Doctrine of Devils Session 22

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Doctrine of DevilsSession 22
New Age Spiritism Part 3
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New Age Spiritism
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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Book of Knowledge The Keys of Enoch
• Authors J. J. Hurtak PH.D.
• The Keys of Enoch is a paraphysical 'codebook'
  written in 1973 by Dr. J.J. Hurtak.
• It is a text of higher consciousness experience
  which explains how the human race is connected
  with a more advanced higher evolutionary
  structure of universal intelligence.
• This book is meant to prepare us for the paradigm
  shift that will affect all aspects of the social,
  psychological and spiritual dimensions of life.
• This work is not a fantasy, nor is it the outcome
  of "channeled information" nor the product of
  mediumship. Due to the nature of a direct
  experience as the basis of receiving the
  information recorded in The Keys of Enoch, it is
  more properly thought of as a revealed
  teaching--similar to those contained in the Bible
  and other sacred writings.

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• A Spiritual Sex Manual
• Authors Jesus Christ channeled by Charlene
  Webster.
• Did Jesus ever have sex?
• Yes, with Mary Magdalene at least.

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Portable World Bible
• Editor Robert O. Ballou
• Takes eight of the worlds most influential
  religions and summarizes them and also compares
  and contrasts them. The religions compared are
  Hindu, Confucianist, Taoist, Mohammedan,
  Buddhist, Judeo-Christian, and Zoroastrian.
• Includes representative selections from the
  sacred writings of the worlds eight basic source
  religions.
• Some of the writings include
• Hindu The Rig Veda, The Upanishads, The Bhagavad
  Gita, The Vishnu Purana
• Buddhist The Dhammapada
• Zoroastrian (Parsi) Zend Avesta,
• The Pahlavi Texts, The Gathas

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Rays and the Initiations
• Author Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul channeled
  through Alice A. Bailey
• Author of 24 volumes of New Age material said to
  be the very foundation of New Age thinking.
• The Rays and the Initiations calls 666 a sacred
  number and shows how they use occult numerology
  to calculate it. In another volume, Treatise on
  Cosmic Fire she said that 666 holds the mystery
  hid of one of the three heavenly men.

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Secret Doctrine
• Author H. P. Blavatsky
• The New Age Movement is based upon occult
  practices and teachings particularly the writings
  of H. P. Blavatsky (especially The Secret
  Doctrine) and Alice Bailey.
• Blavatsky wrote that everything written in the
  open within their writings has been veiled with
  deliberate blinds and cannot be understood
  without a complete glossary of occult terms.
• IMPORTANT NOTE There is a great connection
  between the writings of Blavatsky and Bailey and
  Hitlers occultism and Aryan race.

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• Isis Unveiled
• Author H. P. Blavatsky
• ISIS UNVEILED is stated on its title-page to be
  "a master-key to the mysteries of ancient and
  modern science and theology." In the body of the
  work there are said to be seven of these keys to
  the mysteries of nature and of man, of which one
  only is given.
• I maintain that Isis Unveiled contains a mass of
  original and never hitherto divulged information
  on occult subjects.
• Prepared to take upon yourself vicariously as I
  will show the sins of all the external, purely
  literary defects of the work, I defend the ideas
  and teachings in it, with no fear of being
  charged with conceit, since neither ideas nor
  teaching are mine, as I have always declared and
  I maintain that both are of the greatest value to
  mystics and students of Theosophy. from My
  Books, Helena Blavatsky, 1891

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Dawn Horse Testament
• Author Adi Da Samraj
• Avatar Adi Da's paramount "Source-Text", this
  Great Divine Testament is unparalleled in its
  magnitude and depth. It represents the fruit of
  Avatar Adi Da's Immense Work of Teaching and
  Revelation over more than three decades.
• An extraordinary Scripture, containing Avatar
  Adi Da's detailed Revelation of every aspect of
  the process culminating in Divine Enlightenment.
• Avatar Adi Da Samraj is the unique Revelation of
  the Brightand, because this is so, He is the
  Ruchira Avatar, or the Shining Divine
  Descent, the Appearance of the Divine in bodily
  (human) Form.

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New Age teachings or Bibles?

• The Satanic Bible
• Author Anton Szandor LaVey
• The Satanic bible is divided into four books,
  namely
• Book of Satan
• Book of Lucifer
• Book of Belial
• Book of Leviathan
• It is generally believed that Lavey obtained this
  hierarchy from The Book of the Sacred Magic of
  Abramelin the Mage, in which the above four
  demons are said to be the chiefs of hell.
• Each book addresses a different principle of
  Satanism, and serves a unique purpose within the
  book as a whole.

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New Age writings or SOURCE OF AUTHORITY

• Generally, New Agers do not speak of a source of
  authority. If such is referred to, it is not an
  external authority but an internal one.
• In the New Age Movement, the individual is
  considered to be the standard of truth.
• "It's all my dream. I'm making all of it happen
  -- good and bad -- and I have the choice of how
  I'll relate to it and what I'll do about it."
• "Perhaps everyone has his own truth, and truth as
  an objective reality simply does not exist."

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The Scriptures are the Christians SOURCE OF
AUTHORITY

• The Scriptures, on the other hand, present
  objective truths.
• They are inspired (literally, "God-breathed")
  therefore, they can be fully relied on.
• The fact of the inspiration of the Scriptures is
  seen in 2 Timothy 316 "All Scripture is
  inspired by God, and profitable for teaching, for
  reproof, for correction, for training in
  righteousness."
• The method of inspiration is seen in 2 Peter
  121 "No prophecy was ever made by an act of
  human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit
  spoke from God."
• The extent of inspiration is seen in Matthew
  518 "For truly I say to you," said the Lord
  Jesus Christ, "until heaven and earth pass away,
  not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away
  from the Law, until all is accomplished."
• So no individual is left to himself and his inner
  feelings as final authority the Bible serves as
  this objective standard.

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New Age writings and concepts of God

• God is not a Supreme Being distinct from creation
  -- He IS creation.
• There is only one essence in the universe, and
  everything and everyone is part of that essence.
• This is known as "monism," which comes from the
  Greek word monos, meaning "one".

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New Age writings and concepts of God

• Monism is a common view of Eastern religions,
  especially Hinduism. All creatures, as well as
  inanimate objects, are viewed as part of this
  divine essence.
• The monism of the New Age Movement is really
  pantheism, believing that all (pan) is God
  (theos). Following this line of reasoning,
  whatever exists -- whether it's a person, a
  poodle or a pickle -- is part of God.

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New Age writings and concepts of God

• The god of the New Age Movement is an impersonal
  presence, not a person with intellect, emotions
  and a will, as the Bible presents Him.
• The God of the Bible is a personal Father, not an
  impersonal force. This reveals why New Agers
  cannot accept the teaching of the Bible. They are
  not able to get beyond the first five words "In
  the beginning God created" (Gen. 11).
• Because they confuse God with creation, the New
  Agers see God as part of creation -- not separate
  from it.
• Biblical Christianity clearly distinguishes
  between God and creation.

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New Age writings and concepts of God

• While rejecting the Bible's distinction between
  God and creation, the New Agers accept and
  believe the lie of Satan.
• Eve told the Tempter that God had said they would
  die if Adam and she ate from the tree in the
  middle of the garden. But the Seducer said, "You
  surely shall not die! For God knows that in the
  day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and
  you will be like God, knowing good and evil"
  (Gen. 34,5).
• Notice that not even Satan indicated they would
  "be" God -- only that they would be "like" God.
  And even this was in only one aspect "knowing
  good and evil."
• After the fall of Adam and Eve, God acknowledged
  what had occurred "Behold, the man has become
  like one of Us, knowing good and evil"

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New Age writings and concepts of God

• Because the New Agers think all is One, this
  leads them to thinking they -- and everything
  else -- are part of this divine essence.
• They believe each person is "intertwined" with
  God.
• New Agers even use the Bible to support their
  erroneous beliefs. They are especially fond of
  Jesus' words "the kingdom of God is within you"
  (Luke 1721, KJV).
• New Agers use these words to claim that each one
  has a divine spark within because he or she is
  part of the divine essence.

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New Age writings and concepts of JESUS CHRIST

• Many counterfeit religious groups use the same
  tactic when explaining who Jesus Christ is - they
  deny His deity by distinguishing between "Jesus"
  and "Christ".
• Those who believe that "all is One" cannot accept
  the teaching of the Bible concerning Christ.
• The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is God. It
  teaches that He took upon Himself human form to
  redeem mankind from sin's penalty.

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New Age writings and concepts of JESUS CHRIST

• The human potential movement among the New Agers
  is based on the faulty premise that each person
  is god and needs only to have his consciousness
  enlightened so he will realize that fact.
• And the means to this enlightenment is
  meditation. But the forms of meditation are many,
  some say up to 13 different forms of meditation.
• Each of these approaches seeks the same basic
  psychological change in the meditator's
  awareness.

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New Age writings and concepts of SIN AND
SALVATION

• In New Age writings, we search in vain to find
  references to sin.
• Because New Agers believe that each person is
  god, they don't believe in sin as the Bible
  defines it.
• Any lack a person has, they say, is a lack of
  enlightenment.
• Their solution is to alter that person's
  consciousness so he will think properly about his
  oneness with the Force, or the impersonal
  presence.
• Because they explain away sin, they have no need
  for salvation in the biblical sense.
• In their minds, any salvation would simply be a
  more complete unification with the One.

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New Age writings and concepts of GOOD AND EVIL

• The New Age Movement mimics Eastern religions,
  which distort the distinction between good and
  evil.
• Because of the New Age's monastic view that "all
  is One," how can it account for both good and
  evil?
• Is the one "essence," or "force" (the Hindu
  equivalent of God), both good and evil?

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New Age writings and concepts of FUTURE LIFE
(REINCARNATION)

• They say that the way a person lives in this life
  will determine the way he will be reincarnated in
  the next.
• This is not a new concept- it is as old as the
  Eastern religions the New Agers follow.
• It also shows the natural bent of man's mind -he
  may think he can transcend any moral boundaries,
  but somehow he still realizes the need to account
  for wrongdoing in this life.

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New Age writings and concepts of Channeling

• New Age thinkers who have borrowed the idea of
  reincarnation from ancient Eastern religions also
  have gotten into the channeling business.
• A step up the occult ladder from mediums,
  channels claim their bodies are taken over by
  'entities' or spirits from another dimension.

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Equal and opposite errors

• There are two equal and opposite errors into
  which our race can fall about the devils. One is
  to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to
  believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy
  interest in them. They the demonic forces
  themselves are equally pleased by both errors and
  hail a materialist or a magician with the same
  delight.
• -- C.S. Lewis in the Preface to his Screwtape
  Letters

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Gods and Demons

• Pagan gods in scripture are demonic agencies,
  beings, and satanic forces
• "Do not turn away after useless idols. They can
  do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because
  they are useless." 1 Samuel 1221
• "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the
  grace that could be theirs" Jonah 28

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Occult / demonic in OT

• Sorcerers of Pharaoh (Exodus 7)
• Sauls visit to medium (1 Samuel 28)
• How do we interpret phenomenon today in the light
  of these two episodes?

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Demon possession in Matthew, Mark and Luke

• The demoniac in the synagogue at Capernaum (Mark
  123-26 cf. Luke 433-37)
• The Gadarene demoniac (Mark 51-20 cf. Matthew
  828-34 Luke 826-39)
• The daughter of the Syro-Phoenician woman (Mark
  724-30 cf. Matthew 1521-28)
• The demoniac boy (Mark 914-29 cf. Matthew
  1714-20 Luke 937-43)
• The dumb man (Matthew 932 cf. Luke 1114-15)
• The blind and dumb man (Matthew 1222-28)
• The crippled woman (Luke 1311-16)

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Demon possession in Acts

• The slave girl at Philippi (Acts 1616-18)
• The strong man at Ephesus (Acts 1913-17).

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Rest of the New Testament

• No other cases of demon possession described.
• Reference made to demons and demonic powers
• Romans 838,
• 1 Timothy 41,
• Ephesians 612,
• James 219,
• and Revelation 920 and 1614.

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Biblical demon possession

• Exchange of personality
• Clairvoyance
• Unusual strength
• Moral impurity
• Seizures and convulsions
• Physical illness
• Socioeconomic factor
• Voluntary versus involuntary
• Deliverance and transference

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More than conquerors

• In all these things we are more than conquerors
  through him who loved us. For I am convinced that
  neither death nor life, neither angels nor
  demons, neither the present nor the future, nor
  any powers, neither height nor depth, nor
  anything else in all creation, will be able to
  separate us from the love of God that is in
  Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 837-39

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• God
• God is the creation and creator, the All-In-One.
  He/She/It is the Divine Intelligence and the
  Creative Force.

• God
• God is separate from, greater than, and Master of
  His creation.
• Acts 1728
• Col 116-17
• 1 Cor 47
• Gen 11
• Isa 4811-12

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• God Impersonal
• God and Holy Spirit are impersonal.
• Presence
• Vibration
• Energy Force
• Universal Law
• Universal Mind
• Cosmic Consciousness
• Divine Presence
• Eternal Reality
• Creative Force

• God Personal
• Though a spirit, He is infinite, eternally
  transcendent (external to man), and worthy of or
  worship
• John 1 1613-14
• Rev 411

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Spark of divinity?
• Each human being is endowed with a spark of
  divinity. An illumined or enlightened person is
  beyond such moral distinctions as good or bad

• Divinity or Fallen?
• Humanity is fallen, born into bondage of sin and
  in need of redemption.
• Satan is real and evil exists.
• Man can become free of the condemnation of sin
  through Jesus Christ.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Rom. 323
• John 316-19
• John 844
• Jer 175-9
• Eph 28-9
• Rev 20

• Divinity or Fallen?

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Jesus Blood irrelevant
• Jesus did not die for the sins of the world.
• His blood irrelevant to mans spiritual need
  today
• There is NO atonement in Christ
• Christianity is simply a BLOODY religion.

• Jesus Blood necessary
• Death on cross was necessary as a sacrifice for
  sin
• We are saved through his blood
• We are assured eternal life through his
  resurrection

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Heb 922
• Matt 26-28
• John 316
• Rom 323
• Gal 11-5
• 2 Cor 521
• Eph 28-9

• Jesus Blood necessary

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Jesus was a god?
• Jesus was a god, a Christ, a perfect Master
• a man who earned his divinity
• a perfected man
• a messenger of God
• a prophet of God.
• He was as much God as are all of us!

• Jesus is THE only God!
• Jesus is, was, and forever shall be God Almighty.
• The one true God
• No other God besides hm.
• Jesus created all things.
• He, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are eternal
  One.
• They cannot be separated forever.
• There is only One Godhead!
• Jesus is the Only Christ.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• 1 John 220-25
• Heb 18
• Col 114-19
• Col 29-10

• Jesus is THE only God!

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Man forgives himself
• Man must take responsibility for his problems and
  forgive himself.
• There is no one outside of man to whom he must
  plead for forgiveness.
• No one outside of himself who can forgive him.

• Only God can forgive
• A loving God is able to forgive our sins and
  cleanse us.
• God offers to man a free salvation as a gift.
• 1 Pet 1
• 1 John 12-6
• 1 John 316
• James 46-11

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Saved through Reincarnation
• Man must endure many life cycles until
• his karma is cleansed
• Spirit is purified
• Union with god is attained

• Salvation through Christ alone
• Man is not saved by law nor good works
• Man cannot be enlightened through his own
  efforts.
• Eternal Life and heaven are free gifts given by a
  personal loving God only to those who
• Accept his grace
• and are Born Again

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Gal 31-4
• Gal 216
• Titus 35
• John 33

• Salvation through Christ alone

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Eating meats forbidden
• Eating meat produces negative Karma in a person.
• Meat is forbidden to the enlightened being.
• The superior being does not eat meat but keeps
  himself as a vegetarian.

• Meat created for man
• God blesses all things He has created for man to
  eat.
• This includes MEAT.
• Col 216
• 1 Tim 43

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Spirit Guides
• Spirit beings or entities are able to provide
  spiritual insight and guidance to man.
• Spirits are sent to be our helpers showing us how
  we might become fully conscious and realize
  self (become divine).

• Spirit Guides are actually Demons
• There is only one mediator between man and
  God-Christ Jesus.
• Communication with spirit beings is an occult
  practice called necromancy.
• It is an abomination to God.
• Spirit guides are in reality unclean and
  deceptive spirits sent from Satan to mislead us.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Deut 1810-12
• 1 Tim 41
• Isa 819
• 1 Sam 281-25
• 1 Chr 1013-14

• Spirit Guides are actually Demons

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Gods Word or Bible is insufficient to perfect
  us.
• Holy Bible is insufficient as a guide for man.
• Other Bibles or Holy Books from other religions
  are helpful.
• New revelations from the channeled ascended
  masters are extremely valuable and necessary.

• Gods Word or Bible is sufficient to perfect us.
• The Bible is the ONLY authoritative Word of God.
• The scriptures are powerful and sufficient in
  themselves to completely and totally guide man
  and nurture him into becoming a mature child of
  God.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Rev 2218-19
• John 539
• Acts 172
• Acts 1711
• Acts 1828
• Rom 154
• Rom 1626
• 2 Pet 121

• Gods Word or Bible is sufficient to perfect us.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• New Age says

• Christianity says

• Man and God are One.
• Man is part of and one with the creation.
• The creation is God
• Thus man is also God
• Man is co-creator of the universe with God.
• Through an evolutionary process man is
  awakening and returning to godhood.

• God is God alone.
• God is the great I AM
• Man is made to serve God
• Every knee will one day bow down to Jesus Christ
• Every tongue will one day confess that Jesus
  Christ is Lord, and none other.

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New Age v.s. CHRISTIANITY

• Christianity says

• List of scriptures
• Phil 52-13
• Rev 2218-19
• John 539
• Rev 211-8
• Rev 228-9
• Matt 183
• John 33
• John 146

• God is God alone.