It s Not What, But Who! Presented by Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD Associate Director, GC Health Ministries Don t Be Fooled By Imitations! For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Matt. 24:24 Satan and his confederacy of human agents have endeavored to mix the chaff of error with the wheat of truth. We should diligently seek for the hidden treasure, and seek wisdom from heaven in order to separate human inventions from the divine commands. FE 307 For every truth the Devil has a counterfeit! Satan can present a counterfeit so closely resembling the truth that it deceives those who are willing to be deceived... GC 528 2007 Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD
Good and Evil Must Be In Balance! Eve Wanted MORE She was flattered that there was a higher sphere than that which God had assigned her. But in attempting to climb higher than her original position, she fell far below it. 3T 483. (A dimension beyond the four she was trapped in.) Spiritualism Eve Wanted MORE Quest for knowledge without the use of reason or failure to investigate the evidence. Eve had been perfectly happy by her husband's side in her Eden home; but, like restless modern Eves, she was flattered with the hope of entering a higher sphere than that which God had assigned her. AH 115.2 (God has assigned us to four dimensions NOT five or six.) Satan Says there is MORE Appeal to Know MORE Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4,5 (NKJV) There is more. God is limiting you to the four dimensions in which you exist Satan beguiles men now, as he beguiled Eve in Eden, by exciting a desire to obtain forbidden knowledge. "Ye shall be as gods," he declares, "knowing good and evil." 4SP 373
To those who regard themselves as educated and refined... the great deceiver presents Spiritualism in its more refined and intellectual aspects, and he thus succeeds in drawing many into his snare. He who could appear clothed with the brightness of the heavenly seraphs before Christ in the wilderness of temptation, comes to men in the most attractive manner, as an angel of light. 4SP 373 "He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do." Revelation 13:13, 14 It is Happening Today! That which we are beginning to use in the form of vibrational treatments have had their origins in ancient systems of healing which have been held in secret for many centuries. Spiritual scientists will begin to extend the limits of known science to incorporate higher energetic phenomena. Gerber, Richard. Vibrational Medicine, p.499 (1988) Satan Can Perform Miracles These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by Satanic aid that Pharaoh's magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God... No mere impostures are here brought to view. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan's agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do. 4SP 372 Traditional Chinese Medicine "We need not be deceived. Wonderful scenes, with which Satan will be closely connected, will soon take place. God's Word declares that Satan will work miracles. He will make people sick, and then will suddenly remove from them his satanic power. They will then be regarded as healed. These works of apparent healing will bring Seventh-day Adventists to the test. Many who have had great light will fail to walk in the light, because they have not become one with Christ." 2SM 53.3 Acupuncture Acupressure Herbalism Taichi (balancing energy by body-mind exercise) Eastern meditation (altered states of consciousness Yoga (disciplines) Reflexology Healing Touch
Ayurvedic Medicine Energy balancing Manipulation of prana energy Altered states of consciousness Aura readings Transcendental meditation Astrology Mind-body healing Aromatherapy Herbalism Biofeedback Yoga Macrobiotics Many will be ensnared through the belief that Spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God. 4SP 371 Understanding Healing Method Outcomes Therapeutic Procedures Devil s Healing Devil removes curse of disease (2SM 53) Devil fakes it (apparent healing) Includes some form of mind control Weakens faith in God & His Word Apparent Healing Why? Was it the therapeutic procedure, or a placebo, or the natural course of the disease (remission)? OR Supernatural Healing Divine Healing God used the therapeutic procedure Encourages lifestyle change with God's help God's miraculous intervention Increases faith in God & His Word It would have been better if they had not heard this mingling of the truth with falsehood, for then the truth in its purity would be more effective in reforming their lives and characters. More harm can be done by one who has a mixture of truth and error, than many who teach the whole truth can undo and correct. There is in the human heart a natural affinity for error and evil. Error takes root in the soil of the heart more readily, and grows more vigorously than the precious seeds of truth. RH May 29, 1888 But It Works! How does it work?! God s way! Satan s way Jacob practiced genetics by sight! Gen. 30, 31! He thought it was his work! It was God s blessing! The snakes in Egypt moved! Ex. 7: 8-13 Saul sought advice of the witch of Endor I Sam. 28:3ff Desperation Clouds Discernment Unfortunately many Christians are not able to discern if a healing method has been infiltrated by the enemy. They then fall prey to occult practitioners, especially when their first goal is health at any price instead of asking for God s will at any price. (Pffiefer, Healing at Any Price? 1990)
Sympathetic Remedies These Satanic agents claim to cure disease. They attribute their power to electricity, magnetism, or the so-called "sympathetic remedies," while in truth they are but channels for Satan's electric currents. By this means he casts his spell over the bodies and souls of men. ST, March 24, 1887 The Bible s Response to New Age Philosophies The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. Deut. 7:25, 26 That mighty being who could take the world's Redeemer to an exceedingly high mountain, and bring before him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, will present his temptations to men in a manner to pervert the senses of all who are not shielded by divine power. 4SP 373 Remember: It Is Not What, But Who And, It s Not You, But Him Specious Pretenses Angels of God will preserve His people while they walk in the path of duty; but there is no assurance of such protection for those who deliberately venture upon Satan's ground. An agent of the great deceiver will say and do anything to gain his object. It matters little whether he calls himself a spiritualist, an "electric physician," or a "magnetic healer." By specious pretenses he wins the confidence of the unwary. Ev. 608 For updated presentations visit www.fit4heaven.com hardingef@gc.adventist.org General Conference of SDA Health Ministries Department 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 2010 Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD
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