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We need to examine the roots of everything we are
confronted with. If the root system is flawed, we are
warned to leave it alone.
Every day we are being bombarded with New Age
paradigms. Media and literature of all kinds are presenting
principles and practices that are opposed to Biblical teachings.
Danger signals should be flashing in our minds. We
know that we should have nothing to do with New Age
practices. But Satan is so subtle! He makes it look like we
can take the good part of an activity and leave the
part that is evil.

by Nettie Gill

Examine the Roots
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them (Matthew 7: 20).

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an we partake of the fruit and ignore
the roots?
This is an extremely important question that
cannot be ignored. Many today are being deceived by
not examining the roots of various belief systems. This
is causing them to partake in various activities that
are actually dangerous.
The fruit that Eve partook of seemed innocent and
good. But the consequences of her eating of it has led
the human race down a path that many of us wish we
were not on.
Many of our actions seem
innocent and good, but in
the end bring disaster. Could
Satan be baiting us to partake
of the fruit of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil?
Each one of us has a tree
of knowledge of good and
evil in our lives. Whether we
partake of it depends on our
relationship with our Lord
and our connection to the
Holy Spirit. I believe that there are many activities that
Satan has presented to the world and the Church that
seem innocent, but where will these activities lead us?
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but
the end thereof are the ways of death (Proverbs 14:12).
When we look at King Solomon, the wisest man
who ever lived, we see the path that Satan led him
down when he married heathen wives. We are no
match for the Enemy of our souls. Even Solomon, with
all his wisdom, fell f