2 Corinthians 11:4: For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
We still face the problem today of the preaching of another Jesus, another spirit, another gospel. Some time ago there was a musical production called “Jesus Christ, Superstar,” which denies His deity and presents a “Jesus” who never lived. It is the “Jesus” of liberalism dressed in a new wardrobe. And the Jesus of liberalism never existed. If they deny the virgin birth of Jesus, they are talking about some other Jesus, not the Jesus Christ of the Bible. If they do not believe that He performed miracles, they have a different Jesus in mind, because the Jesus in the Gospels is the One who performed miracles. He is the One who died for the sins of the world, which they deny. They deny that He was raised from the dead bodily. They deny that He is the God–Man. Yet one of the oldest creeds declares that He is very God of very God and very man of very man. If that is denied, then a different Jesus is being presented. 1
Personal Application
- Read Galatians 1:6-10. How does someone “pervert” the gospel of Christ? How do you respond to a promoter of a “different gospel?”
Godly Encouragement
- For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. –Ephesians 2:8
A Biblical Thought to Share with Others
To be graceless is to live life without the gospel of grace. – TWEET IT
A Prayer to Consider
Lord, may Your grace abound in abundance upon our lives and ministry.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (2 Corinthians) (electronic ed., Vol. 45). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.