No 13

(New Age)

The religion called the “New Age” is anything but new because it actually originated in the Garden of Eden, but we can all agree as Christians there is a renewed interest in this. We are now living in the post-modernism society where everything is described in terms of acceptance, tolerance and that there are no true absolutes. You often hear people say to us when we speak to them about Jesus “I respect you Bible beliefs but that won’t work for me; if it works for you, that’s great.” There are all kinds of satanic activity in the New Age and people are attracted by all this stuff; unfortunately it hardens people’s hearts to the Gospel because most of it is from the pit of hell. There are so many different kinds of practices that are categorized “New Age”, that I don’t want to list them all here but here are a few of them that sometimes even attract true Christians. Certain medical practices such as homeopathic or energy medicine; gem therapy (crystals); aromatherapy; kinesiology; polarity therapy and the list goes on ad infinitem, ad nauseam.

There is a book called “The Dark Secrets of the New Age” written by a Christian who was a former colonel in the US Air Force and who specialized in robotics and bio technology. He interviewed hundreds of “New Agers” and his conclusion was that the underlying goal of the New Age is to destroy Christianity. The New Age practices are nothing to fool around with; especially for Christians because they remove our dependency on the Lord and they also keep from reading our Bible. The Lord warned His people numerous times in the Bible to stay away from such practices. Instead of quoting the verses that forbid the use of them, I will instead give one verse that sums up all of what a Christian should do when confronted with New Age philosophy – the verse is found in Colossians 2:10 “And ye are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” Amen??