Romans 8: 1-3 NKJV
It has never been my understanding that there were two Jesus' in scripture. And yet, talking to some people, I have somehow been introduced to this dual messiah of ours. The Jesus which I have grown to know is God in the flesh, who became sin for us that the sin we once carried would be put to death once and for all. Yet, there is but another Christ looming out there, one whom many people have become aquainted with. This alternate Jesus is one who indeed gave His life for the sins of many, then retired to heaven to look down upon creation from His heavenly post. This is the "Cool and hip" Jesus of today. He came to do His thing, then he, like, floated up into the sky man, beautiful! Now, to say that those who adhere to this rendition of our Lord are lost on some heavy LSD trip would be doing a injustice to Christ Himself, so I refrain from such snap judgements. I will, however, disagree with the evidence of this alternate Christ. As I have stated previously, it is Christ Jesus who today lives on within us {Galations 2:20}. Having become sin in the flesh {Romans 8:3}, Christ Jesus was led to His death on the cross. The blood which He shed on the cross He shed for the remission of our sins, this was required for the very remission of sin {Leviticus 17:11}. Then, upon His death, He was laid in a closely guarded tomb, for this innocent man was a threat to the Jewish authorities of His day. As with everything He did, His death and resurection also served a purpose, that our old sin nature, our "Old man" would be put to death with Him. When Christ Jesus rose from the dead that morning, he brought forth our new creation in Him which we who have trusted in Jesus now glory in {2 Corinthians 5: 17}.
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their eyes away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4: 2-5 NKJV
So, just what is this "New gospel" which this new Jesus preaches? Well, the cool, hip new age Jesus is all loving, all accepting, all forgiving and all tolerating. Now, I agree that Christ Jesus is love, that is His nature. But here is my point, would our risen Lord be so bold as to tolerate disobedience? How about blasphemy against the Father? Well, why not? I mean, if Jesus is all loving and all accepting, would He not accept all of our faults good and bad, even those that run contrary to God? After all, He is Jesus, right? Should one of our Lords creation suddenly blaspheme God, He is Jesus enough to forgive is He not? For not to do so would run contrary to the all forgiving attributes of a loving Jesus. Ok, does anyone but me see anything in this new age, hippie Jesus that the apostle Paul was warning his young apprentice about in 2 Timothy 4? For there will be those who will ignore sound doctrine for the very sake of hearing of the Jesus they want to hear about. Now, I'm not exactly sure just what it is about the man Jesus which would make one want to change anything about Him. For those who follow Him not only have remission of their sins, but are a new creation in Him. If one simply is looking to find Jesus, He can be found within ourselves {Romans 6: 6-11}.
~Scott~
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