THE GOOD SIDE OF EVIL
By: Dr. Mike Jones
The Christian Researcher and Pollster George Barna said 93% of Americans believe in God, unfortunately (says Barna) 53% also believe “that all people pray to the same God or spirit, no matter what name they use for the spiritual being.” [Saints, things are so out of control in the world today, that the world has open the door for the for-runners of Anti-christ.]
We in Christendom know beyond a shadow of doubt that people who say all religious lead to the same God are spiritually deceived but the word of God says in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “…if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God should shine unto them.”
Throughout America many are praying or chanting to a Supreme Being a so-called Higher Power, that isn’t the God of the Bible – the God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob, the Father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Some in this group flock home in the evening to turn on their televisions to hear the medium James Van Praagh speak to the dead; some give more allegiance to the work of Angels in their lives than the AWESOME love and presence of the Holy Spirit; and others falling prey to false teachers who are telling viewers they’re on the cutting-edge of new emerging revelation, that’s soothing to the human consciousness. Romans 16:
Where is all this leading us – to the repackaging of the New Age…which is the real hidden agenda. We can see this transformation here in America. Why do I make such a BOLD statement? Because American has been transformed from a Christian nation, as George Barna has pointed out, to a spiritually diverse society.
In the mid 1990’s George Barna reported shockingly, that 62% of born-again Christian’s believe that “there is no such thing, as absolute truth.”
In 1999, just as disturbingly, he reported that 45% of the born-again believe that just “being good” will earn a person a place in heaven.
How is this New Age Movement that’s picking up momentum being so successful, by using clever languages and wording. For example, the Modernist say, “As far as our minds will take us, that’s how far we can go.” The Post Modernist came along and said, “We can’t really know what God was saying, because words can have such a wide range of meaning.” Now reality-based faith, which says, “The way I see things are the way they are, regardless of what anyone says.” This New Age teaching generates over $1 billion annually in book sales because a growing number of people said they feel the need for spiritual growth, and they’re attempting to fill that need by adopting beliefs and practices of the New Age movement.
The Word of God states that in the last day some shall depart from the faith, giving need to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. They will look you square in the face, tell you the biggest lie and not give it a second thought.
Remember, we’re talking about a disguised New Age Movement under the umbrella of a Christian concept called The Emerging Church. Why do I call this movement the GOOD SIDE OF EVIL? I’ll explain: A couple of years back, a leading Christian magazine, Christianity Today published a major cover story introducing the Emerging Church to its readers. One of the movements best-known leader (Pastor Rob Bell) to explain this new concept.
[First, let me tell you who Rob and his wife Kristen Bell are. They’re the husband and wife team who founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan – one of the fastest growing and most influential emerging churches in America.]
The articles go on to say, “the Mars Hill Church took root during the period when the Bells found themselves increasingly uncomfortable with church. Kristine stated that life in the church had become so small. It had worked for me for a long time.” Then it stopped working. The Bells started questioning their assumptions about the Bible itself 00 discovering the Bible as a human interest pierce of work rather than a collection of writings inspired by God, but written by Holy men who were moved by the Holy Ghost… (TO BE CONTINUED)
(Adapted from The Good Side of Evil; all Scripture references are taken from the KJV unless otherwise noted.)