August 20, 2023
Jesus is God Who always existed.
Matthew 3:16, John 1:1-3
Believing in Jesus is the only way to heaven and nothing else is necessary.
Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9, John 14:6, John3:16-19
No one can add to or preach a different gospel, not even an angel.
Galatians 1:6-9
The devil and his counterfeit religions can appear as good or bad. Remember he appears as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
All that Glitters is not Gold
Counterfeit Religions
Matthew 13:24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; New King James Version
Matthew 13:25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. New King James Version
Matthew 13:27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ New King James Version
Matthew 13:28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. New King James Version
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” New King James Version
Matthew 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.” New King James Version
Matthew 13:37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. New King James Version
Matthew 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. New King James Version
Islam began in 610 AD by the Prophet Muhammad who said the Angel Gabriel appeared to him in modern day Saudi Arabia and gave him the Quran over a 23-year period.
Counterfeit Christianity
Matthew 13:31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, New King James Version
Matthew 13:32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” New King James Version
Joseph Smith in 1829 had an angel named Moroni appear to him and told him where to find the Book of Mormon which was written in the 4th century.
Mormons believe that Jesus is the son of God but that He was created and didn’t always exist. They believe that Satan and Jesus were brothers, created at the same time. They also believe that salvation through Jesus isn’t enough.
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe Jesus was a created being and is a lesser God than God the Father who they call Jehovah. They believe Jesus, when born on the earth, was a mere human not God in the flesh.
Counterfeit Doctrine
Matthew 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” New King James Version
Jesus said beware of the leaven of Herod in Mark 8:13-15.
The leaven of Herod was, God doesn’t care if you practice sin.
Jesus said beware of the leaven of the Sadducees in Matthew 16:12.
The leaven of the Sadducees was, denial of the supernatural, angels, and the afterlife.
Jesus said beware of the leaven of the Pharisees in Luke 12:1.
The leaven of the Pharisees was legalism.
1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. New American Standard Bible