The Right Jesus 正确的耶稣
Dexu Xia
If someone . . . preaches a [false] Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, . . . you [wrongly] put up with it. 2 Corinthians 11:4
The buzz in the room faded to a comfortable silence as the book club leader summarized the novel the group would discuss. My friend Joan listened closely but didn’t recognize the plot. Finally, she realized she had read a nonfiction book with a similar title to the work of fiction the others had read. Although she enjoyed reading the “wrong” book, she couldn’t join her friends as they discussed the “right” book.
The apostle Paul didn’t want the Corinthian believers in Jesus to believe in a “wrong” Jesus. He pointed out that false teachers had infiltrated the church and presented a different “Jesus” to them, and they had swallowed the lies (2 Corinthians 11:3–4).
Paul denounced the heresy of these phony teachers. In his first letter to the church, however, he’d reviewed the truth about the Jesus of Scripture. This Jesus was the Messiah who “died for our sins . . . was raised on the third day . . . and then [appeared] to the Twelve,” and finally to Paul himself (1 Corinthians 15:3–8). This Jesus had come to earth through a virgin named Mary and was named Immanuel (God with us) to affirm His divine nature (Matthew 1:20–23).
Does this sound like the Jesus you know? Understanding and accepting the truth written in the Bible about Him assures us that we’re on the spiritual path that leads to heaven.
How do you know that you believe the truth about Jesus? What might you need to investigate to make sure you understand what the Bible says about Him?
Dear God, help me to walk in the light of Your truth.
假如有人来，传另一个耶稣，不是我们所传过的，⋯⋯你们居然容忍了！—哥林多后书11章4节，
房间里的嗡嗡声渐弱，众人安静听着书友会小组长简述即将讨论的小说内容。琼恩仔细聆听，但对小组长所提的情节感到陌生。最后，她才发现自己读了一本非小说类的书籍，与其他人所读的小说同名。虽然她很喜欢这本“错误”的书，但她却无法与其他朋友一起讨论那本“正确”的书。
使徒保罗不希望哥林多教会的信徒，相信一位“错误”的耶稣。保罗指出，假教师已经潜入教会，向会众传讲另一个不同的“耶稣”，而会众居然相信了这些谎言（哥林多后书11章3-4节）。
保罗驳斥了这些假教师所传讲的异端邪说。其实，他在写给哥林多教会的第一封书信中，已经重申了圣经中与耶稣有关的真理。这位耶稣就是弥赛亚，祂“为我们的罪死了，⋯⋯第三天复活了，⋯⋯然后显给十二使徒看”，最后也向保罗显现（哥林多前书15章3-8节）。这位耶稣是藉童女马利亚降生人世，并起名为以马内利（上帝与我们同在），证明了祂的神性（马太福音1章20-23节）。
这听起来像是你所认识的那位耶稣吗？明白并接受圣经所说关于耶稣的真理，能确保我们走在通往天国的属灵道路上。
作者： 史珍妮
关于耶稣的真理，
你怎么知道自己相信的是正确的？
你要如何明白圣经中关于耶稣的记载？
亲爱的上帝，
求祢帮助我行在祢真理的光中。