CPM Sessions with Darryl Riden

Hebrews 11:1  “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"

Theologically Saving Faith is the belief, on God’s authority, of whatsoever is revealed in His Word concerning Christ; accepting and resting upon Him alone for justification and eternal life. It is wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit and is accompanied by saving grace and leads to a life of holiness. Faith is a primary concept of Christianity. Without faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation one cannot be a Christian.

 Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 

Colossians 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness. 

So Biblical Faith is an active confidence in God. Not ethereal wishful thinking but belief in the truth of Jesus Christ, the object of our faith. Faith is a response directed toward an object and defined by what is believed. Faith is only as good as its object. You can have faith that an old chair will hold you up as you are seated. When the chair breaks and you hit the floor you realize your faith in its stability was betrayed. Spiritually, the object of our faith must always be the sure foundation of the Person of Jesus Christ. 

Faith is the instrument by which a person is saved. We are justified before God by faith and by faith we live out our relationship with Christ (Romans 3:26). Jesus is the very real evidence of things not yet seen. Why? Because Christ has risen from the dead and in doing so has prepared the way for all believers to enter Heaven and enjoy eternal life in Him. Even though we do not see Heaven in this earthly life we are in fact citizens now if we are in Christ   Phil. 3:20-21

True Christianity is different than other religions. All other world religions ask you to perform works, rituals, or meet man made requirements and rules to achieve a reward. At the end of your life you may, or may not, go to “heaven” as the supreme deity decides your fate according to how you performed during your earthly existence. 

These religious systems offer no guarantee or hope of being loved by the specified deity or obtaining eternal life after death. So Faith in false religions produce hopelessness.

But With Christianity our salvation is settled at the beginning, not the end. Faith in Christ places us in a permanent, loving, righteous relationship with God. There is no question what will happen to us when we die. 

We are not bound by guilt, ritual, fear and disillusionment. At death Heaven is our eternal home and no power on earth can stop us from entering into the presence and security of Christ. 

When we are saved we place our faith in the lordship and power of Jesus. “We walk by faith, not by sight” II Cor.5:7  

 Christ and our relationship to Him determines our priorities. Faith in Jesus removes our sin and shifts our allegiance from worldly ambitions and relationships to Christ alone. Our faith in God will change our worldview. 

Charles Spurgeon once said, “When you can’t trace God’s hand, trust His heart.” Sometimes we do not see God working in our lives. We can feel isolated, fearful, and anxious. This is when walking by faith is crucial. Jesus is mighty to save and He is our solid, unshakable object of faith. 

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let’s start this series with the doctrine of Sin and the Fall of Man. many religious systems don’t believe in the concept of sin. Today we see the rapid rise of Christian denominations that no longer preach against sinful behavior or teach the doctrine of original sin.

 the word for sin is Hamartia (ham-ar-tee’-ah) meaning an offense, or missing the mark.  an archer shooting an arrow that misses it’s target

the truth is we are all sinners. Not just people who do bad things. The reality is we ARE sin. It is in our very nature as humans because we are all part of Adam’s bloodline.

When Adam disobeyed God, Adam and the world were plunged into sin...as Ezekial 18:20 says, “The soul who sins shall die.”

Genesis chapter 3 and let’s see in context what God says about the origin of sin. 

V1. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 

 Adam the first man, in Hebrew the word a-dam can mean a dustling, red man, “The blood man”- Adam, a real person, not a mythical figure, he is the first man representing all of mankind, which is called the Federal Headship of Adam theologically. Through him the curse of death and sin corrupted all of God’s creation that in its original state was perfect. 

Romans 5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

 God told Adam if “you eat thereof you will die”, the day Adam disobeyed the Lord in the Garden he died spiritually and then 900 years later he died physically. He died spiritually having no desire for God, alienated from God. And now that is the condition of the whole world, you and I, and why God would have to judge us then and now. 

But Jesus came to reconcile the world to God, to be the Bridge over that canyon of sin and death for fallen man to be made holy and righteous once again through His blood. The reconciliation is Jesus’ life. (Col. 1:20)

 This means the worst person on the planet can be saved because God has His arms outstretched saying “You can come to me” whoever you are, you can come to God – A Holy God that must judge us can now reach down and save us because of the cross of Jesus Christ. IF you will come to Him. Jesus has done it all - repent of your sin and believe and Follow Him. That’s why it’s called the Gospel, "Good News!"

Humanity can only be made alive in Jesus Christ. It is through Jesus that God reconciles the world to Himself. How? By placing our faith and trust in Him as Lord and Savior, thus securing the forgiveness of all our sin, now being made righteous before God, and having eternal life. We are born again and made a new creation in Christ. Faith in the only One who has fulfilled the Law perfectly.

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In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists declared a national health emergency for child and teen mental health. 

 LifeWay researchers found suicide impacts the local church greatly but few resources are available for those struggling-  poll revealed 76% of churchgoers believe leaders should address this issue more fully and offer better help to those struggling emotionally and with mental illness. 

Sadly, many Christians know of someone who has killed themselves within their family, work, or church circles.  

Suicide is a monstrous beast that seems to devour all aspects of the survivor’s lives. But Jesus is bigger than sorrow. Jesus is greater than death. He will make a path to healing and life for the Christian bereaved. Will life ever be the same? No, but it can still hold meaning and produce fruit. 

God understands why the deceased took their life and He is also aware of what it will take to bring hope to those left behind to deal with the tragedy, pain and grief. When the bereaved eventually come out of the grieving process they will find that God went with them and before them every step of the way.  

It is important for the Christian bereaved to live in community with the Lord and His people, the church. The Apostle Paul writes: 

 “Blessed be our God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 

  We know that suicides and suicidal ideation are a reality facing the American church. we must be prepared to meet this challenge. The enemy would have us throw up our hands in defeat and turn it over to limited secular solutions but we are the ones who actually have the answer to human hopelessness. 

As we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ we can provide resources for our communities to express deep pain, shame and guilt and despair. Trained Lay counselors and MH Coaches within a local church is a first step. 

Suicide does not have to tear relationships apart for the Christian bereaved. Families can pull together and their relationships can become stronger because they are holding on to one another within an environment of understanding and patience. Genuine community is a tremendous weapon against isolation, fear, shame and despair. 

Ultimately we must look to the Lord who is the Rock of our salvation, the Strong Tower and Fortress. He will get us home. If that loved one that took their life was in Christ, we will see them again. Nothing can separate us from the love of God once we are in Him. 

 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) 

That scriptural truth means that even I, cannot be against me. Trusting the Lord patiently and running to His Word is vital as we climb toward the light after such a profound loss. God knows our every need and He is faithful to meet those needs in His time and abiding love. 

If you would like to go through the Youth Mental Health Coach certification training with your church or school staff please contact Darryl at [email protected] or through cpmlife.org. We would be happy to bring this training to your organization.  Let us know how we can assist. 

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The Supremacy of Jesus Christ: why this core doctrine should matter to the local church.
This doctrine of Supremacy is a core historical doctrine for 2000 years, yet today it is being watered down in many of our seminaries and local churches in America. 

When the Bible declares that Jesus is the only way to heaven, because He alone is God- some church leaders and pastors deny this truth because they are deceived and would rather please people than preach the full counsel of the Word of God. 

  start with Colossians 1:14-19

In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell. (NKJV)

The importance of this scripture is profound when viewing Jesus as God. This specific scripture passage under attack by cults and higher critics because it speaks directly to the deity of Jesus Christ, his sufficiency as the Atoning Lamb of God, and as the Creator of all things. 

The Bible study method I suggest using is the Authorial-Intention Approach. 

This interpretational approach uses exegesis (which allows the text to speak, while pulling out it’s meaning in context with surrounding scripture) this will not allow eisegesis (which puts in the readersinterpretation of scripture out of context and making it say something God never intended) eisegesis always distorts the Bible. 

When the reader inserts their bias with eisegesis it leads to the interpretation approach of the cultist and higher critic who subvert the text and thus control the meaning.

But by using the authorial-intention approach we understand that the reader does not create or control the meaning placed by the author. Holy Spirit inspiration and infallibility is what gives the Holy Bible it’s authority throughout history. Not a man’s or ministry board's aberrant or hostile interpretation.

 by reading Colossians 1 in context, is that Jesus Christ is God, not just “a god” somehow less than the Father. He is fully God. This confirms the orthodox Christian view of Christ and our Trinitarian view of the Godhead.

Theologian and pastor Charles Spurgeon on this specific verse “There can be no mistake, as to the Person concerning whom Paul is writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; it is Jesus of Nazareth, the incarnate Son of God, who was crucified on Calvary; for, writing concerning the same Person in the 14th verse, the apostle says, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”

 Eph. 1   19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20. which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21. far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23. which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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Disclaimer: The use of this podcast is for informational purposes only and and does not substitute for professional health care. If you are having a medical issue or emergency please call your local health provider. Suicide hotline: dial 988

My guest today is my daughter, Caiti Riden who is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. We are discussing the national mental health crisis and how it is affecting the local church and our communities.

CPM Worksheet Anxiety: Steps to Peace

1. Prayer: take your fears to the Lord and believe that He will bring hope and peace (Phil. 4:6-8)
2. Resolve personal conflict if it is in your power to do so (Psalm 34:14) (Romans 12:18)
3. Confront Spiritual strongholds and renounce them: (James 4:7-8) (1 Peter 5:6-9) 
4. State the problem clearly
5. Separate Fact from Fiction or assumptions
6. Determine what your responsibility is for your life and what is in your control- see also where you have no control and must release these areas to God.
7. List everything you control related to the core issue
8. Accomplish all on your list and commit to being responsible
9. Set short term goals to help you meet these responsibilities and have trusted people to hold you accountable if necessary.
10. Cast these cares on Jesus Christ and realize as a Christian He owns your life and even the smallest problem is of great concern to Him. Let His Word speak directly to your issue and trust the leading of the Holy Spirit to bring direction, hope and peace. (Isaiah 26:3) (Romans 15:13) (Col. 3:15) (Romans 8:6)
11. Keep an eternal mindset when facing earthly, temporary issues (Phil. 4:9) (2 Peter 3:9-15) 

“Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.” Proverbs 12:25

 Our ultimate Hope is Jesus Christ, His cross, resurrection and Life- The Holy Spirit, through God’s Word, will lead you to deliverance, holiness, strength, and a sound mind- Trust Jesus with everything!

 Matthew 11:28-30   2 Timothy 1:7      Romans 5:8         Romans 8:28

Ephesians 1:7-8       Isaiah 41:10          1 John 4:4            Luke 2:10

John 14:27           Philippians 4:13                1 John 4:18           Proverbs 1:1-7

1 Corinthians 3:11           2 Corinthians 1:3-4              2 Corinthians 4:7-10

2 Corinthians 5:17-21                 Galatians 2:20             Galatians 6:7-9 

Ephesians 3:13-21

Ephesians 4:26-27            John 10:10               John 3:16-17              James 4:14

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In this episode we will look at money, tithing, stewardship, fame and personal value.

I’ve been reading through Proverbs and Ecclesiastes this past month which prompted me to do this episode- In Ecclesiastes  the main point Solomon is making is be wise in all areas of your life- seek wisdom from the Lord, in money matters, acclaim, relationships, worship. And wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord, and respect of the Word of God. 
 Let’s look at money-  so much of this vanity issue is tied up with our money and our stewardship of it.

 Average family in the USA lives on 76,000 per year. Many make 45,000 The poverty level for a 4 person family in the USA is 25,000 

For comparison, the average family in India earns $2,300 ( exchange rate in US dollars) Afghanistan 360 per year, Philippines 3900. Pakistan 1500, Nigeria 2000 Mexico 10,000 -our ministry works with orphanages and ministries in these places and we know what they struggle with to put food on the table

American couples making 100,000  say they can no longer live on that amount

all that matters is our family, our friends, the lives we touch and hopefully make better, and our faith in Christ that brings us eternal life and peace. 

Solomon wasted so much of his wealth on earthly pursuits, madness and folly, at the end of his life he repented and acknowledged everything was vanity except to worship and follow the Lord. Read Eccl. ch. 12

Jean Paul Getty died in 1976 wealthiest man in the world then- he divorced 5 times and had 4 other women - he said at the end of his life, “I would have given all my money away for one good marriage and peace of mind.”
 This from a 20th century Solomon who had everything, but missed the best things-

Benjamin Franklin said: “discontentment makes rich men poor, while contentment makes poor men rich.”

  Solomon told his son’s -Proverbs 23: 4-5
Do not overwork to be rich;
 Because of your own understanding, cease!
 Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
 For riches certainly make themselves wings;
 They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

 we need to ask ourselves: Am I trying to please people or please God?

 In this day of  social media cult of comparison you better have some restraint and turn to Jesus with a heart of gratefulness because comparison is the thief of joy.

 1 Timothy 6:10  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

 what is a tithe? means a 10th, isn’t that an OT law, not for NT believers?

The quick answer is the tithe was given as an example of dedication to the Lord long before Israel was a nation. Abraham in Gen 14 gave a tithe

 it is a Biblical principle- see it in light of 2 Corinthians 9:7 that says: Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
we are to give from our increase and the amount is not the issue-the attitude of our heart is

  Malachi 3:10  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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Part 4 of the New Age Movement session-
Keep in mind that the basic premise of New Age thought is that by looking within yourself with the help of outside esoteric agents (such as spirit guides, space aliens, mediums, angels, gurus, familiar spirits, shamans, etc.) then being able to achieve altered states of consciousness, you can attain the Christ Consciousness or Universal Mind. You then will realize you are your own god: You are a God.

The same concept is found in the current goddess movement which came out of the radical side of the early women’s movement- by the 1970’s this faction embraced the occult through wicca and witchcraft--- called the female collective consciousness.

This homo noeticus vision of man evolving into god like beings, reaching the omega point of evolution, is a central theme of new age proponents- foe example, the tv show Heroes was all about promoting this concept, where various young people discover they have super human abilities- new enlightened super heroes can save the world when they accept their new found gifts and abilities.

 NAM promotes that All religions and religious teachings lead to the same goal. All are equally of merit- except historical biblical Christianity. They draw from numerous different sources as long as it is agreeable to their world view.

They say the ancient wisdom of Babylon, Egypt and Greece, not the Bible, is the basis of all truth. No one religion has the truth. One learns by experience, and then he receives a special gnosis (knowledge) leading him on his own path.

In the new age worldview Sin and evil do not exist. Peace and love are the ultimate realities. Man is not sinful but is a potential god since his true essence is divine and perfect. (this is opposed to true Bible teaching- read Roman chapter 1 and Romans chapter 7 for insight into the sin issue.

There are universal beliefs among New Ager's that are held in common. The Hindu concept of reincarnation which teaches that after death souls comes back in another body to continue their spiritual lessons of evolvement back to the source which is God. New Ager's consistently misrepresent church history, they argue without any verifiable proof that the early church suppressed the teaching of reincarnation and censored its teaching at the council of Nicea. Doctrines of Christianity are often distorted using Scripture out of context to support their occult ideas (by finding separate words or phrases to make it say what they would like it too)

New Age says to go inside your “self,” this is where all knowledge is found. If this were true then one would not have to read any books or learn from any educator, they would just go inside themselves and learn it all. We could dispense with all our education and teach people meditation and other occult techniques to learn everything we need to know. 

This belief of godhood for humanity has infiltrated every world religion and cult including some neo -pentecostal Christian denominations formed in the past 90 years that have turned away from Biblical accountability and authority- this idea in its basic form is trying to combine liberal Christianity and Hinduism knowingly or unknowingly.

Many of the occult practices and beliefs revived by the modern NAM were a part of very early pagan cultures such as witchcraft, sorcery, spiritism (contacting spirits from other worlds), divination, astrology (clairvoyance; seeing the future), necromancy (consulting the dead) mediums (channeling spirits) all of these and more are clearly and strongly condemned in Scripture (Deut. 18: 9-17; Lev.19, Isaiah 47: 9-15

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The New Age Movement and it's influence on 21st century churches.

2 Cor. 4:4 “in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
 
 A new age theological example is the current Emergent Church Movement which came out of this syncretistic mindset:the Core principle is the deconstruction of Scripture, seeking experience through “mystery” (ancient Babylonian mysticism). The goal was to replace sound exegetical Biblical doctrine with heretical teaching and occult experiences.

This postmodern theological deconstructionism was based largely on the works of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) he was a Nazi party member who taught existentialism and what it really meant “to be.” The hippy movement of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s was all about this idea of re-defining human meaning and what it meant to exist beyond the so called establishment’s view of reality. “We are anti- establishment”  in the US that simply meant that they were against traditional Christianity morals and Western capitalism.

Heidegger said the Nazi movement was the physical representation of his philosophy. He claimed you must question all philosophies and religions, deconstruct them and find your own reality as he saw Hitler do.  For example, Hitler re-interpreted scripture and declared he was the Christ and would reign for 1,000 years. He was deeply involved in the occult and Babylonian mysticim.
Heidegger was, and is a key figure in the Emergent Church  (whether these false teachers realize it or not). People like Rob Bell. Doug Pagitt, and Brian McClaren to name a few. 

This is part of the earlier social experiment called Transformational Marxism that came out of a Hegelian Dialectic mindset- and in turn was picked up by the New age leaders that eventually influenced today’s mainstream and emergent church pastors. 

They encouraged doctrinal compromise to bring peace between liberals and conservatives within the Christian church. And now we see many western churches going as far as denying key historical doctrines in the name of preserving denominational and community unity.

The mantra of “let’s agree to disagree” came into fashion as leaders pushed the agenda to overlook biblical teaching for the sake of maintaining relationships above truth. Be Willing to compromise and then achieve consensus to resolve conflict. Combining Christian leaders with New Age change agents to embrace worldly philosophies in hopes of corrupting the true Gospel and affecting, in their words “social and global Change.” 

In John 15: 18 Jesus says, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. 

  verse 26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.”

  The deconstruction of Biblical doctrine in the past 100 years has destroyed the foundation of former Gospel preaching denominations.

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Part Two: The New Age Movement.
How this occult system has influenced the modern church in the USA.
New Age Leader and Theosophist Alice Bailey had a 10 point plan she and her theosophical group began to implement in the late 1950’s with a goal of it coming to fruition by the year 2000, or what they termed the “Dawn of the Age of Aquarius” 
-I will condense these 10 points from her writings:

1. Take God and prayer out of the public school system.

2.Reduce parental control and influence over children.

3.Destroy the traditional Christian family structure.

4.Promote a free sex society and provide easy and legal abortions.

5.Make divorce easy legally, free people from the mindset that marriage is for life. 

6.Make homosexuality an accepted alternative lifestyle. (For reference she proposed this in the 1940’s when sodomy was illegal in all 50 states until 2003.) 

7. Debase all forms of art, make it embrace insanity, horror and perversion.

8.Use all media outlets to promote and change the public’s mindset.

9.Create an interfaith movement with all religions joining together for social change.

10. encourage and direct governments around the world to make all these things above law, while getting the church to endorse these changes as well.

For example: Their strategy to influence and direct the educational system was called Global 2000. That was the 40 year dream Bailey and her crew held out. It is obvious today in the year 2024 these 10 points have all been embraced in the West. They accomplished their Aquarian new age goals in our American society. Much of what is called “Being Woke” or “Wokeness” is simply this plan coming to fruition within society.

2 Cor. 6: 14-17 says 14.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? ...(this is a name for satan) ….or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (an unbeliever). 16. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17. Wherefore Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch not the unclean thing; And I will receive you, 18. And will be a Father unto you, And ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

excerpt from-Kay Wheeler, a new age author...she says, “Mother Earth is cleansing…it is all she knows how to do at this time to clear herself of the pollution that exists in her body. But you as lightbearers can help her not destroy everyone.” 

In the new age worldview, The pollution mother earth needs to clean out is Bible believers, born again Christians, the true church... the standard of the Word of God in all societies needs to be eradicated..because they view that Godly standard as intolerant, archaic, judgmental and mean spirited….get rid of it, do away with the preaching of Jesus and the holy standard of His Word... then, they believe, humanity is free to be their own gods with NO moral, sexual or spiritual boundaries.

 In 1 Timothy 4: Paul warns  Timothy that in the last days false teachers will leave the true faith and point people to a false gospel.
V1.  “Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons…”

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Part One: The New Age Movement
Today we will look at how the NAM has influenced all parts of our society and many church denominations.
The NAM is basically a lightweight form of Hinduism watered down and made easier to embrace by Americans and Europeans.

There is no single human founder of this system----although many claim it is Teilhard De Chardin who was an apostate French (Jeshuit) Catholic priest and Darwinist---He was born in 1881 and died in 1955….He taught that man is evolving spiritually to a race of supermen, that we would all become like Christ until we finally reach the ultimate goal, the omega point, becoming gods. The Omega Point theory and title has been used in movies and books since the 1970’s….the idea that universal unification will happen in a moment of universal cosmic enlightenment...and we will know we are gods.

He wrote in his book Christianity and Evolution p. 240.  “A 'religion of the future' (definable as a 'religion of evolution') cannot fail to appear before long: a new mysticism, the germ of which (as it happens when anything is born) must be recognizable somewhere in our environment here and now.”  

*Chardin was instrumental in bringing the theory of evolution into acceptance in the theological framework of the Roman Catholic Church as he developed an evolutionary model for man evolving into gods.

The New Age Movement is both a religious and a social movement. Western culture has currently experienced a spiritual and sociological shift; it is a religious world-view that is hostile to Christianity but has the ability to synthesize mystical religions and world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Spiritism. It is the theosophy that has been practiced and hoped for by occultists for centuries. The only religion that cannot be mixed into its unity is orthodox Christianity.

DE CHARDIN also stated P. 130  “A general convergence of religions upon a universal Christ who fundamentally satisfies them all: that seems to me the only possible conversion of the world, and the only form in which a religion of the future can be conceived.” 

So he, along with other new age leaders now and in the past, believe that the Universal Christ consciousness – all religions becoming one, is the only hope for mankind- this movement has influenced countless churches- I call them New Christianity churches, and they come in all shapes, sizes and denominations that embrace new age philosophy and rituals. 

-Biblically we see theNew Age Church system heading to a one world religion prophesied in the Bible- this one world church will be led by the False Prophet for the purpose of global worship of the Antichrist…Read Revelation chapter 13 through chapter 20 for context.

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