Word Study
All Scripture is from the KJV 1611
“Preaching another Jesus”
In this study I’ll will specifically not go into the Hebrew and
Greek meanings of the words, for the sake of the ‘simplicity that is in
Christ’ according to 2 Corinthians 11:3, but use conventional methods such
as Dictionaries and Commentaries.
2 Corinthians 11:4
"For if he that cometh preached another Jesus, whom we
have not preached, or if ye received another spirit, which ye
have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him."
(Emphasis mine)
Now first we should read the Scripture in context otherwise one
arrives at a twisted conclusion.
So let’s read verse 2 and 3;
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy:
for I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a
chaste virgin to Christ.
3 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.
(Emphasis
mine)
Specifically
the writer of the letter to the Church in
CHASTE:
1.
Pure from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Applied to persons before marriage,
it signifies pure from all sexual commerce, undefiled; applied to married
persons, true to the marriage bed.
2.
Free from obscenity.
Now
in verse three it is directly link to the defilement, impurity and defiles the
marriage bed. In this verse the word 'beguiled' is used and the Webster's
described the word as follows;
BEGUI'LED, pp.
deluded; imposed on; misled by craft; eluded by stratagem; passed pleasingly.
DELUDED pp.
Deceived; misled; led into error.
MISLED', pp.
of mislead. Let into error; led a wrong way.
From
my observation it is clear that the same principal is used as to the act that
was committed in the Garden of Eden with Eve. Now this study is not the issue
of what has transpired in the Garden of Eden, but rather the analogy that the writer
to the Church in
This
time though it is directly referring to our MINDS and not the physical
side of the age-old trick, if I may call that.
It is
mentioned that satan used his subtilty to deceive Eve, and the word 'subtilty'
is defined in the Webster's as;
SUB'TILTY, n.
[L. subtilitas.]
1.
Thinness; fineness; exility; in a physical sense; as the subtilty of air or
light; the subtilty of sounds.
2.
Refinement; extreme acuteness. Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much
subtilty in nice divisions.
3. Slyness
in design; cunning; artifice; usually but less properly written subtlety.
So
now we know that the enemy will this time target our MINDS and therefore controlling the whole body, due to the fact
that the mind forms part of the 'soul' which also includes the will and
emotions and the mind.
So
now that we have lain down the background for the study, lets move on to the scripture
at hand.
There
are three words that are connected to 'another' and they are "another
Jesus, another spirit, and another gospel". Notice there
are three (3) points listed in this Scripture that we will analyze today.
According
to “Answers.com” the following definitions has been given to indicate the use
of the term ‘another’ in the said Scripture.
An.oth.er
Adjutant
Pronoun
From
this evidence it is clearly pointed out that the Scripture does indeed
referring to ‘someone else which is
distinctly different from the first one’.
I
want to draw your attention to what the writer to the Church in
So
again, let’s look at the Scripture in question;
“For if he that cometh preached another Jesus, whom we
have not preached, or if ye received another spirit, which ye
have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him.”
I
want to draw your attention to the first part that is of importance to this
study, and that is “For if he that cometh
preached another Jesus”. This tells me that this person must be in
the Church and as expounded by John Gill the following is mentioned by him and
I quote;
“Meaning
either some particular man, the apostle might have had some information of, who
came from Judea to Corinth, under the character of a true apostle; or
anyone of the false apostles whatever, who came of their own accord, and was
never sent by Christ, or by any of his churches.
That
is, if he proposes and recommends in his ministry, a better Saviour and
Redeemer than had been preached by the apostles; one that was better
qualified, and more fit for the purposes of salvation; one that they
could more safely venture their souls upon, and believe in, as the alone able
and all sufficient Saviour, a thing impossible to be: or the sense is, if this
other apostle taught the doctrine of salvation by Christ, in another and
better method and in a clearer manner, more to the honour of the Redeemer,
the glory of God, and the good of their souls, they would have some reason
then to pay a greater regard to him.”
A
couple of points;
While
I was meditating on the phrase “another Jesus” I realized that this must be a
counterfeit ‘Jesus’ and that the difference will only be recognized IF you know the true ‘Jesus”.
According
to “
Jesus
(1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Act_7:45;
Heb_4:8; R.V., “Joshua”).
(2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col_4:11).
(3.) The proper, as Christ is the official, name
of our Lord. To distinguish him from others so called, he is spoken of as
“Jesus of Nazareth” (Joh_18:7), and
“Jesus the son of Joseph” (Joh_6:42).
This is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which was originally Hoshea
(Num_13:8, Num_13:16),
but changed by Moses into Jehoshua (Num_13:16;
1Ch_7:27), or Joshua. After the Exile
it assumed the form Jeshua, whence the Greek form Jesus. It was
given to our Lord to denote the object of his mission, to save (Mat_1:21).
So
this shows that the name of Jesus was common in those days, so the question is
by what name will every knee bow down?
Turn
in your Bibles to Acts 3:6 which
reads as follows:
“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of
(Emphasis
mine)
And
another Scripture Acts
“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people
of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man
stand here before you whole.”
(Emphasis
mine)
So we
have learned that the Name that should be used to identify the true God and
Saviour is the “Name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth”. No doubt that every body will know who you are talking about by
using that name. And notice that the miracles were done by that name, which is
the full title of our Lord and God and Saviour!
So
now we go back to the term ‘preached another Jesus’ and I wander what we are
missing, because as already been established it was the serpent that beguiled Eve through his subtilty
which is [satan] and therefore he [satan] could also corrupt our minds from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
We
all know that you pray to the Father in the Name of Jesus Christ of
So to
understand the first part of this study is that ‘he that cometh preaching
another Jesus’ will not be using the proper name “JESUS CHRIST of NAZARETH”, and then you will know that he is a
counterfeit. Make no mistake that he will be preaching and that means he will be what the Word calls in the
following Scriptures;
Mat
Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
(Emphasis
mine)
Act
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous
wolves enter in among you, not
sparing the flock.
(Emphasis
mine)
The
second phrase in the mentioned Scripture is “received another spirit”
that we will examine to understand the seriousness of being obedient to GOD’s
Word.
This
tells me that it is possible to “receive another spirit”, meaning not the Holy Spirit! Think of the ramifications if you indeed have received
“another spirit”! If off course it is not the Holy Spirit then it is an evil
spirit or I would go so far as to say a demon, a counterfeit Holy Spirit with
the counterfeit manifestations!
As
specified in 1 John 4:1 and I quote;
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try
the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone
out into the world.”
Remember
that satan is the master deceiver and if an angel appear next to your bed with
all the glamour and light and power, how will you know whether he is from the
Father or satan masquerading as one of God’s messengers?
You
ask him who do you serve and what is His
Name and what is His Son’s Name
according to Proverbs 30:4!
So it
is possible to receive ‘another spirit’ and then it would be very easy to
accept the “another Jesus”, and from there they will preach ‘another gospel’.
The
third phrase in the mentioned Scripture is “another gospel” and the
Scripture gives the impression that you had to ‘accept’ this ‘another’ gospel.
Question,
how would you accept ‘another gospel’?
There
definitely have to be a decline in your spiritual life or the lack of it in the
sense of not studying God’s Word, and therefore receiving ‘another spirit’ and
then believing the ‘other Jesus’ that is being preached.
The
true Gospel is explained in the following Scripture that even a child can
understand;
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which
I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to
the scriptures:”
(Emphasis
mine)
Three
things that make up the Gospel and these are;
So in
a nutshell to bring ‘another gospel’ you have to bring the opposite or deny the
above three statements.
It is
real scary to think that there are teachers and preachers and even pastors that
do not believe that Christ rose bodily from the grave or worse that He was not
born of a Virgin!
“The following poll
was conducted by a Christian researcher, called George Barna, stated that 26 percent of
born-agains believe all religions are essentially the same and that 50 percent
believe that a life of good works will enable a person to get to heaven.
He goes on, though, to cite data that cast doubt on
whether some of these born-again Christians will be there. More than one in
three (35 percent) born-again Christians do not believe that Jesus rose
physically from the dead.
Slightly more born-again Christians believe in the
devil than believe in the Holy Spirit, though 45 percent do not believe that
Satan exists. Ten percent believe in reincarnation. Twenty-nine percent believe
it is possible to communicate with the dead.”
Now this is
scary and that means also that we are smack in the middle of the Apostasy
church in the last days!
So now I will
refer you to Scripture that we have to apply to ourselves which are 2 Corinthians 13:5;
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your
own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”
(Emphasis mine)
From this Scripture we have to give
account to the Father of our actions and who did you follow “JESUS CHRIST of NAZARETH” or “ANOTHER JESUS”.
As the writer to the Church in
“Now
this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I
of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or
were ye baptized in the name of Paul?”
I
believe to close, one has to examine
your self daily and even your Theology, and the Doctrines that you live by, and
always compare what you have been taught by the “traditions of men”, to the
WORD of GOD, as mentioned in Mark 7:13;
“Making the word of God of none effect through
your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”
(Emphasis
mine)
Colossians 2:8
“Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions
of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
(Emphasis
mine)
And
the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
(1
Thessalonians 5:23)
May
the Grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST of
Amen
and amen
Your
brother in Christ Jesus
Steven
Braun