“Another Jesus”

⁴For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. (2Cor 11;4, KJV)

There is “another gospel” being preached today which is completely opposite that of the New Testament. This other “gospel” is presenting “another Jesus” from Him who died, and was buried and resurrected, Yeshua Messiah, Who is the only Son of God and the Lord from Heaven. And it is imparting “another spirit” that is not the Holy Spirit of God. As a result, there is another “church” that has emerged today, that is not the Church of Yeshua Messiah.

My beloved friend, do you know how you can differentiate the true from the false and counterfeit? It is in the gospel that is being preached: the true gospel of Yeshua Messiah which was given to Paul and the other apostles is the gospel of the Cross! The false and counterfeit gospels being peddled in majority of the “churches” today are devoid of the Cross. This cross-less gospel is the “another gospel”, which cannot save and cannot deliver. The “Jesus” of this cross-less gospel is no other than the antichrist. And the spirit imparted is the antichrist spirit that is even now in the world. What do you get when the adherents of this cross-less gospel gathered together? The “church” of the antichrist! This is why this cross-less counterfeit church will receive the antichrist as savior and God when he comes, which is very soon now in the midst of financial, political and environmental crises in US, the Middle-east, East Africa and the world over.

³ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, ⁴ who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (2Thess 2:3-4)

Does this shock you? What about you? What is the true state of your “faith”? And what will be your fate if you do not make sure that you are in the true faith which was once for all delivered to the saints, which comes only by believing the true gospel of the Cross? Please honestly and carefully examine your gospel with the gospel of the Cross as given in the New Testament.

This is Yeshua Christ’s gospel:

²³ Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ²⁴ For whoever desires to save his life (soul, Gk. Psuche) will lose it, but whoever loses his life (soul) for My sake will save it. ²⁵ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? ²⁶ For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in Hisown glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. (Lk. 9:23-26)

The gospel of the Cross emphatically tells us a few unalterable spiritual truths:

1. The true believers and Church are the crucified ones, who deny themselves and carry their cross daily and continually.
2. Only those who deny themselves now by hating their soulish life will be counted worthy to take part in the Kingdom of God when Christ comes in glory.
3. Those who do not deny themselves by indulging the unrighteous and self-centered soulish life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

In effect, the gospel of the Cross kills us! Though it is not physical death, nevertheless, the result is the same: we no more live according to our will and desires, but according to His. Death of self or of the soulish life is the only true, effective and permanent deliverance from sin and its power and condemnation, the world and devils. This releases the resurrection life of Christ in all its fullness in those who accept the Cross:

¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (Jn. 10:10)

The gospel of the Cross kills your self-centered life now but gives you true life in the future Kingdom. The cross-less gospel lets you indulge in a soulish life now but robs you of your life in the future Kingdom.

²⁴ Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. ²⁵ He who loves his life (soul) will lose it, and he who hates his life (soul) in this world will keep it for eternal life. (Jn. 12:24-25)

Man consists of spirit, soul and body (1Thess. 5:23). What is the soul? It is our true fallen natural self. It is that part of man which consists of the mind (thoughts), will (desires) and emotion (feelings). A sincere believer may live an honest life where he no more indulges in the sensual cravings of the body (sight, sound, taste, smell and touch), he nevertheless can be wholly soulish in that he lives his religious life only according to his own self-centered thoughts, desires and feelings. Yeshua shows us the extent of death to self or soul that is required in order to follow Him:

²⁶ “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. (Lk. 14:26-27)

The soul together with the body is commonly called “flesh” when used in Scripture to denote the sinful works of a person, such as described by Paul below:

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, ²¹ envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Gal. 5:19-21)

Please be careful to note that works of the flesh are not only the unrighteous acts that one may do, but also includes the good and well-intentioned efforts of a sincere believer which originate from the realm of his fallen soul, and not inspired and led by the Spirit of God, and thus are unprofitable and ultimately lead to death.

8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God…13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. (Rom 8:8, 13)

Yeshua Himself underscores the useless workings of a man’s efforts outside the works of the Spirit:

⁶³ It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe.” (Jn. 6:63-64)

The gospel which Yeshua preached left no room for argument and mistake concerning who then are the true disciples and Church:

³³ So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. (Lk. 14:33)

Is this the gospel that you believe? Is this the gospel your pastor and leaders preach? Is this the gospel that your church is built upon? Are you able to discern your true state, and that of your church?

The Apostle Paul received His gospel direct from Yeshua and that’s why it is the same gospel of the Cross:

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1Cor. 1:17-18)

Paul wasted no time to meddle with and peddle the useless and cross-less gospels, social-political gospels of all sorts and philosophies of men which are good only to populate not only the so called “mega-churches” now, but also to populate hell later. He steadfastly and faithfully preached the only Gospel of his Master which alone is capable to deliver men from sin, power and condemnation of sin, world, devils, self and ultimately hell and bring them safely to heaven.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. ² For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. ³ I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, ⁵ that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (1Cor. 2:1-5)

It was not a job and calling for Paul, but it was his very life and breath to preach this truly good-news gospel, failing which he had little reason to prolong his life here.

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! (1Cor. 9:16)… ¹⁴But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (Gal. 6:14)

Paul understood that this gospel of the Cross bids man to die that they may truly live now and eternally. For it not only kills those who are willing to endure the pain of death to the soul and thus self, but it also imparts to them the indestructible resurrection life of Christ. This is his personal experience of the Cross:

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and thelifewhich I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)

Take time to meditate on this Magna Charta of the gospel of the Cross:

³ Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? ⁴ Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. ⁵ For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall bein the likeness of His resurrection, ⁶ knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. ⁷ For he who has died has been freed from sin. ⁸ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him (Rom 6:3-8)

The gospel of the Cross kills the soul and it is painful and men of the world and carnal and soulish (natural) Christians despise and hate it. This gospel either kills the hearers who submit to its demands, or kills the preacher by the hands of those refuse it. Thus, Christ died for it. As well as Stephen, Paul, and countless many others who unflinchingly preached it. The many riots that resulted from the apostles' preaching, and their ultimate deaths should not be surprising, but on the contrary expected. In fact, all the prophets before Christ also preached the same gospel which similarly was not received with faith by God’s people, and many died in the hands of the provoked apostates. Preachers, be warned about your fate! We either are true or false, and die by the hands of men of by the Hand of God for the brand of Gospel we preach! If we preach the Cross, we may suffer physically or even martyrdom by the hands of men, but if we preach a cross-less gospel, we will SURELY die accursed by the Hand of God!

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets. (Lk. 6:26)

No one in pain and dying because of our speaking will praise us. If they do, either they have not understood our message of death to self and soul, or we are preaching another gospel! In John 6, the “church” of thousands of disciples and seekers that had wanted to follow Yeshua promptly disintegrated to just 12 after the Lord preached the gospel of the Cross to them. The Lord Yeshua ministered spectacularly for 3 ½ years among countless multitudes who witnessed the healings, miracles and raising of the dead that culminated in His own resurrection and appearance to over 500 disciples. Yet in spite of all these, only 120 disciples dared to lay down their lives and gather at the upper room to take part in the birth of the Church. Is it not telling that today pastors with far less miracles and who have scant interest in the gospel of the Cross, let alone preach it, can have such “powerful anointing” and “clever methodologies” that attract tens and even hundreds of thousands of members? Was there something wrong with our Lord’s gospel and ministry, or have we not truly and tragically departed from the truth and faith once for all delivered to the saints?

The cross-less gospel is the most terrible fraud in human history! It purports to save mankind from their most terrible fate of eternity in the the Lake of Fire, and yet ultimately delivers them back to it. It leaves men with a false sense of security that they are saved when in fact they are still in their un-crucified and unregenerate state. It blinds and hardens the masses of seekers in countless churches and tragically inoculates them against the true Gospel of the Cross. Preachers of cross-less gospel, no matter how sincere they are, are inspired by the flesh and "another spirit", not the Holy Spirit of God. Often, those who preach this false gospel promise the hearers liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruptions. And the world's mass media is only too happy to continually expose these money preachers and builders of religious empires who have turned the grace of God into lewdness and licentiousness. Cross-less churches, no matter how abundance are their good works, are mere religious institutions capable only of meeting the fleshly needs but ultimately powerless in helping men to be delivered from sin, self (soul), satan, the world and eternal damnation. For only the Cross of Yeshua Messiah and the preaching of this Cross for the crucifixion of the fallen flesh is able to deliver humanity from the power of darkness and conveyed them into the Kingdom of God!

Do not be mistaken. We are not selfishly closing the gate of heaven to only the elite few. But those who have preached the gospel of the Cross will quickly find out just how violent and quick the reactions of even so called “Christians” in either retaliating against or leaving them to find “greener pastures” in nearby mega-churches who preached “more love and grace”. The fact is, it is not more of "love and grace" we need in our preaching, but more of the Cross! Those who understand the Cross will understand the true love and grace of God. The few who usually are willing to respond to the gospel of the Cross bear testimony to the Lord’s Words:

¹³ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Mt 7:13-14)… ²⁴ “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. (Lk. 13:24)

But you may say, “What’s wrong about our gospel, our church or our preachers? We are teaching people about God’s love and grace and getting people saved and changed. People are doing good works to help the poor and downtrodden. We have respectable works and lifestyles. We just do not emphasize the Cross so passionately as is being put forth above”.

Let the Scripture tells you what is wrong.

²² Who is a liar but he who denies that Yeshua is the Messiah? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ²³ Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. (1Jn. 2:22-23)… Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God (1Jn. 5:1)

² By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. (1Jn.4:2-3)

Do you know what the meaning of Christ or Messiah is? It means Savior or Deliverer. And do you know what is the extent of salvation or deliverance that Yeshua accomplished and desires for us? It is complete deliverance from sin, devils, self (soul), the kingdom of this world which is earthly, material, visible and temporal and ruled by satan, and ultimately hell. Any deliverance short of this will imperil your entry into the Kingdom of God which is heavenly, invisible, spiritual and eternal. Therefore, the true gospel of the Cross preaches Yeshua as the Messiah. The cross-less gospel has another “Jesus” who is not the Messiah. It is a counterfeit gospel perpetuated by the spirit of antichrist. The Word of God says that all these good and sincere pastors and preachers with their multitudes of good works who preach a cross-less gospel which cannot save are liars and antichrists!

It is not more love and grace that are needed to be preached. On the contrary, it is more Cross preaching that is needed. Our greatest enemy is not sin, satan, devils or the world but is the soul or self. The natural fallen soul can only but indulges in unrighteousness at its worst, and takes pride in self-righteousness at its best. And both are abominations to God. Those who preach a cross-less gospel will ultimately succeed only building religious empires and monuments of flesh which profit nothing. Your pastor or leader may be the most humble, gentle and passionate leader you know, but Paul identifies clearly for you what God says of them:

¹⁷ Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. ¹⁸ For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping,thatthey are the enemies of the cross of Christ: ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose godis their belly, and whose glory is in their shame— who set their mind on earthly things. ²⁰ For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. (Phil 3:17-21)

God says that, regardless of their outward appearance, they are enemies of the Cross because they are either ignorant of or unwilling to preach the gospel of dying to self because their focus is only on earthly things! Multitudes there are of good Christians who have been preached this cross-less gospel who excel in the world and gain the world in order to finance the Kingdom of God. The Word of God commands us not to love the world but to forsake the world with all its wisdom and knowledge, which will be judged soon.

¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. (1Jn 2:15-17)… ⁴ Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (Js 4:4-4)… ¹⁵ This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. (Js. 3:15)

Let me conclude with Yeshua’s own Words about the gospel of the Cross:

³³ So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. (Lk. 14:33)

And Paul says,

⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. (Gal. 1:8)

My friend, the time is so short. If you have really understood the truth about the gospel of the Cross, save yourself and flee from the wrath to come by responding to God’s urgent call in this endtime:

“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.” (Rev. 18:4)

If you have any comment or query, or if you want to know how you can be saved and have a personal relationship with your Creator God through Yeshua Christ, please write to thekingdompeople@yahoo.com. It will be my pleasure to help you to know God personally. All sincere inquiries will be responded to.

Note:

I strongly recommend you to google for and hear the sermon entitled "Anguish" by David Wilkerson. I am deeply indebted to God's servant, the late Watchman Nee in my understanding of the Cross through the following books:

1. The Salvation of the Soul

2. The Normal Christian Life

3. The Spiritual Man