Yes — the New Age movement appeals because it sounds good, promising self-deification and a coming utopia while making the true God seem unnecessary.
Les Feldick identifies the heart of New Age teaching as the idea that 'you can become your own God' — a message often disguised as positive thinking. He also shows that New Age proponents look to the Antichrist to bring a utopia the world craves, which is why people are drawn in and deceived.
Matthew 24:4-5 — Jesus explicitly warns about last-day deception, which Les says the New Age movement embodies.
Jude 1:10 — Shows that false teachers operate from natural, fleshly understanding rather than spiritual truth.
The Bible describes the last days as a time of widespread deception. Jesus told His disciples, "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matthew 24:4-5). This warning covers every movement that draws people away from the true God. Jude 10 describes those teachers: "But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves." Instead of receiving truth by God's Spirit, false teachers rely on natural reasoning, and that corruption is what makes their ideas attractive to the fallen human mind. Paul says the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).
Les Feldick pinpoints the appeal in one phrase: the New Age movement teaches that 'we can become our own God.' He recalls that positive thinking 'sounded so good' when it became popular, but it is New Age-ism. The whole concept is that you can become your own god, and if you can become your own god, then you do not need the real one. That self-deifying message is why the movement is exploding and coming into the churches (Clip 1). Les also connects New Age teaching to the Tower of Babel, where man first set up a religious system to reach heaven and displace God's authority (Clip 2). He notes that New Age authors have been publishing for over a century and their ideas are now snowballing (Clip 6). The movement's ultimate deception, Les says, is that it elevates Lucifer and the Antichrist as the one who will bring the utopia the world longs for — but Scripture says that man will bring devastation, not peace (Clip 7). Les constantly returns to Jesus' warning: 'Beware, be not deceived.' He sees people gullibly falling for 'anything and everything' while refusing to search the Book (Clip 3). He points to Jude's false teachers who operate by natural knowledge rather than spiritual understanding (Clip 5), and he warns that when the church commingles with New Age doctrines it becomes spiritual adultery that God will judge (Clip 4).
Les says the appeal is that it 'sounded so good' — especially the message of positive thinking. But he exposes the real heart of New Age teaching: the idea that you can become your own God. If you can become your own God, then you do not need the real one. He adds that New Age thinking keeps people looking for a utopia, and it elevates Lucifer and the Antichrist as the one who will bring it.
Les links the New Age movement to the idolatry that began at the Tower of Babel, where Nimrod set up a religious system to reach heaven and usurp God's authority. He also notes that the New Age movement didn't start overnight — many of its authors began writing in the late 1800s, and their ideas have now begun to snowball.
Jesus warned, 'Take heed that no man deceive you' (Matthew 24:4). Les echoes that warning, saying we live in an age where Satan is the master deceiver and people refuse to search the Book. He points to Jude's description of false teachers who speak evil of things they do not know and operate naturally rather than spiritually. He warns that the church's commingling with New Age doctrine is spiritual adultery, and he reminds believers that they have the spiritual ability to discern what is scriptural and what man has thought up.
Spiritual Discernment Against Deception
Les teaches that believers can discern whether a teaching is scriptural or something man has thought up, and he connects this to Jesus' Matthew 24 warning about deception.
The Heart of New Age Appeal
Les says the New Age movement's central appeal is the promise that 'you can become your own god,' making the true God unnecessary.
The Tower of Babel Connection
Les traces New Age teaching back to the Tower of Babel, where man first attempted to build a religion that would usurp God's throne.
Satan's Master Deception
Les warns that the world is set up for the biggest deception in history, and people are falling for everything while refusing to search the Book.
Spiritual Adultery in the Church
Les warns that when the church commingles with New Age teaching it is spiritual adultery that God will judge.
Natural Knowledge of False Teachers
Les cites Jude to show that false teachers speak evil of what they don't know and operate on natural, fleshly reasoning rather than spiritual truth.
A Century of New Age Writing
Les points out that New Age authors have been writing since the late 1800s, and their ideas are now snowballing.
The Promise of a False Utopia
Les says New Age teaching promotes the Antichrist as the one who will bring the utopia the world wants, though Scripture promises devastation instead.
Matthew 24:4-5: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Jesus warns against the last-day deception that Les says the New Age movement is part of.
1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Explains why natural, unsaved people cannot receive spiritual truth — the reason New Age ideas appeal to the flesh.
1 Corinthians 2:15: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Shows that believers have the ability to discern between scriptural truth and human invention.
Jude 1:10: But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Describes false teachers who operate on natural knowledge rather than spiritual understanding.
Genesis 11:4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
The Tower of Babel is the biblical pattern of man trying to reach heaven on his own terms — the curse Les links to New Age thinking.
Les Feldick says the message 'you can become your own god' sounds good — especially when packaged as positive thinking. It also promises the utopia the world is looking for. People are drawn in because it seems to offer answers without needing the true God, but it is actually the mystery of iniquity at work.
Yes. Les says it is exploding and coming into the churches. When the church commingles with New Age doctrines, he calls it spiritual adultery that God will judge. He urges believers to beware and not be deceived.
Les points back to Jesus' warning in Matthew 24: 'Take heed that no man deceive you.' Believers should search the Book, use their spiritual discernment, and warn others that Satan is the master deceiver in this age.
It is the belief that you can become your own god. If you can become your own god, you don't need the real one. That self-deifying promise is the core appeal that Les exposes.
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