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What
is Happening To The Church Today! A re-spiritualization of society is taking place.... and large groups of leaders leading the church down a path of destruction. Do you wonder why yoga, labyrinths and other meditational practices have suddenly emerged in churches across America? Or why "Christians" now use the old occult formulas (a combination of concentration, meditation, visualization and mental projection) practiced by sorcerers, alchemists and "enlightened" yogis to invoke the presence of "God"? The scriptures say that those who are involved in the latter-day departing—apostasy—will be turned over to a strong delusion, because they believe the lie. And because they will not receive a love of the truth, their doom will be sealed forever (2 Thessalonians 2:9-11). The scriptures tell us those who fall away in the latter time will not necessarily do so in order to live overtly sinful lives (although some will). Instead, they will forsake the true faith by embracing a counterfeit faith. Many will sincerely believe they are following Christ but will find out too late that it is another Jesus, not the Jesus of the Bible that they are following (Matthew 7:22-23). There are two movements advancing at lightning speed through the
Body of Christ today. Both movements are extremely seductive and
promote a spirituality which corrupt believers from the simplicity
found in Christ by weaving New Age/Occult precepts and practices
into the very fabric of Due to the aggressive promotion of these movements through church leaders and vast interdenominational networks (along with the prevalence and availability of media and internet exposure), no group or denomination has been spared the influence of one or both of these movements. Contemplative Prayer These doctrines of devils are presented in such subtle, and seductive
ways that a complete Contemplative prayer is, by far, the main practice promoted by the Spiritual Directors who lead church members onto the slippery slopes of spiritual formation. It is also called soaking or centering prayer. The terms spiritual formation and contemplative prayer are practically synonymous. Contemplative prayer is actually not prayer at all, but rather a “Christianized” form of unbiblical, eastern meditation. Most of us know it by the name, transcendental meditation (TM). It is rightly associated with Hinduism and New Age Spirituality. Other practices that are considered Christian: 1. inner healing (theophostics) and visualization which the body of Christ is saying using our imagination. This is when you mix scriptures of truth with the eastern meditation. The new age also uses scripture but in other blatent forms such as Yoga, TM, biofeedback, Chakra meditation, hypnosis, etc. All these ways take you to altered state of consciousness - enlightenment (see the back of your dollar bill). When you empty your mind, something else has to come in. "The goal is to reach a light trance state, sometimes called the Alpha State which is the first step in yogic meditation, and most related forms of mind exploration then to Theta Brain Waves. With guidance and practice, meditation can lead to breath- taking experiences or cosmic at- oneness and enlightenment." When you practice modalities, you open your mind to demonic powers. Actually you mind your mind to the second heavens (Satan's kingdom). The term “contemplative prayer,” is an oxymoron. The two words, contemplate and prayer, are contradictory, and mutually exclusive one from the other. The Lord never taught us to empty our minds, which is what occurs during Transcendental meditation. The "prayer of quiet" "inner healing" has its roots in Eastern mysticism, not the Bible. "Let no one be found among you … who practices divination or sorcery, iinterprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead" (Deut. 18:10-11). These practices takes you inside yourself. Granted, the Bible says Christians are to mediate. Joshua 1:8 says, "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." No Christian should buy into the New Age movement's lie that each human soul is akin to a drop of water in a sea of Divine Consciousness. ("Here there is not even energy; no body, no mind, no light, no sound - absolute nothingness - total vacuum - only tremendous potential unmanifest Divine Consciousness, from which all life and material creation flows." Some will say it's wonderful to "feel" closer to God, especially if you're going through a rough time of it. Christians should be very weary of trusting their "feelings" and experiences." Can you really trust your emotions? We are suppose to trust the Word of God through truth and not by feelings. Even if Oprah advocates it…even if you find -- "deeper spiritual enlightenment." You want to experience God? Here's how: "Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us." – 1 John 33:24 The goal is reaching a place of no thought whatsoever. That state is called, among other things, entering into the silence —also referred to by Christians as, “The Secret Place.” The term contemplative prayer is not only oxymoronic, as the one automatically cancels out the other, but it is also a very deceptive and erroneous term. Contemplative prayer traces its roots to a group of monks called, The Desert Fathers. The Desert Fathers taught that it didn’t matter what method you used to seek God—all were good, and they unashamedly sought and implemented non-Christian, eastern, methods of meditation into their spiritual practices.
Rick Joyner, another prophetic leader who promotes contemplative prayer, also emphasizes the experiential in place of the authority of the Bible. He did this when he claimed he had lots of scripture to back up the things he wrote in his incredibly anti-Bible, antievangelical, unscriptural book, The Harvest, but that he was not going to use much of it as he wanted the reader to “commune with the spirit” about whether or not what he had written was true. So why is it Christians, people who claim to have God almighty residing inside them, seem to be the most gullible people on the planet? Could it be due to the influence of a spirit of whoredom and rebellion—whoring after what God has not given and rebellion against his revealed, written word—the Bible? All who embrace this spirituality, sooner or later, begin losing their respect for the written word of God and their burden for soulwinning. Where Did Contemplative Prayer Originate? It is commonly acknowledged among serious contemplatives that contemplative prayer cannot be fully embraced without referencing, at some point, the Roman Catholic mystics—Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Ignatius, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and the Desert Fathers are just a few of these. Many who are leaders in the Body of Christ are infiltrants who came out of new age and brought their tranditions into the church people such as Patricia King. Mike Bickle, a leader in the prophetic movement who heavily promotes contemplative prayer, makes no excuses for the fact that if you want to “go deeper into God,” you must embrace both contemplative prayer and the Roman Catholic Mystics. He freely admits contemplative prayer cannot be found in scripture nor can it be found anywhere in protestant tradition—it can only be found within eastern religions (Hindu and Buddhist) which passed it on to Christianity via the Roman Catholic Church. Some (but by no means all) descriptive terms used by those who
promote contemplative
All Christians, both Pentecostals and non-Pentecostals alike, who are experiencing paradigm shifts by means of these “spiritual disciplines,” become enamored with eastern culture. Both their words and writings are peppered with frequent references to the un-spirituality of the “western” church. In fact, the word doctrine becomes a dirty word and subordinate to the experientia or believe their is hidden knowledge in the Word that only the end-time church will see. The prevailing attitude becomes, “Seek God. It does not matter
how you do it—just do it—he’ll Contemplative prayer is dangerous. In his book, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, Richard Foster warns his readers that they may receive guidance during contemplative prayer that is not divine guidance. He warns that the person entering into such meditation may not be safe from “dark and evil” spirits. Yet he encourages the pursuit of it anyway. The end result of contemplative spirituality is Panentheism. Panentheism is the unscriptural belief that God is in all things as opposed to the biblical teaching that he resides, not in all things, but only within those who belong to him through faith in his risen son, the only Christ—Christ Jesus. Mike Bickle says "He went on to say the western church had much to learn from the mystics." Bickle freely admits to pursuing non-Christian eastern religious philosophies and has nothing but criticism for the “unspiritual” Western Church. Apostle/Prophet Movement The Apostle-Prophet Movement (NAR by Peter Wagner) (which is the second movement sweeping like wild-fire through the Body of Christ) promotes contemplative spirituality and attacks traditional, evangelical beliefs and practices in just about every area. Evangelist claims that signs and wonders are the definitive proof that God is validating a ministry and that these are the definitive fruit of any ministry—the fact that souls are won to Christ is merely incidental. Experiences, signs, wonders and our own inner voices do not supersede the authority of the written word of God and the amazing miracle of the salvation of a soul. They are only interested in networking in order to promote their prophetic agenda. the...) Start listening for the buzz-words of this movement. I guarantee you will hear them:
If you hear any if these—the influence has somehow crept
into your life and church fellowship Present Restored Truth
Exactly what is personal rhema? Hamon calls it “present restored truth.” This is so-called “truth”the apostle or prophet receives by direct revelation, and no claim is made that it can be backed up by scripture. Here is a quote from a disciple of Bill Hamon’s: “God is restoring truth to the Church that was lost during the dark ages of Church history (500-1500 A.D). Thebeliever will understand the importance of being established in “present truth.” (Prophet Quinn Mitchell from his prophetic in action website) "Present Truth,” according to its purveyors and Bill
Hamon spinoffs, is extra-scriptural revelation supposedly from God
that has nothing whatsoever to do with Biblical Truth. And they
are not According to present truth, one of the main premises of the prophetic movement is that Christians should be seeking spiritual growth and ascension to new and higher levels in the “ascension” gifts (i.e., the prophetic). “Ascension” gifts is a new age term (along with the new age concept of “higher levels”) that has been integrated into Christian vocabulary by prophetic leaders such as Bill Hamon and many others. Although they will loudly protest this conclusion by saying they coined the term using Ephesians four, I find it more than a little interesting that new age “ascension” books and gifts can be purchased alongside metaphysical books and gifts at new age book stores. I am also more than a little convinced that those rising to “higher levels” in the ascension gifts are doing it, not with the help of the Holy Spirit at all, but with the help of spiritual entities known among the more advanced new agers as the, “ascended masters.” The king pins of the Apostle- Prophet “Prophetic” movement, who supposedly have ascended to “higher levels,” have demonstrated a zero tolerance policy in regards to those who will not let go of what they derisively call “old” religious traditions—unless of course it is the “old” Roman Catholic religious tradition of contemplative prayer. The Bible says: “You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” If you resist, you will be considered the following:
Where will all this lead? They will be the ones, according to Joel 2, you will need to be exterminated so they can prepare the church with no spot or wrinkle. What a lie from the Antichrist. It is here that the reader is informed that Jesus will not be “released” from heaven (to raise the dead, catch out his church and establish his kingdom) until the way is prepared, in advance, for him by a certain group of spiritually advanced people getting down to business and restoring all things first. This is spin on the Universalist belief that the entire race must rise to a higher awareness of God before all things that are possible with God become actual. It goes claims all this will be done by those who are well advanced in the “ascension gifts.” Signs and Wonders Does God still do signs and wonders today? Of course he does. He is the same today, yesterday and forever. Not only does God never changes, but I have experienced signs and wonders in my own personal life in the form of supernatural health and supernatural healings. How many today are touting signs and wonders in order to validate their ministries and draw people to their meetings? How many are seeking and following after signs and wonders? Jesus said wicked and adulterous people seek after signs. The miracles—the signs and wonders Jesus performed during his ministry were in response to real needs—they were not frivolous manifestations that catered to sinful lusts to see and experience the supernatural. Doctrine or Word of God Doctrine is purely and simply what God has to say about any given subject. And he arranged to have that written, very simply, and very clearly, in his Word— the Bible—which will endure forever, and has been preserved to every generation. Notice the Psalmist said the written Word of God would be preserved to every generation— not evolved or edited according to Bill Hamon’s, or anyone else’s definition of “present truth.” The reason for that is two-fold:1.) First, the written Word of
God is timeless. It is never outdated. It 2.) Second, the basic needs of humans—who are created in the image of God—remain the same from generation to generation. There really is nothing new under the sun. Do we base them on the unchangeable, rock solid, foundation of the written Word of God, which is preserved to every generation? Or do we base them on the words of those who build on sand and change with every wind of…*@!#? Doctrine is not a dirty word! The Dominion Movement:
What do they believe?
Who will they be
judging or slaughtered? Conclusion Dominion theology is predicated upon three basic beliefs:
With this attitude, they will be prime pick for these folks to usher in the Beast of Religion. They will be so deceived that they will not be able to know the difference. Unfortunately, these people will be the ones who kill the true church even though they think they are the true church. Their attitude is to cleanse the earth so that the church will be without spot or wrinkle (Joel 2 army). What is Satan's Plan for the End of Ages? |
LINKS:
New World Religion
New Age Modalities:
MUSIC USED TO TAKE YOU TO ALTERED STATE - Mesmerizing the masses through Music
Who brought in Contemplative Prayer/Soaking Prayer Into the Church?
What Revival Is:
EXPOSING MOVEMENTS
Methods of discernment: Do you believe everything being taught or do you check them out through the word of God. The best way to not fall into error if
Another method of discernment is the word of God. The word of God is our measuring stick. The more we read the word, know the word and have relationship with the Lord, the more we are not going to fall into these occultic practices. If it is not in the word, then don't do it. Two, don't ignore your consciousness when God is showing you something is not completely right. Occultism can have 90% truth and only 10% error to make it wrong. Symptoms of occultism if you been subjected to false teachings, wrong music and new age modalities in the church:
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The
agenda:
Scripture
commands us not only to meditate upon something—the Written
Word of God (Psalm 1:2), but also to refrain from learning the way
of the heathen (Jeremiah 10:2).
The
phrase “Biblical insights [combined] with personal rhema..,”
is found on the commendations page (xvii) of Bill Hamon’s
book Apostles Prophets and the Coming Moves of God.
The
New Wave Charismatics are absolutely in the forefront with Pope
John Paul in helping prepare the stage for the false christ. It
would be impossible to inaugurate a One World Order without the
religious component. The political voices from the United Nations,
Council of Foreign Relations Committee, varying political individuals
all the way to Saddam Hussein are nurturing the religious contacts
and courting every conceivable entity as they jockey for power.
How is this being done? By the Latter Rain Movement.
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