One Jesus, One Gospel, and One Spirit

January 17, 2013 - 2 Corinthians 11:4-6

11:4		假 如 有 人 來 、 另 傳 一 個 耶 穌 、 不 是 我 們 所 傳 過 的 ． 或 者 你 們 另 受 一 個 靈 、 不 是 你 們 所 受 過 的 ． 或 者 另 得 一 個 福 音 、 不 是 你 們 所 得 過 的 ． 你 們 容 讓 他 也 就 罷 了 ．
11:5		但 我 想 、 我 一 點 不 在 那 些 最 大 的 使 徒 以 下 。
11:6		我 的 言 語 雖 然 粗 俗 、 我 的 知 識 卻 不 粗 俗 ． 這 是 我 們 在 凡 事 上 、 向 你 們 眾 人 顯 明 出 來 的

⁴ For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

   ⁵ I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” ⁶ I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 

Paul exhorts Corinthians believers to differentiate the real Jesus from different jesus; the Spirit from  other spirits; the One Gospel from the different gospels. The Holy Spirit works in us to know the Only Jesus and the Only Gospel that the Son of God was crucified for our sins and resurrected for giving us new life in Christ. This Jesus and this Gospel demonstrate that the weakness and foolishness in people's eyes are the strength and wisdom of God. Paul becomes the ministers of this Gospel for proclaiming this Jesus that people can enter into Kingdom of God by the Spirit. 

My Lord, thanks for the Holy Spirit that I was led to know Jesus and His Gospel. That was an old story but is ever being renewed in my life everyday as the Spirit leads me into truth and experience the Presence and Power of God in living out the Gospel and witnessing Jesus in this world. My Spirit, giving me spiritual wisdom and courage to repudiate the false jesus, the false gospel, the false apostles and prophets, and the false spirits from Satan that deceive people onto the road of destruction. This is a spiritual warfare that I must be aware of everyday and at the same time I need to pray to the Holy Spirit that you show me the way of the Gospel that I walk on and the image of Jesus that I follow after always.