2 Corinthians 11:4 English Standard Version

⁴ For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.

Why would anyone accept another Jesus? In truth they have accepted a lie. Satan is the father of lies. He opposes every good thing in Christ. So what does that lie sound like? A comfortable lie is an acceptable lie.

John 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

A comfortable lie tells us that we are acceptable the way we are and that we do not have to change.

The truth is that accepting Christ changes us like nothing else will. In order to accept Christ we have to repent of the life we lived in order to have a new life. The lie tells us we do not have to repent and only believe.

2 Peter 3:16 English Standard Version (ESV) as he does in all his ^[Paul’s] letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

The lie is that we cannot understand the scriptures and we need someone to explain them to us.

The truth is the Holy Spirit instructs us in all things that Christ has said and reveals the understanding by faith. False teachers will tell us that we cannot find truth without accepting their instruction.

Are these the only lies? No, of course not. These are two common lies that have been seen often among those that are deceived.

John 12:27-30 English Standard Version

²⁷ “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” ²⁹ The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” ³⁰ Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine.”

In verse 21 Greeks came to Philip and said, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” It was these Greeks that had not been in the area but had come because they had heard about His reputation. Now in this solemn moment they saw Jesus in a personal conversation with Father God. They were blessed to be in His presence as the Father’s voice answered the Son.

This is the glory of the Son that God the Father declares. He has glorified His name, pass tense and will do so again future tense. Jesus declares this for our sake. This is the message of glory in His name that it would not be for only those at that time but to all who have heard from God.

Romans 8:29-30 English Standard Version

²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰ And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Called, justified, glorified, in the future tense because God knew who would believe in His Son by faith.

Have you heard God call you to His side? “The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”” The Greeks on that day might not have understood what was said but they had no doubt as to the authenticity of the man that stood before them.