 The True Jesus
There is a simple way to see if someone has the true Jesus or not. By true Jesus, I mean
the one of the Bible, not the one of Mormonism who is the brother of the devil, nor the
Jehovah's Witness Jesus who is Michael the Archangel, and certainly not the one of the New
Age Movement who is simply a man in tune with the divine consciousness.
- The Jesus of the
Bible is prayed to (Acts 7:55-60; and Zech 13:9 with 1 Cor. 1:1-2).
- The Jesus of the
Bible is worshiped (Matt. 2:2,11;14:33;28:9; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6)
- The Jesus of the
Bible called God (John 20:28; Heb. 1:8).
In cult
theologies, Jesus is a creation in one form or another (this is why the Jehovah's
Witnesses add the word ‘other' four times to Col. 1:16-17). Therefore, He is not to
be prayed to, worshiped, or called God.
If you are a Christian then you will be able to pray to
Jesus, not just through. You will be able to worship Jesus equally with the Father. And
you will be able to call Jesus your Lord and God. A cultist cannot do this. A cultist has
a false Jesus, and, therefore, a false hope of salvation.
The following is
an expansion of the above points.
If you put your faith in a Jesus that is not true, then
your faith is useless. The power of faith does not rest in the act of believing, but in
its object; the greatest faith in someone false is the same as no faith at all. Sincerity
and false messiahs do not bridge the chasm of sin between God and man, only the Jesus of
the Bible does that. Who then, is the true Jesus?
Jesus said that He was the only One who reveals the Father
(Matt. 11:27 and Luke 10:22): "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No
one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the
Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." (NIV).
So, to know the true Father you must first know the true
Jesus. The question is, how do you recognize the true Jesus? Simple, look in the Bible.
If you were to say, "Father receive my spirit,"
who would you be praying to? The Father, right?
If you were to say, "Jesus receive my spirit,"
who would you be praying to? Jesus.
In Acts 7:59, Stephen, while full of the Holy Spirit (v.
55), prayed to Jesus:
And they went on stoning Stephen as he
called upon the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." (See also Acts
9:14; Rom. 10:13.)
Stephen prayed
to Jesus, not just through Him. If it is acceptable for him then it should be alright for
you. The Jesus of the Bible is prayed to. I pray to Jesus. Do you? If yes, good. If not,
why?
But you might say, "Jesus said to pray to the
Father." I do. But I also pray to Jesus as Stephen did. If the church is only to pray
to the Father then why did Stephen, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, address
Jesus in His prayer? Was he wrong? See also 1 Cor. 1:1-2 with Zech. 13:9 where calling
upon the name of the Lord is prayer and prayer is addressed to Jesus by the Corinthian
church.
Jesus was also
worshipped. The verses are:
And those who were in the boat worshiped Him,
saying, "You are certainly God's son! (Matt. 14:33).
And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came
up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him (Matt. 28:9).
See also Matt. 2:2,11; John 9:35-39; Heb. 1:6.
The Jesus of
the Bible is prayed to and worshiped. Do you do what Jesus' disciples did? Do you pray to
and worship the true Jesus?
Since it is against Mormon and Jehovah's Witness theologies
to pray to Jesus but only through if you do worship Jesus, how can you do that without
praying to Him? And, do you honor Him equally with the Father as Jesus said to do in John
5:23? If you do not, then why not?
There is just one more issue to address. Do you call Jesus
your Lord and God?
After Jesus' resurrection He showed Himself to many people.
One of them was Thomas. John 20:28:
Thomas answered and said to Him [Jesus],
"My Lord and my God!" The literal Greek says, "The Lord of me and the God
of me."
"My
God!" is a pagan expression used today. Two points can be made from this. First, do
you agree that Thomas a devout Jew was swearing, like a pagan of today? Second, there is
no biblical account of swear words. Peter did swear in Mark 14:71 by swearing he
did not know Jesus. To say Thomas was swearing, or merely exclaiming profound
surprise has no evidence.
God calls
Jesus God in Hebrews 1:8:
But of the Son He [the Father] says,
"Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever..."
Unfortunately,
in the Jehovah's Witness Bible in Hebrews 1:8 you'll see that it says, "God is your
throne, forever and ever." This, technically speaking, is a legitimate translation.
The reason this is so lies in the nature of the Greek language and the fact that the form
of the word "God" and "Throne" both end in a noun construction that is
interchangeable, therefore making the NWT translation legitimate. It is unfortunate
that the Watchtower has chosen to do this. Nevertheless, if you'd like to read more
about this, then go to The Jehovah's Witnesses
and Heb. 1:8 and Psalm 45:6.
Conclusion:
The Jesus of the Bible is prayed to (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 1:1-2 with Zech. 13:9/Ps. 116:4;
John 14:14), worshiped (Matt. 2:2,11; 14:33; 28:9; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6), and called
Lord and God (John 20:28; Heb. 1:8). If I have the wrong Jesus, and therefore I serve the
wrong God, then why do I pray to Jesus, worship Him, and call Him my Lord and God as the
Scriptures teach? But, if you have the true Jesus, why is it you don't do those things?
Why does J.W. theology not agree with the scriptures?
I think the answer is simple. The Jesus of the cults s is
not the true Jesus. Therefore, they are wrong.
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