Beware of the Counterfeit

For someone like me, the New Age seemed appealing offering things like freedom, peace, knowledge, and power. I think for me what I most wanted was FREEDOM.

Man (humankind) teaches that you have a right to do as you please and that is freedom. Sin all you want and break the commandments because you are sovereign over your own body and soul. Believe what you want and don’t let anyone tell you what to do. I bought right into this philosophy, but it wasn’t until later on that I realized it couldn’t deliver, at least not for very long. And I discovered that the Bible cautions us to beware of such promises: 

2 Pet 2:19  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 

John 8:32  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 

John 8:34  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
John 8:35  And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
John 8:36  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 

My friends, we reap what we sow. I reaped death because I sowed into ground that was void of God’s blessings. It all caught upwith me, and I was anything but free. In the end, I needed rescuing and some day, so will you! No one alive will not need rescuing at some point. Do not wait until it is too late. 

And here is something wonderful to consider! God truly loves us and He is not the one we need to run from. He is the one to RUN TO! He offers us a safe place once we recognize an evil and unwelcome presence in our life. 

John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ESV

Psa 91:1  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 
Psa 91:2  I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psa 91:3  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. ESV 

Run from the devil and run from EVERY appearance or even HINT of evil. Don’t let Satan lie to you and say that God is at fault when clearly Satan is the one behind everything negative and evil in this world. He will counterfeit everything he can that God offers, but it will never be the real thing. It will never satisfy and you will always end up losing.

2 Cor 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 

1 Th 5:22  Abstain from every form of evil. ESV

If you feel caught in a snare of some kind, there is great hope for you right now. God will never turn you away no matter what you’ve done.

Why I Left the New Age

My past involvement with the New Age is something I don’t often talk about and I’d rather not, but with the renewed interest in occult and paranormal all around me, I thought it was time I shared my experience with it. For me, it started out as something almost innocent and I was quite young at the time. I tried the Ojai board, numerology, palm reading, levitation, hypnotism, seances and more. Add to that later on, a host of philosophies and eastern religions. 

Basically, as a church goer from a Christian home, I questioned if it was okay to search these things out, but mostly I was curious. I really had no idea what was behind it and what I was delving into. Add recreational drugs to this and I opened the door wide for a most disturbing future. What started out as innocent, took awhile to manifest because the evil spirits (posing as good guides and angels) will use you for as long as they can to influence others and bring them into the deception with you. That’s what I did. It felt good to know I had power to influence people. I didn’t know that it was manipulation and witchcraft because I was being used by evil spirits to keep me from the true light of Jesus, who loved me and was waiting for me to call unto Him. And I felt a heaviness in my heart like a rock but I didn’t know what it was or why it was there.

I’ve seen it happen again and again – evil spirits use you and then when you’re no longer any good to them, they eat you up, spew you out, and torment you. But one day, if you’re fortunate like I was, it all catches up and you know what you are dealing with, and you feel a dread that is indescribable. In my case, I nearly died in a motor vehicle accident and I had a brush with death and hell, yes, the real thing, and I know I was headed there, no mistaking it, and no turning back. There are witnesses to that accident that will agree with me that it was a miracle I walked out of that wreck, and that God spared me. 

For a few years after that, I started seeing things coming towards me in my room at night and strange unexplainable eerie things happened to me. I felt a depression that wouldn’t go away and I ended up having a lot of fear. Finally, the culmination of constant fear, dread and anxiety led to a breakdown. That’s when I cried out to God and He rescued me. He is the only one who can, there is no other.

I’m going to say this with great care and concern to anyone reading this who is delving into the New Age or anything paranormal that does not have God’s stamp of approval on it according to His Word. You may think this will never happen to you, but truly, no one is strong enough to overcome evil powers. Only God can and His faithful followers who humbly put their total trust in Him. Please stay tuned for the next blog about this.