In John 5:14,15 the Lord, speaking through the apostle, said that He sent the Word (Spokesman) to earth to be born of a woman and to live totally in the flesh. Note that He did not say that Jesus lived as both a God and a man,  but that He lived IN THE FLESH. See Jesus Christ: God, Man or Godman? As a preview, I will point out two Scriptures that prove that Jesus was totally a flesh and blood human being. In Hebrews 5:7-9 we are told that “in the days of His FLESH” Jesus “was heard (by God) in that (because) He feared (God). A God fears no one and is heard by whomever He wants to be heard by. In Isaiah 7:13-16 we are told that the Messiah would have to learn how to choose the good over the evil. A God need not learn anything–He knows everything. Otherwise, He is not God. In summary: A God fears no one and nothing and knows everything. Jesus of Nazateth feared God and had to learn the difference between good and evil.

In John 3:3,5) Jesus said that flesh is  flesh (only) and that spirit is spirit (only)–they are mutually exclusive. Human beings are either one or the other at any given time, as are the members of the Godhead. Any spirit (speaking through a minister or witness) that does not confess that Jesus has come in the flesh (as the human Son of God) is an Antichrist–the spirit of Satan–“of which there are many” (1 Jn. 2:18). Question: Have you ever heard anyone deny in SPEECH OR IN WRITING that Jesus came to earth in the flesh as God’s Son? Neither have I. But the fact of the matter is, with minutely few exceptions, all witnesses and ministers have done so and repeatedly under the power of the devil. We must remember with whom we are dealing. Satan is called a world-manipulating deceiver for a reason (Rev. 12:9). Most of the time his message is hidden within the “fine print” of his ministers’ and witnesses’ statements. It is there that we learn the true meaning behind their words.

In 1 Jn. 2:22 we are warned about a “liar” who, through his ministers, secretly denies that Jesus is the Christ by denying that God sent Him to earth in the flesh. Again, not one of us has ever heard anyone say that. So what is the Lord saying through John? HE IS REFERRING TO CHURCH PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING GOD’S WORD. THE ONE WHO DENIES EVEN ONE WORD OF THE BIBLE IS DENYING THAT THE FATHER AND THE SON ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE AND THAT THEIR WORDS ARE NOT TRUE. Therefore, the whole of Catholicism/Protestantism denies that Jesus came to earth in the flesh. By denying much of the Holy Bible (80%), professing Christendom DENIES BOTH FATHER AND SON (1 Jn. 2:22,23/ Jude 1:4). Anyone who doubts one Word in the Holy Scriptures is a pawn of Satan, the father of all lies (and liars) (Jn. 8:44). Telling others to doubt God’s Word makes that person (false prophet) a liar like his spiritual father–Satan. A prayerful comparison of what you are being told to God’s Word will prove that your leaders are false prophets. If they were God’s prophets they would speak His Word and would long ago have been put out of the church. For a list of some of the lies (church doctrines, practices and customs) Satan has sold to the Institutional Church, see the Introduction to this website.

The Scriptures discussed above allows one to see that, in God’s eyes, one who DENIES SO MUCH AS A JOT OR TITTLE of His Truth (His Word–Jn. 17:17) DENIES ALL OF HIS WORDS, which includes His statement that JESUS IS HIS SON WHO CAME TO EARTH IN THE FLESH. Such a denier is spiritually one with Satan. Because Satan is the power behind the Antichrist, the spirit that represents him in matters of the spirit is called the “spirit of Antichrist.” As God said, there are many Antichrists–“ministers of righteousness”–working for Satan in these last days. For this reason we are warned to “test the spirits” of those who bear spiritual witness. Failure to do so has been instrumental in bringing about the apostasy of the Counterfeit Church (Catholicism/Protestantism). To be continued. L.J.