Proclaiming Another Jesus

Deceivers, Messiah

When certain “super-apostles” began to undermine his teachings, Paul reminded the church that the “serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness,” and he went on to warn against anyone who might appear among believers “proclaiming another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or a different spirit, or a different gospel.”

Howling Imposters

Apostasy, Deceivers, False-Prophets

Christ’s final block of teaching that he gave on the Mount of Olives includes several warnings about coming “deceivers” and “false prophets” intent on misleading the saints, warnings reiterated and expanded in the writings of the apostles. And his discourse began with stern warnings to “beware lest anyone deceive you.”

In the Churches

Antichrist, Deceivers, Lawlessness

The church has been infiltrated by deceivers that are misleading many believers and causing not a few to apostatize. This comes as no surprise since Jesus and his apostles warned us about coming false teachers and faux prophets who are intent on disrupting the church and leading the church astray.

Spirit of Antichrist

Antichrist, Deceivers

The Antichrist is a deceiver intent on destroying the church and causing apostasy through deception. 

In popular interpretations, the Antichrist is a political tyrant intent on world domination. Whether this proves trust, Jesus and his apostles expressed more concern about the deceivers who ply their trade in the church. And in passages that refer to the Antichrist, the issue is deceivers who infiltrate the church.

The Last Hour

Antichrist, Deceivers, Last Days

In his first epistle, John declares it is the last hour, a period elsewhere called the “last days.” As evidence of this, he points to the false teachers that are disrupting his churches. They are products of the “spirit of antichrist” that is active already in the world. And these deceivers are forerunners of the final “Antichrist.”