The Nature of Neo-Gnosticism: Influence within the Church Today
The greatest enemy within the Church today is that of Gnosticism. The basic premise and belief of neo-Gnosticism is, "Spirit is good; flesh is evil." For example: When it comes to Christ's resurrection is that most Gnostics within the professing church today believe that Jesus Christ resurrected "spiritually"; not that of such glorified physical bodily resurrection (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). For Gnostics to deny the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is deny the true nature of the gospel of Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-4). The appeal of Gnosticism is to compete with the teaching (e.g. the "divinity" of Christ), but seek to destroy the true faith and to ruin the moral lives of believers. Within this article I will begin to address (1) the nature of Gnosticism. (2) the worldview knowledge of Gnosticism. And (3) the anti-cosmic attitude of Gnostics within the professing church today. In order to see the "ugliness" of Gnosticism for what it t