JW's believe that Jesus is not divine. He is simply the archangel Micahel.
Mormons believe that Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer and deny that He is one in essence with the Father.
Is this what the Apostle Paul meant when he warned the Corinthians about those who preach "another Jesus" and preach "a different gospel"?
"But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully." - 2 Corinthians 11:3-4
2006-12-01 06:13:27 · 19 answers · asked by 5solas 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, thats exactly right... plus they preach a different message than the Apostles did. It's very clear neither of them were preaching that we will be gods over our own planet someday (Mormon) or that Jesus would have an "invisible" return in 1914 (JW)
Gak 1:7-9 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
2006-12-01 06:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Beautiful verse warning about what would happen in the 4th century. In the council of Nicea in 325 AD, the Roman church declared that Jesus was God. In 381, they changed again and decided to throw in the Holy Spirit as well, thus creating the Trinity. Many protestants have left the Roman influence, but unbeknownst to many of them, they follow a powerful Roman teaching- the divinity of Christ and the Trinity.
What did Apostle Paul warn about regarding the preaching of a different Christ? Let's see his opinion on who Christ was.
Eph 4:6- ONE God and Father of all, who is above all...
1Cor 8:6- yet unto us is there but ONE God, which is the Father...
1 Tim2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
Eph 1:3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
So Apostle Paul was warning about teaching that Jesus was God, not the other way around.
2006-12-01 06:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Taipan 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
To answer "another" you have to first establish what the origninal is.
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is the First Born, and the Only Begotten Son of Jehovah.
Is that what Paul believe, or did he believe in something else.
Rom 15:5 Now may the God who supplies endurance and comfort grant YOU to have among yourselves the same mental attitude that Christ Jesus had, 6 that with one accord YOU may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus and Paul did not believe in a trinity.
2 Cor 4:3 If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through.
It is Satan's teaching that Jesus is more that the image of God, and he has convinced unbelievers something else.
2 Cor 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
Again Paul shows he didn't teach Jesus to be God,
1 Pet 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Peter didn't believe in the trinity.
Rev 1:6 and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—
John didn't believe in a trinity.
So what other Jesus was Paul talking about, Those who taught the trinity are teaching a Jesus not found in the bible.
Who brought the trinity into the bible?
"The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.
It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century." (The Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
The Encyclopedia of Religion admits: "Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity." And the New Catholic Encyclopedia also says: "The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]."
The Encyclopedia of Religion admits: "Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity." And the New Catholic Encyclopedia also says: "The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]."
The New Encyclopædia Britannica observes: "Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament."
Yale University professor E. Washburn Hopkins affirmed: "To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it."—Origin and Evolution of Religion.
The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord."—The Paganism in Our Christianity.
"At first the Christian faith was not Trinitarian . . . It was not so in the apostolic and sub-apostolic ages, as reflected in the N[ew] T[estament] and other early Christian writings."—Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics.
and the list goes on,
If you believe the trinity then you have left the teachings of the first century Christians
2006-12-01 07:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by TeeM 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Catholics are the original Christians. The first church, which Christ started was the Catholic church. For the first thousand years, there was just one Christian Church. In 1054, it split into 2 branches, the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church. There were only 2 Christian branches for another 500 years. In 1518, Martin Luther started a 3rd branch, Protestantism. The 3rd branch splintered into many denominations. You are probably recognizing that Catholics are not Protestants. The original Christian Church is still Catholic. The Amish is one of the MANY Protestant denominations. Jehovah Witnesses are not a Protestant denomination but an offshoot of Christianity because they believe Jesus is the angel Michael and not the Son of God.
2016-05-23 08:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said that his true disciples were no part of the world, and because of this they would be persecuted. The early Christians were likewise hated by the world. Remember the "whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one". Are you familiar w/Jesus sermon on the mount, "...road to life cramped and narrow..few are the ones finding it..." So the correct road would not be easy and it would not be popular. Interesting, isn't it?!
2006-12-01 12:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by nicky 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As many times I have encountered different descriptions of Christ I have come to understand the different perspectives people have. We all are an essence of the Father...He created us. He is the one and only and creator of all so we all come from Him. The different perspectives people have of God is for their life path. To me it seems as if religion is a container for God's infinite wisdom which makes no kind of sense. How do you contain something that is infinite into a limited thinking religion? Christ didn't teach a religion. He taught God's word as he understood it. He lived the law he knew to be correct in the way he saw as correct and was considered blemish free. So, if the Christian faith claims to follow in his footsteps, why is it they do not follow the commanded laws as described in the Old Testament? Christ did. Matthew 5:17-23 tells us why he was here and what he was going to do.Simple as that. So I guess it doesn't matter who he was it was what he came here to do that's important.
2006-12-01 06:50:59 · answer #6 · answered by theresa b 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. Michael the archangel is Jesus. They are the same person.
2006-12-01 12:19:14 · answer #7 · answered by waterbugirl 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Whoever was speaking earlier about persecuting Christians - you're seeing it right here......right now......
By divine I'm assuming you mean that Jesus is God - Jesus himself said that God was his father - they can't be one and the same person...as far as the mormons go, well, Lucifer did start out as an angel - so he would have been one of God's children at one time or another, whether you choose to believe the Bible or not is your choice. But there is only one Jesus and he never told anyone to worship him. There is only one God, who exacts exclusive devotion - Mormon's and JW's aren't the only one's who don't believe in your "Holy Trinity" - of which it bears repeating that the word "Trinity" never appears in the Bible.
2006-12-01 06:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by CHRISTINA 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
So I could also say to you "you believe in a "different" Jesus than me so you are wrong..."
Right?
Because we believe in him differently than most Christians does not mean he is "another" Jesus or there is "another" gospel. We believe he is the Son of God, we believe he bled and died for us, he atoned for our sins, he was resurrected and that He is the only way back to the Father. We do believe he is a separate being from Heavenly Father, we believe they are one in purpose not body/soul.
It all comes down to interpretation ...I could tell you where in the bible it shows God and Jesus and the Holy ghost are all three separate beings, but you probably don't interpret it that way...
INTERPRETATION is the key...then asking our Heavenly Father what is correct, for He will never lead us astray.
2006-12-01 07:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Its like looking at the tone of Grey, some say its bluish , some say its yellowish, or what ever they may see.
As a LDS, I believe we all have the same Savior, but how we interpret or practice the Savior's teaching is quite different.
Whether any of you think the LDS is wrong or not, is absolutely a
Opinion base on what you perceived to be.
It is always interesting to see who starts to bad mouth someone else, and for what purpose or intentions. How one "bad mouth" others truly show what their true character is, surely Christ taught us to love one another, did he not?
2006-12-01 06:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋