“The more I read the Bible and recalled some of my Christian theology classes from college, the more I saw that the philosophies of Christianity and the New Age had gaping, irreconcilable differences between them. New Age thought claims to embrace the essential truths of all religions and all scriptures into a greater whole. What I saw now was that the Bible was most definitely not compatible with this ‘greater whole’, and that New Age philosophy has to do a lot of very selective hand-picking of pieces and snippets of the Bible in order to assimilate Biblical Christianity under the New Age umbrella. The New Age claimed to embrace the Bible, but I saw that the Bible just doesn’t fit into the New Age. Logically, both sides could not be right. One side was right, and the other side was wrong. Now I had to decide which side was right. On a strictly intellectual level, this is an incredibly difficult question to answer. Without an assumed absolute standard of values, philosophical argumentation is relativistic and equivocal. In fact, the more I thought about all the issues involved, the more confused I became. I didn’t know how this was going to come to a conclusion.” “One day, while watching the 700 Club, I was in awful shape. Pat Robertson called on unsaved viewers who were in need of deliverance from bondage to pray a prayer with him. I was in such a state now that I was way past feeling self-conscious or silly. There was something about the way Robertson was speaking and looking into the camera that felt like he was talking directly to me. Such a sensation never had happened before, and there was a clarity and conviction that came upon me as I got up from the bed and knelt on the floor with my hands on top of the TV. Somehow I knew with absolute certainty that this was very real, and it was my chance to get out of this maddening bondage. I don’t remember the exact words repeated along with Robertson, but I do have a vivid recollection of what transpired. As the prayer progressed I felt the hand of Jesus reach deep into my innermost being with an almighty power that was both piercing to the core yet completely gentle at the same time. By the end of the prayer I was so filled to overflowing with the power of His presence that a powerful but gentle quaking in the Spirit happened in every fiber of my being. Weeping uncontrollably, I gently dropped to the floor. As this happened I felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit pierce my heart and wept in acute repentance as the quaking in the Spirit continued for almost an hour. Continuously, prayer poured forth from my lips in repentance and in praise of His majesty and saving grace. I had never prayed like this before – it was like an effortless stream of sweet water pouring through me in rejoicing and honoring Christ Jesus as my Lord and personal Savior. The Lord had cut through my horrific Satanic bondage and set me free as He received me into His Body as He washed my scarlet sins as white as snow. I was captive, but now I was free. With an absolute certainty, I knew that this was what I had been looking for all my life and never had found till now. This made even the most powerful mystical New Age experience completely pale in comparison of our Heavenly Father’s infinitely greater power and glory. Satan’s glowing counterfeit fineries are as cheap, filthy rags compared to the Truth.” - Randall Baer, Inside the New Age Nightmare the-new-way.org/testimonies/conv_newage_01_inside_the_new_age_nightmare.html
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 03:00:01 +0000
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