The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

How is it that the Church today have been influence by mysticism? First, before I begin to probe into the matter as to how contemporary evangelicalism have been influenced by mysticism and those who are proponents of such mystical theology is to give a clear cut definition of mysticism. Let's take for example according to Colossians 2:18 where the apostle Paul says, "Let no one beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels intruding into those things which they have seen being vainly puffed up by their own fleshly mind." First, the apostle Paul begin by paraphrasing Colossians 2:18 where it says, "Let no man cheat you of your reward in a voluntary humility, and worshipping of angelic being or divine personage by intruding into those things which they have not seen being vainly puffed up by their carnal minds." When it comes to the meaning of mysticism is that of some spiritual awe by the mystic's entertaining such divine pers

I felt a need to address that of this particular subject matter due to the fact that there are many within the Church today who are unaware of the influence of mysticism. The average layperson who perhaps are not familiar with the term "mystics," and "mysticism" is very much at odds with what they are taught within that of the professing church today, but, to put it in everyday language is that mysticism is such spiritual awe so as to entertain such angelic beings by which many false teachers claim to have seen something within the mystic's spirit so as to have such a "conversation" with God. Such idea can go from hearing God's voice, out-of-body experience (OBE), inner voice, or voice of the spirit. It is intuitive and mystical in nature by which it is devoid of absolute truth and reality. The "Christian" mystics "source" of authority is solely based upon such "experience and knowledge" by which it transcend the kno

We live in a culture, especially those who are within the Church today prefer to "literally" hearing God's voice within their own human spirit. Does the Bible clearly teach that the human spirit is the candlestick by which God communicate such biblical truth? What is the basis of such "inward" voice of the spirit? Does such "inward" voice within a person's human spirit validate such truth claim that is outside the boundaries of God's Word? These are a sample of many questions that must be asked concerning those who claim that they can "literally" hear from God. The most distributing of many "Christian" mystics is their determination by convincing the Church today is that what they experience by hearing God's voice are real "authentic" experience by which they have had a conversation with God (Col. 2:18, 19).   As we begin to look at by studying John 10:4 where it says, "When he has brought out all his