Deuteronomy 12:32 LEB “All of the things that I am commanding you, you must diligently observe; YOU SHALL NOT ADD TO IT, and YOU SHALL NOT TAKE AWAY FROM IT.”

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God tells us not to add to or take away from His words. Today we’re gonna talk about a slick way folks get us to do that: “IT LINES UP WITH JESUS.” This is a line new agers, occultists, witches, etcetera use to introduce false doctrine to believers and whole churches. “It lines up with Jesus,” they say. But does it? Did God tell us it’s ok to follow or even listen to doctrines that, “line up,” with His word?

Romans 16:17 LEB “Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for THOSE WHO CAUSE DISSENSIONS and temptations CONTRARY TO THE TEACHING which you learned, and STAY AWAY FROM THEM.”

Titus 3:9-11 CSB “But AVOID FOOLISH DEBATES, genealogies, QUARRELS, and DISPUTES about the law, because they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 REJECT A DIVISIVE PERSON after a first and second warning. 11 For you know that such a person has gone astray and is sinning; HE IS SELF-CONDEMNED.”

Galatians 1:6-9 CSB “I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to A DIFFERENT GOSPEL—7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to DISTORT THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, A CURSE BE ON HIM! 9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, A CURSE BE ON HIM!”

God says the person that preaches to you a different gospel IS CURSED! Do you see this the way God does? If it’s not 100% the gospel of Jesus Christ it’s a contrary gospel. It doesn’t matter how much it sounds like Jesus, or looks like Jesus, it’s not Jesus. Didn’t we learn that Satan knows how to look and sound like Jesus by transforming himself into an angel of light? (2 Corinthians 11:14-15) If we allow ourselves to entertain substitutes of Jesus we will be defeated by the Devil. Is this not what happened to the first humans in the Garden of Eden? (Genesis 3:1-6) And were not the Galatian Christians bewitched by listening to false doctrines?

Galatians 3:1 ESV “O FOOLISH GALATIANS! Who has BEWITCHED YOU? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.”

Yes, Paul called it what it is: witchcraft! The Galatians were infiltrated by false teachers who added to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Since they did not reject the false teaching they came under a spell. That’s what it means to be bewitched. Getting one to add to or take away from the teachings of Jesus is a subtle form of witchcraft. Again, if we fall for the deception of LISTENING to or ENTERTAINING doctrines because they sound like Jesus we will be led away from the faith. We will be bewitched and defeated by the enemy. 

Whoever falls for the line, “It lines up with Jesus,” doesn’t know Jesus. NOTHING can compare to Jesus! Nothing lines up with Him! God is in a class all by Himself! 

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Isaiah 40:25-26, 28-29 HCSB “WHO WILL YOU COMPARE ME TO, or WHO IS MY EQUAL? ” asks the Holy One. Look up and see: who created these? He brings out the starry host by number; He calls all of them by name. Because of His great power and strength, not one of them is missing. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never grows faint or weary; there is no limit to His understanding. He gives strength to the weary and strengthens the powerless.”

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What ignorance to think that wishy-washy teachings of devils can, “Line up,” with God’s true message. This is a lie from hell.

1 John 2:21-27 ESV “ I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH. 22 WHO IS THE LIAR but HE WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST? THIS IS THE ANTICHRIST, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life. 26 I write these things to you about THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU. 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and YOU HAVE NO NEED THAT ANYONE SHOULD TEACH YOU. But as HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.”

There are many great points in the passage above, let’s touch on a few. Verse 21 says, “NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH.” The truth has not one single lie in it. If it does it’s not the truth. These new age, occult doctrines people claim line up with Jesus are a sham. They’re selling you a fake Jesus. Saying that it lines up with Jesus is a lie because nothing can. God is in a class all by himself. He can’t be compared to anything. Even if you were to find a teaching that seems to line up with God’s word 99% (and you can’t), that 1% of a lie would make it not true. It’s either 100% God or it’s not God at all. 

“WHO IS THE LIAR?” 1 John 2:22 says, “HE WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST.” Or the Messiah. I recently had a guy try to convince me and another brother that Buddhism lined up with the teachings of Jesus. I asked him do they teach that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the son of God, and is part of the Godhead. He said they do this through strict disciplinary training. He was talking about things monks do like meditation, etcetera. In other words, he gave me a slick lying answer. He couldn’t say, “No,” they don’t teach that Jesus is the Messiah. And why? Because the man is a liar. He said emphatically, “Me and Buddhist we rock with Jesus!” Yet he doesn’t believe the most elementary teaching about Jesus; that He is the Messiah. It’s no wonder this man can’t tell the truth for the same reason the Pharisees couldn’t tell the truth. (John 8:44)  

1 John 2:22 says, “He who denies that Jesus is the Christ THIS IS THE ANTICHRIST.” You don’t have to keep looking for antichrists. God’s word says they’re right in our faces. Some are people who lie and tell us their teachings line up with God’s. Yet they deny He sent His son Jesus to die for our sins. (John 3:16-18) They do this to win us over. They try to get us to believe that doing certain works; strict training of the body etcetera is the way to God. When Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by Me.” (John 14:6) Do you see how slick people are, or should I say antichrists are? 

The guy I mentioned earlier got very angry with me because I wouldn’t let him indoctrinate me with his Buddhist beliefs. I very respectfully told him I was not interested. But he wouldn’t stop. This happened during a meeting with him, me, and another brother. This person met with us on Saturdays for about 6 weeks. He pretended to believe what we believe (Jesus). Now it’s apparent he was planted by Satan to cause division. Enraged, he said the Bible was a book full of nonsense and we shouldn’t put our faith in one book when there are so many sacred texts out there. Then he said that the Bible was given to us by the enemy. He then started saying we don’t pronounce Jesus’ name correctly etcetera. Had he been reasonable I would have asked him, “Do Satan and the fallen angels know how to pronounce God’s name? Did that stop them from falling?” But by this time I couldn’t get a word in. This man was in a full-blown rage. We were in a public place so I couldn’t put him out of my house. He kept rambling on and on saying I practice black arts. Basically, he called me a witch. That was a high honor actually. They said worse things about the Master Jesus. (Matthew 10:24-25 1 Peter 4:14) As I mentioned there was another believer in this meeting. The man kept turning to the brother trying to persuade him to take his side. Yes, he was trying to stir up division between me and another believer. He got loud and started shouting. I finally got up and walked away. He was a mess. I didn’t argue with him. This all started because I calmly told the man I wasn’t interested in Buddhism and that Jesus Christ is all I need. After that, the man blew up. I saw the demons in him manifest. In fact, I was relieved to see his true colors come out and that my brother got to see them too. For weeks he met with us pretending to be so humble and respectful. After this encounter, God showed me it was time to go into 2 John 9-11 mode. There it says:

2 John 9-11 “Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, DO NOT RECEIVE HIM into your house OR GIVE HIM ANY GREETING, 11 for WHOEVER GREETS HIM TAKES PART IN HIS WICKED WORKS.”

Yes, God’s word says not to even say, “Hello,” “How yah doin?” to a person like this. This is serious to God. Is it to us? After this ordeal with the antichrist, God reminded me of times past when he brought up weird questions pretending he wanted to learn. But really he was trying to shake my faith. I’m sure some of you have had similar experiences. I’m so glad God revealed this man’s true character.

When a person shows their true colors, that they are antichrists, we must obey God. Friendship with God is preferred over friendship with the world. (James 4:4) God says not to greet those who bring you false doctrine. No niceties for those who would steal your soul. God says not to receive them into your house either (Jehovah’s Witnesses). Even if an angel from heaven proclaims a different gospel to you Father says, ‘LET THEM BE CURSED!’ “FOR WHOEVER GREETS HIM TAKES PART IN HIS WICKED WORKS.” Don’t be a partaker in the wicked works of antichrists, false teachers, subtle witches, or whatever you wonna call them. Cut them off! The same way they tried to cut you off from your Father.

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