Let’s take stock. An Alpha graduate may well develop a ‘spiritual’ worldview; may behave a lot more morally than before; may receive a healing; may say they ‘love Jesus’; may want to join a Fellowship and read the Bible, yet all these types of change occur among New Agers too. They don’t mean the person is saved. One could spend months searching official Alpha testimonies in vain for any of the hallmarks of true conversion – such as deep humility, or a serious reverence for the Almighty, or a heartfelt desire to be forgiven by the souls against whom they have trespassed, or a mighty gratitude for Calvary, or a profound shame for the sins of their old life, or a proper grasp of their sinful nature. The chances of finding multiple such hallmarks are virtually zero.
The next time the reader comes across an impressive-sounding Alpha testimony, we urge them to ask (a) if any of the above biblical hallmarks are clearly present, and (b) if Satan is genuinely powerless to produce the changes described, especially given that New Agers experience the very same sorts of healings, transformations, restorations and so on. As we noted at the start of the Introduction section, Alpha Course literature refers to “The God Who Changes Lives”, as if only one supernatural entity has that ability. Let’s not imagine the “god of this world” to be incapable of changing lives too. It is the God who saves souls we need to be following.
There is so much more we could say to prove our assertion, but it is all in our book.[47] Please pray about warning elders before they accept Alpha.[48] They will listen much more readily if they have not yet taken the program onboard. Why is this? Partly because they will lose a lot less ‘face’ if they reject Alpha before encouraging their Fellowships down the very involved road of running a Course, but also because we constantly find that the powerful spirit behind Alpha blinds people to the truth once they have received it.
People who have already imbibed this spirit need to renounce it and repent of accepting it. For more information, see this endnote.[49] We firmly believe the Lord enabled us to produce this article. May He deliver many souls through its prayerful and discreet use.[50]
God bless you.
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1 comment:
dear sis,
please pray for my dad. hell be undergoing an operation this thursday morning (your wednesday evening) to remove tumour from his bladder.
his is a high risk op because of his age. he will turn 76 on dec 12th. pls pray for salvation and healing. his name is anthony das.
thank you and much love, hannah from malaysia :)
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