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“…FOR IF HE WHO COMES PREACHES ANOTHER JESUS WHOM WE HAVE NOT PREACHED, 17
OR IF YOU RECEIVE A DIFFERENT SPIRIT WHICH YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED,

OR A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT ACCEPTED, (I FEAR) YOU MAY WELL PUT UP WITH IT.”
2 Cor. 11:2-4

1. THE PREACHING OF ANOTHER JESUS WHOM WE HAVE NOT PREACHED:

Are you putting up with the preaching of a Jesus other than the one Paul preached? This is the question
that we must all consider. We are told by the apostle John, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test
the spirits, whether they are of God…” (1 Jn. 4:1). Paul likewise told believers that they should “…receive
the Word with all readiness, and search the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things are so” (Acts
17:11). Simply put, we must compare the image of Jesus that is being presented to us today with the
image of Him found in the Scriptures, not just considering carefully selected passages presented to us by
men, but rather “…as the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (1 Cor. 2:13).

What I am saying to you is that we must not endorse only half of the image of Jesus that is found in the
Scriptures. If we allow such a limited picture to be presented to us as the whole, then we may end up
embracing “another Jesus” that leads to the corruption of God’s people by Satan from a life of
“…wholehearted and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Cor. 11:3 Amplified). Remember, these are satanic corruptive
deceptions that come by means of preaching!

Let us consider a few examples of how “another Jesus” can be presented to God’s people. The word
“Savior” appears 41 times in all of Scripture, but the Name “Lord” appears 5,000 times. Which do we hear
preached as the image of Jesus, Savior or Lord? Are we to confess Jesus as Savior or as Lord? (Rom.
10:9). It is a fact that Jesus saves. However, it is also factual that it is THE LORD Jesus who saves us.

I keep this balanced perspective of Jesus pasted on the wall (Isa. 33:22)
outside our bookstore as a constant reminder of who The Lord
is. This passage from Isaiah 33 states clearly that it is The Lord
who saves us, but note well that The Lord who saves us is also
“OUR JUDGE, OUR LAWGIVER and OUR KING.” Do you hear
much modern-day preaching about our Savior also being our
Judge, our Lawgiver and our King? Minimize the higher
revelations of who The Lord is and we end up in danger of not
obeying our Judge, Lawgiver and King! Far too many of God’s
people only know Jesus as Savior. It is all they are being taught.
His Lordship has been greatly diminished in spite of the fact that
we are to confess Him as Lord in order to be saved (Rom. 10:9).

The word “Lord” means “Master, controller, ruler.” You can call Jesus Lord and yet not allow Him to be
the Master, controller, and ruler of your life. In fact Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord,
Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Mat. 7:21). In
another place, Jesus challenges His followers with the words, “But why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and
not do the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46). It is quite possible to belong to Jesus and yet be as ignorant as
pagan Pharaoh who said to Moses, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice?…I do not know the
Lord…” (Ex. 5:2). We do not lack for a proper emphasis of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures.
Rather, we are lacking for a preaching of who Jesus Christ is. He is Lord! (Judge, Lawgiver, King, Savior).

Cling to the favored partial images of God and ignore the rest of what is written, and we can end up with
“another Jesus.” Paul warned believers to hold a balanced perspective of God:

“THEREFORE CONSIDER THE GOODNESS AND THE SEVERITY OF GOD; Rom. 11:22
ON THOSE WHO FELL, SEVERITY; BUT TOWARD YOU, GOODNESS,

IF YOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS. OTHERWISE YOU ALSO WILL BE CUT OFF.”

The Jews were cut off from salvation due to their unbelief (Rom.11:.20). Paul says to the church, “…He
may not spare you either…you also will be cut off” (Rom. 11:21-22). That is the complete image Paul
preached of Jesus, and yet we have these contrary doctrines permeating the church today such as “Once
saved, always saved” and “Unconditional eternal security.” That is the presentation of “another Jesus”
than the one Paul preached. Do not think it is only the Mormons who present the erroneous concept of
“another Jesus.” It is also being done among Protestant born-again churches as well!