BELIEVING JESUS ALONE DIED FOR OUR SINS

BELIEVING JESUS ALONE DIED FOR OUR SINS

Many of us believe what the Bible says about Jesus Christ being the only begotten Son of God who loved us enough to die on a cross for our sins (John 1:1-3; John 3:16). And without the shedding of his blood there is no atonement for sins (Hebrews 9:22). Many also believe Jesus is the only way to God our heavenly Father (John 14:6). However, the Bible also tells us that there is an antichrist spirit, which denies directly or indirectly the above biblical teachings about our Lord Jesus Christ. Believing in Jesus Christ as the Bible teaches is essential for eternal salvation.

ESSENTIAL BIBLE TEACHINGS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten Son who came in the flesh to die for the sins of mankind (Philippians 2:6-8; John 3:16).
Without the shedding of Jesus’ blood, there is no forgiveness of sin (Hebrews (9:22-26)
Jesus is the only way to God the Father and heaven (John 14:6).
He is the only mediator between God and mankind (1 Timothy 2:5).
The only name under heaven where we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
The only God-man who can forgive sin (Mark 2:5-10).
The only one whose demonstrations of power and fulfillment of scriptures testified that he is God in fleshly form (John 15:24; 5:39).
Loving the Lord means believing and obeying him (Acts 2:38; Luke 6:46).

EARLY ANTICHRIST DENIAL OF CHRIST DYING FOR SIN

In warning the Early Church about denials of scriptural teachings by “the spirit of the antichrist,” early apostles of the Lord said:

Every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus has come in the flesh, and died for the sins of mankind is not of God: this is the spirit of the antichrist. (1 John 4: 3,10).
Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ has coming in the flesh and died for mankind’s sins, have gone out into the world. Any such person is a deceiver and the antichrist (2 John 1:7).
There will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them with his blood (2 Peter 2:1).

NEW AGE ANTICHRIST DENIAL OF JESUS AS THE ONLY WAY

In the Early Church, the devil’s antichrist strategy seem to focus on directly denying that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, and died for the sins of mankind. However, in these latter days where crosses all over the world remind people of Jesus dying on the cross, the devil seems to be promoting an indirect strategy of denying the Lord Jesus Christ’s death as the only way of salvation (John 14:6). Under an antichrist New Age/Spirituality movement, Satan teaches his followers that there are other ways than Jesus Christ to God the Father of heaven.

In the religious world, “diversity” of ways is being taught to replace Jesus Christ as the only way to God, even in many Christian circles. This was been reported by Dr. Edwin W. Lutzer, a regular speaker at the Billy Graham Training Center, in his book: Christ Among gods—a Defense of Christ in an Age of Tolerance.
Many teach that there are other “Christs.” And some say they are “Christ.”

The Lord told us false “Christs” and prophets would appear before he came again–See Matthew 24:24-25; 2 Corinthians 11:13-14. And he said some would even call him Lord, but they would not do not believe and do what the he says (Luke 6:46).

THE BIBLES SAYS TEST THE SPIRITS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD’S WORD

The Bible tells us: “Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world (I John 4:1). The Spirit of God aligns and agrees with the entire Word of God. Jesus said the Spirit of God would only “glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you” (John 16:14). The Holy Spirit agrees with what Jesus told us when the Lord said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6).

Jesus said, his words are “full of the Spirit and life” (John 6:63).. The Spirit makes known to us by God’s Word that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and that whoever repents and believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (Acts 2:38; John 3:16; Acts 2:38).