At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. (Matthew 24:11) Counterfeit Christianity False forms of Christianity have become increasingly popular in our culture and it seems there is a resurgence of interest in things "spiritual" and there has been an explosion of new age religious beliefs infiltrating the Church such as yoga for example. The spiritual experience achieved through the type of meditation in yoga is undeniably real, and it may feel like a connection to the divine, but it is not of God. The Bible says that we should reject spiritual messengers who claim to be from God but speak “a different gospel” (Galatians 1:8). Millions of Americans look to Oprah Winfrey and her new age advisors such as for counsel about their lives as they reject the saving grace of God. Then there are the millions throughout the world who are involved in the occult, astrology, witchcraft, spiritism and Satanism. The Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels promoting witchcraft among children, written by English author J. K. Rowling. have sold more than 325 million copies and have been translated into more than 64 languages. The most obvious sign of the spiritual decline of the church is apathy - apathy towards the Word of God. Apathy sometimes overtakes a believer - even an entire body of believers - before they are even aware anything is wrong. The fruit of apathy is apostasy. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:28:13 +0000
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