Does it matter? Well, the Apostle Paul thought it did.
In the following verse, Paul is scolding the Corinthian church, saying that the false apostles they are listening to are NOT leading people to our Savior, Jesus Christ. They are leading them to someone entirely different. He says this is NOT the same Jesus they accepted. And it’s not okay.
“For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, this you tolerate very well!” 2 Corinthians 11:4 NASB
Some believers think that any ministry that preaches about “Jesus” is leading people to Christ. However, there are false religions (cults) that talk about Jesus, but it isn’t the Jesus of the Bible. For example, even Muslims consider Jesus a very wise man and a prophet. BUT they do not believe he is the Son of God, and they do not believe He was crucified on a cross for our sins!
Just because a preacher teaches about someone called “Jesus” doesn’t mean he’s teaching the Jesus of the Bible.
When Jesus is described in an unbiblical way, people are misled into following what Paul calls “a different Jesus.” This kind of false teaching is dangerous.
We know God through His Word (the Bible).
We must know God as He really is, not how we think He is or want him to be.
A famous theologian once said, “Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”
To be discerning we must know what the Bible says by studying it for ourselves.
In His Love, Cindy
To learn more about Jesus, read Who Is Jesus? A message for the Skeptic
“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.” Genesis 17:7 (emphasis mine)
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Your warning is exactly the kind of discernment the New Testament keeps pressing on us: the danger isn’t usually outright denial — it’s distortion. The Corinthian problem wasn’t that people had abandoned the name “Jesus,” but that they were slowly embracing a version of Him shaped by sentiment, culture, or human imagination. “Another Jesus” is rarely a total replacement; it’s a subtle revision.
That’s why “almost right” matters so much. A Jesus who is only a wise teacher cannot save. A Jesus who is not crucified cannot atone. A Jesus who is not the eternal Son cannot reveal the Father. A Jesus who fits comfortably into every worldview is not the Jesus who confronts the world’s sin. When we lose the biblical Christ, we lose the biblical Gospel — and sincerity, emotion, or religious vocabulary cannot make up the difference.
True discernment isn’t suspicion; it’s loyalty. Loyalty to the Christ revealed in Scripture. Loyalty to the Gospel that actually rescues sinners. Loyalty to the Spirit who glorifies the Son, not human systems or cultural preferences. The church doesn’t drift because it rejects Jesus outright — it drifts because it tolerates versions of Him that are almost right.
The real Jesus is worth guarding. And He’s worth knowing as He truly is.
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AMEN! Thank you, Michael, for these excellent comments. I truly appreciate your thoughts on my post. God bless you as you serve our Lord and Savior!
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Wise advice, Cindy. Today, we too often see that commentaries and summaries have replaced actual Bible study. Getting a quick answer is not the same as meditating on the Word of God until scripture becomes embedded within us, available for immediate recall. The recall and use of that scripture give us the power in Jesus’ name to overcome today’s world.
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Sadly, many Christians are drawn to what is different and exciting, instead of studying the true Word of God, the Bible. God bless you, Grant, as you serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
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