Texts: Matthew 9:36; Hebrews 9:27

Topic: What the New Age movement believes

Introduction:

Magazines, books, and seminars mark the popularity of the New Age movement.

Illustration: Polls show that 25 percent of Americans believe in reincarnation.

What is it that New Agers believe?

The New Age god is an impersonal force

It is a pantheistic belief.

New Age teaching makes human beings god

Humans only need to be enlightened about their divine identity.

There is no single source of New Age truth

Truth becomes whatever we want it to be.

This is a recipe for moral anarchy.

Illustration: A man heavily involved in the New Age movement received Christ.

New Agers reject conventional medicine as a truth source.

Reincarnation is the New Age afterlife

There is only an upward evolvement in New Age reincarnation.

The New Age Jesus is merely an enlightened man

This human Jesus gained "Christ-consciousness" by studying under Indian gurus.

New Age beliefs differ radically from biblical Christianity.

Conclusion:

Five reasons why people are drawn to New Age beliefs

Secular humanism has proven inadequate

We want to be god rather than bow to God

It is morally unchallenging

It promises an optimistic future

Churches have failed to demonstrate biblical Christianity