The links below are to New Age websites which we usually do not connect people up with. It is a great example though of the technique New Age promoters use to lure Christians into their organizations. When we don't know enough about the Bible, we have a tendency to be drawn by these types of teachings because they use the Gospel lavishly and in turn convince the curious that Christianity is really becoming outmoded so why not get into the new philosophies.
What draws Christians is the WORD itself because John 1:1-4 states: "In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and WORD was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:14: "And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
The problem with teachings that use the WORD to draw people unto themselves INSTEAD OF CHRIST JESUS, they do not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the only begotten SON of God, as ONE God. They remain in a lost condition reaping hell in the end. Jesus Christ, God the Son, is the only ONE who can resurrect the dead into life eternal. None of the "New Age" "prophets" have died and resurrected like Christ Jesus has. He and only He proved Himself to be the one prophesied in the Old Testament to be born and crucified in Israel exactly at the appointed time and place.
It takes the Melchizedek Priesthood, that only He has. Many religions provide that priesthood even but it is not the authenticated priesthood Christ holds. Having that priesthood is not the only criteria either. Jesus is God Himself, who always was and always will be. He is not a created being but the CREATOR. He is the only one who has total control over HIS creation which includes Buddha and all the rest of the man contrived personalities that many adore and mind.
Another criteria is the fact that all mankind is laboring under the sin factor which man cannot overcome no matter how many mantras he repeats, or good deeds he performs or how many hours he sits and meditates. In God's eyes, we are filthy rags. God only sees His precious SON as perfect. His precious SON is indeed perfect. He was conceived by the HOLY GHOST, GOD, in the womb of woman who had not been touched by a man, a virgin. He then was tested by God and Satan where the sin factor was concerned. Jesus, God, could not be lured into sinning, even after He was offered the whole world.
This precious perfect Son, Christ Jesus, loved Adam and Eve and their entire family, all the people of the world, but watched Satan take over and deceive and cajole his precious creation into eternal hell. Praise the Lord, God set up a way out for Adam's family. God allowed Jesus to purchase the whole family. At what price you might ask? His blood, the very lifegiving blood had to be shed, to get the family out of Satan's hands. No other prophet has done that nor will do it in the future because there is only ONE CREATOR.
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