Reflections
There are professing Christians today, including entire churches, who deny that Jesus Christ is God. Of course this means they must also deny the virgin birth, His resurrection, and deny that He is the ONLY WAY to the Father. Yet some profess that they love others and say they love God. The Bible does not mince words on this matter:
Whosoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son. (2 John 1:9)
The, “doctrine of Christ,” includes all of the essential Truth about Him. Primary to this would certainly be His identity. But don’t misunderstand. John is not saying that if you do not abide in the doctrine of Christ that God will punish you by withdrawing from you. He is saying that if you do not live in the Truth of Christ that this is evidence that you already do not have a relationship with God – through your own unbelief.
If we have truly received and embraced God’s revelation of Jesus Christ we will know who He is, and be growing to live in that Truth. God reveals only the Truth about Christ. What this tells us is that all of the error about Christ – who He is and what He has done – is not because God has sent a mixed message. Error about the Person of Christ is the result of either relying upon yourself to figure it out, or it is the result of refusing the Truth.
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