{"id":46385,"date":"2021-10-27T20:36:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=46385"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:09:51","slug":"which-jesus-have-you-received-which-spirit-which-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/10\/27\/which-jesus-have-you-received-which-spirit-which-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"WHICH JESUS HAVE YOU RECEIVED? WHICH SPIRIT? WHICH GOSPEL?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blessed <\/span>be <\/span>the <\/span>name <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Lord <\/span>Jesus. <\/span>Welcome <\/span>as <\/span>we <\/span>reflect <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>Scriptures.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Corinthians <\/span>11:<\/span>4 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/strong> says:<\/span>
“<\/span>For <\/span>if <\/span>someone <\/span>comes <\/span>and <\/span>proclaims <\/span>another <\/span>Jesus <\/span>than <\/span>the <\/span>one <\/span>we <\/span>proclaimed, <\/span>or <\/span>if <\/span>you <\/span>receive <\/span>a <\/span>different <\/span>spirit <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>one <\/span>you <\/span>received, <\/span>or <\/span>if <\/span>you <\/span>accept <\/span>a <\/span>different <\/span>gospel <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>one <\/span>you <\/span>accepted, <\/span>you <\/span>put <\/span>up <\/span>with <\/span>it <\/span>readily <\/span>enough.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When <\/span>Paul <\/span>wrote <\/span>these <\/span>words, <\/span>he <\/span>was <\/span>not <\/span>praising <\/span>the <\/span>Corinthian <\/span>believers <\/span>for <\/span>their <\/span>tolerance. <\/span>On <\/span>the <\/span>contrary\u2014<\/span>he <\/span>was <\/span>rebuking <\/span>them. <\/span>His <\/span>tone <\/span>was <\/span>one <\/span>of <\/span>concern <\/span>and <\/span>alarm. <\/span>He <\/span>was <\/span>saying, <\/span>“<\/span>You\u2019re <\/span>too <\/span>willing <\/span>to <\/span>tolerate <\/span>false <\/span>teachers <\/span>and <\/span>false <\/span>teachings!”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To <\/span>put <\/span>it <\/span>plainly: <\/span>Paul <\/span>was <\/span>warning <\/span>them <\/span>not <\/span>to <\/span>accept <\/span>anyone <\/span>who <\/span>came <\/span>preaching <\/span>a <\/span>distorted <\/span>Christ, <\/span>operating <\/span>by <\/span>a <\/span>counterfeit <\/span>spirit, <\/span>or <\/span>proclaiming <\/span>a <\/span>corrupted <\/span>gospel. <\/span>The <\/span>Corinthians <\/span>were <\/span>tolerating <\/span>these <\/span>things <\/span>rather <\/span>than <\/span>rejecting <\/span>them\u2014<\/span>and <\/span>that <\/span>was <\/span>spiritually <\/span>dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>warning <\/span>is <\/span>just <\/span>as <\/span>urgent <\/span>today <\/span>as <\/span>it <\/span>was <\/span>then. <\/span>There <\/span>are <\/span>still \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>Jesuses,\u201d \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>spirits,\u201d <\/span>and \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>gospels\u201d <\/span>being <\/span>preached <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>world\u2014<\/span>and <\/span>even <\/span>in <\/span>churches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who <\/span>is <\/span>this “<\/span>other <\/span>Jesus”?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>true <\/span>Jesus <\/span>of <\/span>Scripture <\/span>declared:<\/span>
“<\/span>I <\/span>am <\/span>the <\/span>way, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>truth, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>life. <\/span>No <\/span>one <\/span>comes <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>Father <\/span>except <\/span>through <\/span>me.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>John <\/span>14:<\/span>6 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But <\/span>the “<\/span>other <\/span>Jesus” <\/span>says: <\/span>“<\/span>There <\/span>are <\/span>many <\/span>ways <\/span>to <\/span>God\u2014<\/span>through <\/span>other <\/span>saints, <\/span>through <\/span>religious <\/span>traditions, <\/span>or <\/span>through <\/span>various <\/span>world <\/span>religions.”<\/span><\/em> This <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>the <\/span>Jesus <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Bible\u2014<\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>deception.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>true <\/span>Jesus <\/span>said:<\/span>
“<\/span>If <\/span>anyone <\/span>would <\/span>come <\/span>after <\/span>me, <\/span>let <\/span>him <\/span>deny <\/span>himself <\/span>and <\/span>take <\/span>up <\/span>his <\/span>cross <\/span>and <\/span>follow <\/span>me.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Matthew <\/span>16:<\/span>24 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em>
And <\/span>again:<\/span>
“<\/span>For <\/span>what <\/span>does <\/span>it <\/span>profit <\/span>a <\/span>man <\/span>to <\/span>gain <\/span>the <\/span>whole <\/span>world <\/span>and <\/span>forfeit <\/span>his <\/span>soul?”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Mark <\/span>8:<\/span>36 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But <\/span>the “<\/span>other <\/span>Jesus” <\/span>says: <\/span>“<\/span>You <\/span>don\u2019t <\/span>have <\/span>to <\/span>deny <\/span>yourself. <\/span>You <\/span>can <\/span>keep <\/span>your <\/span>sinful <\/span>habits. <\/span>God <\/span>looks <\/span>at <\/span>your <\/span>heart, <\/span>not <\/span>your <\/span>outward <\/span>life.”<\/span><\/em> This <\/span>false <\/span>Jesus <\/span>demands <\/span>no <\/span>repentance, <\/span>no <\/span>obedience, <\/span>and <\/span>no <\/span>transformation\u2014<\/span>and <\/span>that <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>the <\/span>Jesus <\/span>who <\/span>saves.<\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>is <\/span>why <\/span>Paul <\/span>warned <\/span>the <\/span>Corinthians: <\/span>Don\u2019t <\/span>accept <\/span>a <\/span>false <\/span>Christ.<\/span><\/em> It <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>a <\/span>small <\/span>error\u2014<\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>doorway <\/span>to <\/span>spiritual <\/span>ruin. <\/span>As <\/span>Jesus <\/span>warned:<\/span>
“<\/span>For <\/span>false <\/span>christs <\/span>and <\/span>false <\/span>prophets <\/span>will <\/span>arise <\/span>and <\/span>perform <\/span>great <\/span>signs <\/span>and <\/span>wonders, <\/span>so <\/span>as <\/span>to <\/span>lead <\/span>astray, <\/span>if <\/span>possible, <\/span>even <\/span>the <\/span>elect.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Matthew <\/span>24:<\/span>24 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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What <\/span>about <\/span>the \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>spirit\u201d?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>true <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit <\/span>of <\/span>holiness. <\/span>As <\/span>His <\/span>name <\/span>implies, <\/span>His <\/span>work <\/span>is <\/span>to <\/span>sanctify\u2014<\/span>to <\/span>set <\/span>us <\/span>apart <\/span>from <\/span>sin <\/span>and <\/span>make <\/span>us <\/span>more <\/span>like <\/span>Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus <\/span>said <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit:<\/span>
“<\/span>When <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit <\/span>of <\/span>truth <\/span>comes, <\/span>he <\/span>will <\/span>guide <\/span>you <\/span>into <\/span>all <\/span>the <\/span>truth.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>John <\/span>16:<\/span>13 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And <\/span>Paul <\/span>says:<\/span>
“<\/span>But <\/span>I <\/span>say, <\/span>walk <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit, <\/span>and <\/span>you <\/span>will <\/span>not <\/span>gratify <\/span>the <\/span>desires <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>flesh.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Galatians <\/span>5:<\/span>16 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Yet <\/span>many <\/span>today <\/span>are <\/span>influenced <\/span>by <\/span>another <\/span>spirit\u2014<\/span>not <\/span>the <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit. <\/span>This <\/span>counterfeit <\/span>spirit <\/span>does <\/span>not <\/span>lead <\/span>to <\/span>holiness <\/span>but <\/span>to <\/span>compromise. <\/span>It <\/span>does <\/span>not <\/span>convict <\/span>of <\/span>sin <\/span>but <\/span>excuses <\/span>it. <\/span>It <\/span>does <\/span>not <\/span>lead <\/span>to <\/span>truth <\/span>but <\/span>to <\/span>confusion. <\/span>Under <\/span>its <\/span>influence, <\/span>people <\/span>indulge <\/span>in <\/span>immorality, <\/span>embrace <\/span>worldly <\/span>fashion <\/span>that <\/span>dishonors <\/span>God, <\/span>harbor <\/span>bitterness, <\/span>and <\/span>ignore <\/span>Scripture. <\/span>These <\/span>are <\/span>not <\/span>the <\/span>fruits <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit (<\/span>Galatians <\/span>5:<\/span>22\u2013<\/span>23)\u2014<\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>works <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>flesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beware <\/span>of <\/span>spirits <\/span>that <\/span>masquerade <\/span>as <\/span>holy <\/span>but <\/span>produce <\/span>no <\/span>evidence <\/span>of <\/span>sanctification. <\/span>1 <\/span>John <\/span>4:<\/span>1 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/strong> warns:<\/span>
“<\/span>Beloved, <\/span>do <\/span>not <\/span>believe <\/span>every <\/span>spirit, <\/span>but <\/span>test <\/span>the <\/span>spirits <\/span>to <\/span>see <\/span>whether <\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>from <\/span>God.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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And <\/span>what <\/span>of <\/span>the \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>gospel\u201d?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The <\/span>word <\/span>gospel<\/span><\/em> means \u201c<\/span>good <\/span>news\u201d\u2014<\/span>specifically, <\/span>the <\/span>good <\/span>news <\/span>of <\/span>salvation <\/span>through <\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ. <\/span>Paul <\/span>wrote:<\/span>
“<\/span>For <\/span>I <\/span>am <\/span>not <\/span>ashamed <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>gospel, <\/span>for <\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>power <\/span>of <\/span>God <\/span>for <\/span>salvation <\/span>to <\/span>everyone <\/span>who <\/span>believes…”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Romans <\/span>1:<\/span>16 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The <\/span>true <\/span>gospel <\/span>calls <\/span>us <\/span>to <\/span>repentance, <\/span>faith <\/span>in <\/span>Christ, <\/span>and <\/span>a <\/span>life <\/span>of <\/span>obedience. <\/span>It <\/span>delivers <\/span>us <\/span>from <\/span>sin <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>coming <\/span>judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

But <\/span>the \u201c<\/span>other <\/span>gospel\u201d <\/span>makes <\/span>no <\/span>such <\/span>demands. <\/span>It <\/span>tells <\/span>people <\/span>what <\/span>they <\/span>want <\/span>to <\/span>hear, <\/span>not <\/span>what <\/span>they <\/span>need <\/span>to <\/span>hear. <\/span>It <\/span>tolerates <\/span>unforgiveness, <\/span>vengeance, <\/span>and <\/span>bitterness. <\/span>It <\/span>encourages <\/span>believers <\/span>to \u201c<\/span>pray <\/span>against\u201d <\/span>their <\/span>enemies <\/span>rather <\/span>than <\/span>forgive <\/span>them\u2014<\/span>contrary <\/span>to <\/span>what <\/span>Christ <\/span>taught:<\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>But <\/span>if <\/span>you <\/span>do <\/span>not <\/span>forgive <\/span>others <\/span>their <\/span>trespasses, <\/span>neither <\/span>will <\/span>your <\/span>Father <\/span>forgive <\/span>your <\/span>trespasses.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Matthew <\/span>6:<\/span>15 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A <\/span>gospel <\/span>that <\/span>justifies <\/span>hatred, <\/span>resentment, <\/span>and <\/span>spiritual <\/span>pride <\/span>is <\/span>no <\/span>gospel <\/span>at <\/span>all\u2014<\/span>it <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>message <\/span>from <\/span>hell, <\/span>not <\/span>from <\/span>heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, <\/span>many <\/span>churchgoers <\/span>today <\/span>are <\/span>filled <\/span>with <\/span>anger <\/span>and <\/span>unforgiveness, <\/span>yet <\/span>they <\/span>think <\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>walking <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>light <\/span>because <\/span>they <\/span>attend <\/span>church <\/span>and <\/span>follow <\/span>religious <\/span>routines. <\/span>But <\/span>without <\/span>love, <\/span>forgiveness, <\/span>and <\/span>holiness, <\/span>we <\/span>are <\/span>deceiving <\/span>ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So <\/span>ask <\/span>yourself:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Which <\/span>Jesus <\/span>have <\/span>I <\/span>received?<\/span><\/strong>
Which <\/span>spirit <\/span>is <\/span>influencing <\/span>my <\/span>life?<\/span><\/strong>
Which <\/span>gospel <\/span>do <\/span>I <\/span>believe?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is <\/span>it <\/span>the <\/span>Jesus <\/span>of <\/span>Scripture, <\/span>the <\/span>true <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>gospel <\/span>that <\/span>leads <\/span>to <\/span>salvation? <\/span>Or <\/span>is <\/span>it <\/span>a <\/span>counterfeit\u2014<\/span>crafted <\/span>to <\/span>appeal <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>flesh <\/span>but <\/span>powerless <\/span>to <\/span>save?<\/span><\/p>\n

Let <\/span>us <\/span>heed <\/span>the <\/span>apostolic <\/span>warning <\/span>and <\/span>discern <\/span>carefully. <\/span>As <\/span>Scripture <\/span>exhorts:<\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Examine <\/span>yourselves, <\/span>to <\/span>see <\/span>whether <\/span>you <\/span>are <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>faith. <\/span>Test <\/span>yourselves.”<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>2 <\/span>Corinthians <\/span>13:<\/span>5 (<\/span>ESV)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The <\/span>times <\/span>are <\/span>deceptive. <\/span>Let <\/span>us <\/span>hold <\/span>fast <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maranatha\u2014<\/span>The <\/span>Lord <\/span>is <\/span>coming <\/span>soon!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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