Jesus God Incarnate
The apostle John states,
“Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.” 2 John 1:7,8.
Here is another theme John speaks about. He states,
“Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
There were many people in John’s day that preached false teaching.
One group known as Docetism taught that Christ did not actually come in the flesh. That Christ did not have a body but only seemed to have a body and to suffer and die on the cross.
There is such teaching around today. This is untrue.
John knew Jesus personally. John was a witness to the teachings and life of Jesus. Thus he writes to make it clear teachings like Docetism and other teachings are wrong. John calls them deceivers and the antichrist.
We as Christians need to know what we believe. We need to respectfully, stand up against anyone who would say Jesus is less than divine.
What is known as the apostles creed while not written by an apostle of Jesus states in a nutshell what True Christians believe. It states,
1.I believe in God the Father the almighty maker of heaven and earth
2. I believe in Jesus Christ God’s on and only Son, our Lord and Saviour.
3. I believe Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary
4. I believe Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate; That He was Crucified, died, was buried. That he descended in hell.
5. I believe He rose again on the third day from the dead.
6. I believe that he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
7. I believe Jesus will one day Judge the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Ghost
9. I believe in the Church which is the communion of the saints,
10. I believe in the forgiveness of sin.
11. I believe in the resurrection of the body.
12. I believe in life everlasting.
John in his gospel tells us,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. ” John 1:1-4,14.
The writer of Hebrews tells us,
“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrews 1:1-3
Jesus is God incarnate God in the flesh. There is no middle ground here. Either Jesus is God incarnate or he is not. The choice is up to you.
Please think about it.
The apostle John states,
“Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.” 2 John 1:7,8.
Here is another theme John speaks about. He states,
“Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
There were many people in John’s day that preached false teaching.
One group known as Docetism taught that Christ did not actually come in the flesh. That Christ did not have a body but only seemed to have a body and to suffer and die on the cross.
There is such teaching around today. This is untrue.
John knew Jesus personally. John was a witness to the teachings and life of Jesus. Thus he writes to make it clear teachings like Docetism and other teachings are wrong. John calls them deceivers and the antichrist.
We as Christians need to know what we believe. We need to respectfully, stand up against anyone who would say Jesus is less than divine.
What is known as the apostles creed while not written by an apostle of Jesus states in a nutshell what True Christians believe. It states,
1.I believe in God the Father the almighty maker of heaven and earth
2. I believe in Jesus Christ God’s on and only Son, our Lord and Saviour.
3. I believe Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary
4. I believe Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate; That He was Crucified, died, was buried. That he descended in hell.
5. I believe He rose again on the third day from the dead.
6. I believe that he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
7. I believe Jesus will one day Judge the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Ghost
9. I believe in the Church which is the communion of the saints,
10. I believe in the forgiveness of sin.
11. I believe in the resurrection of the body.
12. I believe in life everlasting.
John in his gospel tells us,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. ” John 1:1-4,14.
The writer of Hebrews tells us,
“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrews 1:1-3
Jesus is God incarnate God in the flesh. There is no middle ground here. Either Jesus is God incarnate or he is not. The choice is up to you.
Please think about it.
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