Deception: Another Jesus

Matthew 16:13-17 NLT - 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" 14 "Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets." 15 Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

1.    Who does the world say Jesus is?

2.    Who do you say He is?

Matthew 16:15 NLT - 15 Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?"

• Christians can create another Jesus too!

2Corinthians 11:1-4 NLT - 1 I hope you will put up with a little more of my foolishness. Please bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband--Christ. 3 But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. 4 You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.

3.    Who Jesus IS!

Matthew 16:16 NLT - 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

Luke 24:44-47 NLT - 44 Then he said, "When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled." 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46 And he said, "Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: 'There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.'

• Jesus is the Son of God

John 1:1, 14 ESV - 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1John 4:1-3 NLT - 1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 2 This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. 3 But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

1Timothy 2:5-6 ESV - 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

The Jesus we must not lose

-       He is Savior (Matthew 1:21)

-       He is Lord (Philippians 2:9-11

-       He is the Christ (Matthew 16:16)

-       He is the Son of God (John 20:31)

-       He is the Word made flesh (John 1:14)

-       He is the Lamb who takes away sin (John 1:29)

-       He is the resurrection and the life. (John 11:25)

-       He is the way, the truth and life (John 14:6)

-       He is coming again (Acts 1:11)