Jan 21, 2015
Defining Terms and Avoiding Cults, Occultism and New Age Dangers
How to Make a Difference in the Church Today!
This audio message defines
numerous terms, exhorts Christians to live biblically, and warns
about the dangers of Cults, Occultism, and New Age/New
Spirituality/New Gospel dangers.
Terminology
defined: 1) Imperative, 2) cult, 3) pseudo-Christian
(false Christian) cults, 4) language barrier (when cults redefine
biblical terminology with new meanings), 5) aberrant, 6) heresy, 7)
occult 8) yoga, 9) sin (and transgression).
Biblical topics
mentioned: The biblical Gospel, redemption, atonement, the
love of God, salvation, Savior, Lord, the Lamb of God, sin, Law of
God, repentance, the forgiveness of sins, made alive in Christ,
being born of God’s Spirit, (born-again), relationship with the
Creator of the universe, the Triune nature of the Godhead, the
virgin birth, the person of the Holy Spirit, a sample prayer of
repentance, salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ
alone, and God's judgment on occult practices.
Other topics
mentioned: The kingdom of the Occult and Cultism, Roman
Catholicism, Islam, New Age cults, Mormons, Oneness Pentecostals,
Christian Science, The Local Church, Masonic Lodge, Christianizing
practices such as Reiki and yoga, Scientism plus Emergence
Theory = The New Spirituality (Eastern mystical evolutionary
occultism), panentheism, pantheism, attaining “godhood” and New Age
“Christ consciousness”, authoritarian spiritual abuse, idolatry,
mediumship, channeling, psychics, the damaging effects of occultism
upon practitioners, and more.
Why you ought to never do
Yoga: Listen from minute 45:00 to 71:00.
Scriptures: 2 Thes.
2:1-5; Matt. 7:1-5; 15-23; 2 Pet. 2:1; Tit. 3:10; 2 Cor. 11:1-4;
Jer. 50:6-7; 1 Pet. 5:1-5; 1 Tim. 6:20-21; Tit. 3:10-11; 1 Jn 5:21;
Acts 17:11; Heb. 5:11-14; Col. 2:8-10; Deut. 18:9-14; Gen. 3:1-24;
Rom. 16:17-19.
(Recorded: Nov 2010 / Posted: Jan
21, 2015)
Recommended articles: 'Defining Deception: What is Yoga, Mysticism, New Age
and the Occult?' and 'Avoiding the Dangers of Yoga, Mysticism, New Age and
the Occult - Part 1 & 2' by Chris lawson, and ‘Defining Terms’ by Sandy Simpson (Apologetics
Coordination Team).
Chris
Lawson
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