Curious Cults and fanatical philosophies are invading the Christian church. These present a new challenge. Books and magazines on astrology are flowing from the presses today in a veritable stream. We may smile at the gullibility of the public for giving credence to such pseudo-science, but our disdain does not change the situation. Millions are being led away from the gospel of grace by the subtleties of this "science," falsely so called. Eastern cults of various kinds, together with new types of Spiritualism, also are making inroads into many of the churches today.
How can we meet these philosophies? First, we must know something about them in order to help extricate honest souls. Many looking for light have turned from the churches where Modernism provides no spiritual food, and have gone over to these new fads. These souls need help, and need it desperately. Both.pathetic and tragic is the attitude of one worker who said, "I know nothing about it, and don't want to know. Every time I hear it I get annoyed." True, it takes time to familiarize oneself with such problems, but is not this our work? If the message of the everlasting gospel is to go to every people, then it must be carried to these people, and carried by men and women who have a love for the lost.
The pioneers of this movement did not need to study many of the things that demand our attention today. Futurism, Preterism, and even antinomianism were scarcely known, especially in this country. But we meet them everywhere, and we must be prepared to answer them from the Word.
Isaiah declared that Christendom of the last days would "be replenished from the East." (Isa. 2:6.) How true I In his own day similar conditions prevailed. "Many who were longing for the light of truth were being led astray by false teachers into the bewildering mazes of philosophy and spiritism." (Read Prophets and Kings, pp. 372-378.)
Eastern cults are deluging society and undermining faith in God's Word. Astrology is making a bid for attention. Daniel met it and exposed its weakness in his day. Where are the Daniels and Isaiahs of this day?