not Pharisees and judges like those people, condemning others. We love everybody – we are not bound by do’s and dont’s”. Whereas denominational people look at New Age people and compare themselves, using that comparison as a justification: “we stand for something – we are not just a wishy-washy group of people that say everything is alright and that everybody’s path to God is okay”. But Truth lies right in the middle of the road between each of these extremes. The Tree of Life is that “middle of the road” which can only be walked by Faith. Only the Elect will not be deceived and will be able to walk on that fine razor’s edge of Faith all the way up to receiving the body change. Satan, who is the master of deception, knows that something that is 99.99% truth is still a lie. Satan knows that that is all he needs in order to deceive his people. Satan knows that that little fraction of a lie is enough to “leaven the whole lump” (I Corinthians 5:6): WHAT.SHALL.I.DO.WITH.JESUS_
JEFF.IN 63-1124M 129 Eve had the Word. Satan's
against the Word. And look. Almost ninety-nine and ninety-nine hundredths of It,
Satan admitted was right. So close, the Bible said, "In the last days
would deceive the very elected if it was possible." See how
it comes in? How it's always been? How it's going out? The same way: united
of unbelief in all the full Word of God. You got it? That's what brought
death is uniting unbelief with the Word. Unbelief: just a little bitty part
of it, little bitty, teeny bit, one hundredth of one percent. But It must
be one-hundred percent.
That's all. The New Age Movement’s Core ErrorThe New Age movement’s core error is that it rejects the Lordship, the Godhood, the absolute authority of Jesus Christ (who is the Word). It rejects the truth that Jesus Christ is the only Way to Truth. It rejects the truth that Jesus Christ IS GOD.
However, New Age adherents will sympathize with Jesus Christ, quoting parts of what He said and giving Him the honor of being an “enlightened one”. But in their own way they are doing the same thing that denominational Christians do in that they pick and choose just the parts of the Word that line up with what they want to believe. New Age adherents use spiritual terms such as the term “Logos”, but they will not say what the Bible says about it, that the Logos in its fullness became flesh in Jesus Christ and dwelt among us: JOHN 1:1, 14 1 In the beginning was the Word
[Logos], and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. 14 And the Word [Logos] was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. As a consequence of their rejection of the full authority of the Word, they reject the notion that a person needs to have a nature change, i.e., that a person needs to be born again (though they may use the term “born again” in a New Age counterfeit way). They teach that all people are already a part of God. To them the process of growth lies in learning of this fact and then growing in one’s experience of living by one’s “essence”. The step of the Biblical New Birth is omitted, as will be discussed in more detail later. To the New Age believer, there is no “ultimate evil” (a devil) and there is no hell to stay away from. When one dies he gets reincarnated to continue on in his path of growth. Thus the New Age movement gives people a false sense of peace and security, for the Scripture says “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). The Lordship of Jesus ChristSatan will do anything that he can to rob Jesus Christ of the glory and praise that is due Him. In denominational Christianity satan does this by making Jesus just one person of three (the Trinity doctrine), whereas in the New Age movement satan does this by making Jesus just one of a number of “enlightened ones”. But the Scriptures state clearly that Jesus Christ is GOD. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is the only Way to the Father: JOHN 14:6 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Jesus Christ is the center of all things: I TIMOTHY 2:4-5 4 Who will have all men to be
saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ACTS 13:38-39 38 Be it known unto you therefore,
men [and] brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. The Cost of Discipleship, Page 106-107, Dietrich Bonhoeffer He is
the Mediator,
not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and
reality. Since the whole world was created through him and unto him (John
1:3; 1st Cor. 8:6; Heb. 1:2), he is the sole Mediator in the world. Since his coming man has no immediate
relationship of his own any more to anything, neither to God nor to the
world; Christ wants to be the mediator. Of course, there are plenty of gods
who offer men direct access, and the world naturally uses every means in its
power to retain its direct hold on men, but that is the very reason why it is
so bitterly opposed to Christ, the Mediator. The Cost of Discipleship, Page 64, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Only the Mediator, the God-Man, can call men
to follow him. Discipleship without
Jesus Christ is a way of our own choosing.
It may be the ideal way. It may
even lead to martyrdom, but it is devoid of all promise. Jesus will certainly reject it. What has been restored back in this day is the Capstone
Revelation of God: 332-3 LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE
- CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9 And now in this last age, we have come back to the capstone
revelation, the most important revelation of Godhead in the whole Bible, that
is, JESUS IS GOD, HE AND THE FATHER ARE ONE: THERE IS ONE GOD, AND HIS NAME
IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. [Note: the capitalization is Brother Branham’s] The New Age movement is one of satan’s tools to rob people of this Capstone Revelation. In the following quote from one of the most (if not the most) important messages, notice how Brother Branham emphasizes the fact that Jesus was the fullness of the Godhead bodily: CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY_
JEFF.IN 63-0728 14-3
Now, I want you to turn to the Book of Colossians, the 1st chapter of
Colossians. And then, while we read this, beginning with... I want you, when you go home, to read the
entire chapter of these Colossians. … For it pleased the Father that in him should be
all fulness dwell;--should all fulness dwell;... (Let me put a little emphasis on that again--this 19th verse.) For it pleased the Father that in him should all
fulness dwell; Notice also that Brother Branham wanted the people when they went home to “read the entire chapter of these Colossians”.
It is in this Book of Colossians that the Apostle Paul speaks against “philosophies” that were taking away from the Deity of Jesus Christ. Notice in the following Scripture that the warning of verse 8 is answered by the “For” of verse 9: COLOSSIANS 2:6-10 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye
in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him,
and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with
thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil
you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Regarding the phrase “through philosophy” mentioned in the above
Scripture, Albert Barnes’ notes on the Bible contain the following comments: Barnes'
Notes on the Bible Through
philosophy
- The Greek philosophy prevailed much in the regions around Colossae, and
perhaps also the oriental or Gnostic philosophy. See the Introduction. They were exposed to the influences of
these plausible systems. They consisted much of speculations respecting the
nature of the divine existence; and the danger of the Colossians was, that
they would rely rather on the deductions of that specious reasoning, than on what they had been taught by
their Christian teachers. The definition of the word “specious” used in the above quote is shown below: specious adj. 1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but
actually fallacious: a specious argument. 2. Deceptively attractive. 3. apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or
false 4. deceptively attractive in appearance Brother Branham speaks about “philosophies” taking away from the authority of the Word, starting right there in the first church age: 84-2 EPHESIAN.CHURCH.AGE
- CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.3 Why here is where it all started. Right here in the first church age.
Already they were denying the Word and setting up their own creeds and philosophies instead of the
Word. That is antichrist, for Jesus is the Word. To be anti-Word is to
be anti-Jesus. To be anti-Word is to be antichrist, because the Spirit and the Word are ONE. The New Age philosophy of this day is one of satan’s ways to take away from the Deity of Jesus Christ by making Him just an “enlightened teacher” and not God Himself. Anything that takes away from the absolute authority and Godhood of Jesus Christ (who is the Word) is of the devil, no matter how good and positive it may seem. You Must Be Born AgainThe New Age movement teaches that a person’s “essence” is God without the need to be born again. This follows naturally from their belief that there is no “ultimate evil” or satan, and hence why would there be a need to be delivered from that “ultimate evil” if there is no “ultimate evil”? The following quote is from the book Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas, which shows the typical New Age concept regarding the existence of evil: Facets of Unity, Page 216, A.H. Almaas In spiritual work, concepts of a devil, of
dark forces, of some evil that exists on its own outside of the goodness of
reality are considered manifestations of ignorance, both in terms of
believing in such concepts and in terms of the manifestations attributed to
such forces. All spiritual work would
be pointless if there were such a thing as ultimate evil. But what did Jesus teach about the existence of “ultimate evil” (i.e., satan)?: JOHN 8:44-47 44 Ye
are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is
a liar, and the father of it. 45 And
because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which
of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe
me? 47 He that is of God
heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God. JOHN 14:30 30 Hereafter
I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. The Bible teaches that all people through being born of sex start off with an evil satanic nature within them (i.e., their “essence” starting off is NOT God): EPHESIANS 2:3-5 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. To the Christian, in order to have his “essence” changed to be a part of God, he has to be born again: JOHN 3:3 3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God. To be born again, to have one’s “essence” truly become a part of God, requires a painful death. That is why there are not very many genuine New Births, and that is why ways that do not require people to die out to being their own absolutes are the “broad ways” that lead to destruction: BIRTH.PAINS_
PHOENIX.AZ V-3 N-4 SUNDAY_
65-0124 13-1
And that's why I think today we have so many--not so many rather,
genuine new births, is because the seed is--maybe will sympathize with the Word or
the person, but they don't want to rot away from the old system
that they were in. They don't want to come out of it. They want to stay in
the old system and claim the new birth or the message of the age. MATTHEW 7:13-14 13 Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. This is why the New Age movement is so seductive. It tells people that they already are a part of God, thus bypassing the need to be born again. A New Age adherent therefore does not need to pay the price of dying out to being his own absolute. But when Jesus Christ calls a person, he bids him come and die: The Cost of Discipleship, Page 99, Dietrich Bonhoeffer The cross is laid on every Christian. The
first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon
the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the
result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we
surrender ourselves to Christ in union with his death—we give over our
lives to death. Thus it begins; the cross is not the terrible end to an
otherwise god-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our
communion with Christ. When
Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. It may be a death
like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow him,
or it may be a death like Luther’s, who had to leave the monastery and go out
into the world. But it is the same death every time—death in Jesus Christ,
the death of the old man at his call. True LoveOne of the New Age movement’s deceptive qualities is that it gives the feeling to its adherents that they really love people. It gives them this false sense of peace because it takes away the need for them to ever have to stand up for something and call it “true”, which consequently eliminates the need for them to ever have to uncomfortably confront a person. Since New Age teaching states that everybody is already a part of God and that everybody’s unique way to God is accepted, consequently all people are already one and thus it is all “love”. To feel otherwise would be to be making “judgments” which New Age philosophy strictly rejects. And of course New Age adherents will enthusiastically quote what Jesus said in Matthew 7:1 (“Judge not”), but will conveniently not quote the other things that He said (e.g., “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6)). But what really is love? The following quote is from the book Ethics by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Ethics, Page 51, Dietrich Bonhoeffer The New Testament answers the question ‘What
is love?’ quite unambiguously by pointing solely and entirely to Jesus
Christ. He is the only definition of
love. But again it would be a complete
misunderstanding if we were to derive a general definition of love from our
view of Jesus Christ and of His deed and His suffering. Love is not what He does and what He suffers,
but it is what He does and what He suffers. Love is always He Himself. Love is always God Himself. Love is always the revelation of God in
Jesus Christ. And what did Love (Jesus Christ) say?: JOHN 8:23-24 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore
unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am [he],
ye shall die in your sins. LUKE 12:51-53 51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but
rather division: 52 For
from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two,
and two against three. 53 The
father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the
mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother
in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her
mother in law. Brother Branham gave this description of what real love expresses: CHOOSING.OF.A.BRIDE_
LA.CA V-2 N-28 THURSDAY_
65-0429E 3-6 And many times I've been
considered amongst the people (Well, maybe someone who just didn't set down
and think a minute), that I was a--a--oh, an awful person, that I didn't like
people and I was always cutting them. And that's not so. That isn't so. I love people. But you know, love is corrective. 4-2 If your little boy was
setting in the street out there, and you said, "Junior dear, I don't
want you out there, but..." and cars buzzing by him, and you brought him
in, he run out again, why, you should correct him. If you love him, you will.
You have to... If you seen a man floating down the river towards a falls in a little boat, that you knowed that boat was going to sink when it hit the falls, would you say, "John, you, maybe you ought to think awhile. Maybe you might not make it." If I know he's not going to make it, I'm going to almost jerk him out of the boat, if I can, because it is love that does that. Now it is true, as New Age adherents will point out, that Pharisaical “love” is not true love. The Pharisees certainly had no problem “correcting” others. But their “correction” was not out of the motive of genuine concern for others, but it was out of a self-righteous, legalistic, good and evil judging of those others. But the New Age “love”, the other side of the same evil coin, is also not real love and is just as bad as the Pharisaical “love”. To pay the price of confronting a person out of genuine
concern for him as you see him heading toward certain death is not “judging”
him but is truly loving him. True love
will endure that person’s rejection and anger toward you as you correct him for
his ultimate good. So we can see that, though there is definitely a truth to “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1), it is also true that real love will pay the price involved in crying out a warning to those that are blindly headed towards death, because real love cares for those people (“But speaking the truth in love, …” (Ephesians 4:15a)). So we again are confronted with the fact that truth is in the middle. Truth lies on that fine razor’s edge between right and wrong. It can only be walked by Faith. True Love will pay the price of confronting and speaking the Truth when needed, and it will spring from the motive of genuine concern for a person’s ultimate well-being and destiny: EPHESIANS 4:15-16 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, [even] Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. HEBREWS 3:13 13 But exhort one another daily,
while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin. PROVERBS 28:23 23 He that rebuketh a man
afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. “He that rebuketh a man” – True
Corrective Love “he that flattereth with
the tongue” – New Age “love” PROVERBS 27:6 6 Faithful [are] the wounds of
a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful. “Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend” – True Corrective Love “the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful” – New Age “love” Love may even need to speak harsh, direct words, as Jesus did here: JOHN 8:24 24 I
said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe
not that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins. JOHN 14:6 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. When it comes to a person’s ultimate destiny, love does what is best for that person, even at the price of uncomfortable confrontation and rejection: II CORINTHIANS 12:15 15 And I will very gladly spend
and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be
loved. In SummaryThis age is the greatest age of deception. Satan will try to get people any way that he can. If he cannot get people to fall off on the one extreme (denominationalism, Phariseeism), then he will try to get them to fall off on the opposite extreme (the New Age movement, “love everybody”). It is understandable to see the New Age movement as a backlash against denominational, judgmental, Pharisaical religion. But what needs to be understood is that the New Age movement is the opposite extreme, the other side of the same evil coin. The Pharisees will justify their judging of others by calling it “speaking the Truth in Love”, whereas the New Age adherents will justify their lack of “speaking the Truth in Love” by calling it “not judging others”. How deceptive. But Truth is in the middle. The narrow way that leads to Life lies right in the “middle of the road”. Only the Elect will be able to walk that narrow way without falling off to one side or the other, for it is a life of faith. This is the Life that cannot be impersonated. PATMOS.VISION_ JEFF.IN
ROJC 69-130 SUNDAY_ 60-1204E 102 You know I've always tried to be this, and
our Lord has always revealed it to me; there's one extreme and another
extreme; but
right in the middle of the road lays the truth.
179 Watch how close it gets to that razor edge
now between right and wrong. And remember, it'll fall on one or the other
sides; and it comes down sometime like a honed razor between the difference
of right and wrong. It's got to be every Word of God, not just almost every
Word, but every Word. And it's got down today, not to Lutherans, not to
Methodists, not to Pentecostals, but to that honed age, in this age where
just the antichrist anointing is so perfectly, it would deceive the very
Elected; they'll fall on the wrong side if they don't watch it, like a wedge.
Watch. Be careful. We're not living in a Pentecostal age now. We're passed
that age, ... |
