Oras ng Pag-aaral 4th Quarter | Mga Pandaraya Sa Huling Panahon | Lesson 11
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A SUMMARY OF LESSON 11/ 4th Qtr, December 3-9, 2022
by Don Leo M. Garilva, DMin
END-TIME DECEPTIONS
Memory Text
“And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds.”
2 Corinthians 11:14, 15, NRSV
INTRODUCTION:
During this WEEK, we have considered some END-TIME DECEPTIONS, including MYSTICISM, NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES, REINCARNATION, NECROMANCY and ANCESTOR WORSHIP, and others. These are DANGEROUS SUBJECTS that we should be AWARE OF but without EXPOSING OURSELVES to their INFLUENCES.
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Here are the THREE POINTS that SUMMARIZE our lesson this week:
1. MYSTICISM (SUNDAY)
Our WORLD has been FLOODED by the strong waves of MYSTICISM. The word “MYSTICISM” is a complex term that ENCAPSULATES a huge variety of IDEAS. From a RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE, the word implies the UNION of the INDIVIDUAL with the DIVINE in some kind of SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE or TRANCE. The TENDENCY is always to REPLACE the AUTHORITY of the WRITTEN WORD of GOD with one’s own SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES. Those who THINK that it MATTERS NOT what they BELIEVE in DOCTRINE, so long as they BELIEVE in JESUS CHRIST, are on DANGEROUS GROUND.
2. NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND REINCARNATION (MONDAY & TUESDAY)
Some of the most popular MODERN ARGUMENTS to “PROVE” the THEORY of the NATURAL IMMORTALITY of the SOUL are “NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES.” All these experiences REPORTED in MODERN LITERATURE are of PEOPLE considered CLINICALLY DEAD, but not really dead, in CONTRAST to LAZARUS, who was DEAD for FOUR DAYS and whose CORPSE was ROTTING (JN. 11:39). Neither LAZARUS nor any of THOSE RAISED to life in BIBLICAL TIMES ever mentioned any AFTERLIFE EXPEREINCE, whether in PARADISE, in PURGATORY, or in HELL. This is, indeed, an ARGUMENT from SILENCE, but it is in full AGREEMENT with
