魔鬼以光明天使的身份出現，並以耶穌的身份出現. 他已確保, 許多基督徒創造了耶穌基督的虛假形象，與聖經中的耶穌不符. This counterfeit Jesus or fake Jesus, who is created, is the Jesus of this world aka the new age Jesus, who tolerates and accepts everything, 包括罪. Because they say, Jesus is love and He loves everyone, including sinners, 誰堅持罪. And so they have created a counterfeit Jesus that produces counterfeit Christians.
Jesus in other religions and philosophies
There are other religions and philosophies that confess Jesus. 然而, they don’t confess Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah; their Saviour and Lord. They don’t consider Jesus as the living Word, Who was made flesh and dwelled among the people. But they consider Jesus as a historical person, 一位先知, a humanist, 一種精神, an energy force, or a spiritual master, who has been enlightened and has done many good works on earth.
In these religions and philosophies, we see the spirit of the antichrist; the spirit of this world, who is working in the unbelievers; the children of disobedience, who belong to the generation of the fallen old man and don’t confess Jesus as the Messiah and as Son of God, Who was made flesh for the redemption of the 肉體的老男人.
不幸, this spirit of the antichrist is not only working in the lives of unbelievers but also in the lives of many people, who claim to be believers.
A counterfeit God
It’s just like the scribes and the Pharisees, who looked so pious and righteous before the eyes of man. They thought that they possessed the truth and the love of God and served God. 但現實中, they had created their own image of God, made their own rules, and served the devil instead of God.
They taught the scriptures to the people and gave them commandments, but their own works didn’t line up with their confessions. They didn’t know the 神的旨意 and His heart. They played the role of something, which they were not. They exalted themselves and only did the works in the presence of people to be seen by the people and to receive honor of the people.
These religious leaders shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against those, who were searching. And they made their converts, twofold more sons of hell, 比他們以前 (馬修 23:3-15)
Jesus even called the religious leaders blind guides and whited sepulchers, because their outward appearance looked beautiful and righteous, but on the inside, they were full of dead men’s bones, 不潔, full of hypocrisy, 和罪孽 (馬修 23:16-28)
你會想, that the Scribes and Pharisees, who were learned in the Scriptures and knew them so well, would have been happy when they saw and met Jesus. Because they would recognize Jesus as the Messiah and would see the fulfillment of the Scriptures coming to pass.
But although they knew the scriptures so well, their mind was blinded and their heart was darkened. Because Jesus said to them and the rest of God’s people:
還有天父本人, 是那差遣我來的, hath borne witness of me. 你都沒有聽到他的聲音, 也看不到他的形狀. 而且你沒有他的話在你身上: 他為誰派遣, 他你不相信. 搜索經文; for in them you think ye have eternal life: 他們就是證明我的. 你不會來找我, 你可能有生命. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. 我以我父親的名字來, and you receive Me not: 如果另一個要以自己的名字來, him you will receive. How can you believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe My words? (約翰 5:37-47)
為什麼你聽不懂我的講話? even because you cannot hear My word. 你是你父親魔鬼的, 你父親的私慾你必行. 他從一開始就是個殺人犯, 不住在真理中, 因為他裡面沒有真理. 當他說謊時, 他說的是他自己的事: 因為他是個騙子, 和它的父親. 因為我告訴你真相, you believe Me not. 你們當中誰讓我確信有罪? 如果我說實話, 為什麼你們不相信我? 上帝聽到上帝的話: 因此你聽不到他們的聲音, 因為你們不是上帝 (約翰 8:43-47)
偽造的耶穌
基督徒很多, 誰創造了, just like the Scribes, 法利賽人, and many of God’s people, a counterfeit God and a counterfeit Jesus, whom they serve and they possess a counterfeit spirit; the spirit of this world.
這個假耶穌, whom they’ve created has a lot of similarities and resemblances to… 他們自己
Christians form an opinion on what Jesus considers good and evil, according to their own opinion and their feelings and emotions. What they consider good, this counterfeit Jesus also considers good. And what they consider evil, this counterfeit Jesus also considers evil. But because the mind of many Christians is still like the world and is not renewed with the Word of God, they consider the things of this world as good and therefore they allow, approve, 容忍, and accept the sins and iniquities and reject the commandments of God, 耶穌, 和他的王國 (另請閱讀: 神的誡命與耶穌基督的誡命).
This counterfeit Jesus is a copy of the old man and the god of this world, who always agree with people, and approves and tolerates everything, 包括罪, that represents the will and the works of the devil, 誰是這個世界的神.
Because this counterfeit Jesus is created by themselves after their image, this counterfeit Jesus is a copy of themselves and represents the will and opinion of man that is formed by the wisdom and knowledge of this world.
The counterfeit Jesus versus the real Jesus
現在, let’s have a closer look at the differences between the counterfeit Jesus and the real Jesus Christ.
The counterfeit Jesus, who is represented and preached in many churches has a lot of similarities with the new age Jesus, who is also created in the human mind; by human philosophies and revelations from the soul.
The counterfeit Jesus is a good person, who has done good works on this earth. He approves all things, 包括罪惡和罪孽.
The counterfeit Jesus loves everyone, including sinners, and has relationships with sinners, 那些繼續活在罪中的人. According to this counterfeit Jesus, there is no need to change. You may be and stay who you are and live like the world. You don’t have to remove the sins from your life. Because Jesus accepts all sinners, 只是他們的方式. He leads men to the universal love and energy, 據他們說, represent God and from this so-called love of God (in reality new age love), all things are approved and tolerated.
This counterfeit Jesus follows the trends of this world and represents the will of the world, 這是, 實際上, 這 魔鬼的意志. 所以, this counterfeit Jesus is also a friend of the world.
真正的耶穌基督; 這個單字, is a righteous Person, Who has walked on this earth in the righteous love of God and walked according to the will of God (約翰 4:34, 5:30).
Jesus loves righteousness and hates sin; the will and works of the devil. Jesus didn’t come to compromise and allow the works of the devil, but Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (1 約翰 3:8). He came for the redemption of fallen man and to redeem man from the power of the devil.
The real Jesus loves people, but He doesn’t love the sinful nature of the old man. Jesus reveals the sins in people’s lives and testified of the evil works of this world. He brings sinners to repentance and He hangs out with those, who have repented of their sinful lifestyle, have put away their sins, and have become a 新創作 在他裡面 (馬修 9:13, 馬克 2:17, 路克 5:32).
The true Jesus Christ says, that if you don’t lay down your own life and if you are not willing to 肉體死去, 你將無法 跟著他. 所以, a change and 趕走老人 with his sinful nature is essential, if you want to follow Jesus.
那些, who are not willing to lay down their old life, are not able to follow Jesus. We read that Jesus commanded multiple times to sin no more (即. 約翰 5:14, 8:11).
Jesus represents the 神的旨意 and is an enemy of the world because Jesus testifies that the works of the world are evil (約翰 7:7). 那些, who will follow the real Jesus Christ; the Word will become, 就像他一樣, an enemy of this world and will also be persecuted by the world (約翰 15:20, 詹姆斯 4:4)
Counterfeit Christians
這並不奇怪, that this counterfeit Jesus, who is being praised and received by so many people, including the world, produces counterfeit Christians. These counterfeit Christians have the name ‘Christian’, but they live just like the world. They trust and rely on the wisdom and knowledge of this world. They do the same works as the world and keep living in sin and iniquity. These counterfeit Christians don’t change, 但是他們 adjust the words of God to their will and the lust and desires of their flesh. They remain the old man and keep living after the flesh in sin and iniquity.
Because they have filled their mind with the knowledge and wisdom of the world, they have the mind of this world. They think like the world and live like the world. That’s why they accept and tolerate the things, that the world approves, but are an abomination to God.
他們不知道這個詞, but build their faith upon the wisdom and knowledge and false teachings of other scholars and rely on other people’s faith. They always need other people in their lives and depend on them, 而不是上帝.
因為事實, that they walk on the path of this world, they also bear the same fruit as the world. They don’t experience joy, 歡樂, 和和平, But they experience a lack and are unhappy, 不滿意, and murmur and complain. They feel miserable, 鬱悶, 疲勞的, and weary of life. They are jealous of others, 羨慕, 消極的, 不寬容, and always searching for abundant wealth and happiness.
他們仍然是老人, 誰是由他的感官領導的, 情緒, 感情, 知識, 和智慧, opinion and mainly focused upon the signs and wonders and enrichment of self in this world, instead of being focused upon their salvation, 成聖, 和神國度的事情.
When the seventy disciples of Jesus went out in His Name and saw that the devils obeyed them through His Name, they returned with joy. 儘管事實上, that Jesus also rejoiced in spirit, He said to them, that they shouldn’t rejoice that the spirits were subjected to them, but they should rejoice that their names were written in heaven (魯 10:17-24). Because how many of those people, whom they’d set free repented and were saved?
The angel of light performs signs and wonders
耶穌知道, that the devil comes as an angel of light and presents himself like Jesus and also performs signs and wonders. Just like his servants, who present themselves as servants of righteousness but in reality, are not, and also do signs and wonders. Look at the magicians of Egypt; the wise men and the sorcerers of Egypt, who imitated the signs and wonders of God, to a certain level (出埃及記 7, 8, 9)
That’s why Jesus warned His disciples of false Christs and false prophets, who will deceive many, by performing great signs and wonders. The signs and wonders will look so godly and so real, that it looks like they are coming from God, and could even deceive the very elect, 如果可能的話
因為那裡會出現假基督, 和虛假的先知, 並且要享有巨大的跡象和奇蹟; 失望, 如果可能的話, 他們將欺騙選民. (馬修 24:24, 馬克 12:22)
Another Jesus
But there is actually nothing new about this message. Because Paul also spoke and warned about these things in his time. Paul warned the believers of another Jesus, who was being preached, another spirit, and another gospel, that isn’t a gospel.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him (2 歌羅西書 11:3-4)
我很驚訝你們這麼快就離開了那呼召你們進入基督恩典的那位，去接受另一個福音: 哪個不是另一個; 但有些會困擾你, 並會扭曲基督的福音. 但儘管我們, 或是來自天堂的天使, 向你們傳講與我們所傳給你們的福音不同的福音, 讓他被詛咒. 正如我們之前所說, 所以我現在再說一遍, 若有人傳福音給你們，與你們所領受的不同, 讓他被詛咒 (加拉太書 1:6-7)
Paul was a spiritual man and discerned good and evil, and real from fake. He had an encounter with the real Jesus Christ, Whom he persecuted and had become the new man, who walked after the Spirit. Paul had a relationship with God, 耶穌, 和聖靈. He spent many hours in prayer, 這個單字, 禁食, and spoke in new tongues, to edify himself. Paul walked after the Word and the Holy Spirit, and despite all the drawbacks, 障礙, resistance and persecution of people, he stayed loyal to Them.
Because Paul spent so much time with Them and was focused on the things of the Kingdom of God, instead of the things of this earth, he was able to discern the real from the fake and to see in the spirit the spiritual dangers and hazards. Paul discerned and saw correctly.
How to discern real from fake?
There is a lot of counterfeit in the world, like money, paintings and other art objects, 衣服, watches, purses, and other accessories, (技術的) equipment, ETC. It is often very hard to discern real from fake, especially if you don’t have any knowledge. If you don’t have any knowledge about the original and don’t know what the original looks like, then you can easily be fooled when someone tries to sell you a counterfeit. 你可能會想, that you have bought the original but in reality, you have bought a counterfeit, that has no value.
基督徒也一樣. Everyone can say, that they are Christians and visit a church, but that doesn’t make them Christians. The world and the believers, who walk after the flesh may believe they are, but that’s because they don’t know the Word.
Only the born-again Christians, who walk after the Spirit and have a relationship with God, 耶穌; 這個單字, and the Holy Spirit will be able to discern real Christians from counterfeit Christians.
As long as Christians live like the world in sin and iniquity, their actions and works prove that they don’t know God’s heart and His will and don’t belong to Him. They can do all kinds of humanitarian works and perform signs and wonders and speak wonderful godly words, but if they don’t produce fruit weighing as much as the repentance they profess and don’t line up with the Word and the will of Jesus then they don’t mean a thing and have no value.
耶穌說: 不是每個人對我說, 主, 主, 應進入天國; 但遵行我天父旨意的人. 那天很多人會對我說, 主, 主, 我們不是以你的名義預言過嗎? 奉你的名趕鬼? 並以你的名義做了許多奇妙的事? 然後我會自稱, 我從來不認識你: 離開我, 你們的工作罪惡 (馬修 7:21-23)
‘成為地球之鹽’
