Wrong Gospel, Wrong jesus

Wrong Gospel, Wrong jesus

We have probably read this passage so many times. Perhaps we've overlooked it. Maybe we didn't realise the contradiction in this passage. But it contains an important truth for us who share the Gospel in the streets.

Yet 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦. They said, “𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, will He do 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 than this man has done?” - John 7:31

The people who believed in Jesus said these words, "When the Christ appears..."

This is ridiculous when you would have expected them to believe that Jesus is the Christ. Apparently, they believed in Jesus, but didn't believe that He is the Christ.

Signs and wonders led these people to believe in Jesus, without believing that He is the Christ. 

Similarly, if you think that ministering healing, signs and wonders in the streets, and leading people to pray the sinner's prayer gets them born again, you are naive.

If you don't share the clear Gospel of The Kingdom, they will not have a clear knowledge of who Christ is. Without clarity, they WILL believe in the jesus you preach, but they are not believing in the true God Jesus Christ.

They will be like these people, "Yes, I believe in jesus! Oh but when the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these?"

Wrong Gospel, wrong jesus. Period.

Why Christians SHOULD Judge

Why Christians SHOULD Judge

1) Jesus is the Judge (2 Tim 4:1)

- Since we are to follow Jesus (Matt 16:24; 1 Peter 2:21) and manifest Him (Col 1:27), we should judge.

2) Jesus judges

- As I hear, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞, and My judgment is just, because I seek not My own will but the will of Him who sent Me. - Jn 5:30

- We judge, because He does

3) We judge NOT according to the flesh/human standards

- No longer, then, 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. - 2 Cor 5:16 GNT

- If we don't judge by human standards, then 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭/𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝

4) We judge by people's fruits

- Therefore 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 you will know them. - Matt 7:20

5) Jesus told us to judge with right judgment

- Do not judge by appearances, but 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. - Jn 7:24

- This corresponds to 1 Samuel 16:7. We don't judge by outward appearance. 𝐖𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ---- 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝); 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭; 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭.

6) Jesus told us to judge our own issue, before we judge others with regards to the SAME issue. He did NOT say that you should not judge

- Judge not, that you be not judged... first take the log out of your own eye, and 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞. - Matt 7:1-5

7) We will judge the new world

- Or do you not know that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝? - 1 Cor 6:2

- We will judge angels (1 Cor 6:3) and the new world. What happens now is the practice period. We start judging on this present world.

The next time when you hear a Christian or preacher says, "We should not judge anyone", please correct him/her because it's not true according to the Word of God.