Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. —1 John 2:22

Today I received a long letter from a man who says he believes in both God and the "Christ spirit," but not in "the historical Jesus as portrayed in the New Testament." He doesn't mind that I believe as I do, but he wants me to show respect for him by acknowledging that our beliefs are of equal merit. That I cannot do!

A belief is either true or false. Either Jesus is Lord and Savior, God in the flesh, or He is not. When considering who Christ is, we choose to believe either in the Jesus of our own imagination or in the Jesus of biblical revelation.

We are not being arrogant or unloving when we say that those who reject the Jesus revealed in the Bible are wrong. We follow the example of the apostle John. He referred to such teachers as "antichrists" who had no right to be counted as members of the fellowship of believers (1 John 2:18-19). He exhorted his readers, "Let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning" (v.24). What had they "heard from the beginning"? None other than the teachings of Jesus Himself, as well as the dynamic eyewitness testimony of those who intimately knew the life, person, and work of our Lord.

They had strong reasons for believing in Jesus—and so do we! It's not our imagination. It's the revelation of God!

-HVL

The one who lies about the Son,
Denies the Christ, the only One.
Jesus is Lord—yes, it is true!
God was made flesh—He died for you.

-Fitzhugh

To detect what is false, study the truth.