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“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].
2 Corinthians 11:4 — KJV
Another. Greek alios, “another” of the same kind (see on Matt. 6:24). These Judaizers were not preaching a different Jesus and a different gospel. They were converted Jews (Acts 15:1, 5) and professed to believe in the same Jesus. There was, however, a party of Judaizers whose creed actually constituted what Paul designates as another gospel (Gal. 1:8). These misguided Jews believed that Jesus was the Messiah, but also that men must keep the ceremonial law in order to be saved. Paul’s gospel, however, consisted of simple and true faith in Jesus as man’s complete Saviour from sin, that the ceremonial law was no longer binding, and that obedience to the moral law automatically follows justification, and is not the basis for it (see on Rom. 3:24, 3f; 8:1-4).
Paul appears to be writing in irony, quietly rebuking the Corinthians for having been duped by intruders. If indeed they have found a better Jesus and a better gospel, accept it! On the other hand, Paul may simply be stating, factually, what they have done.
In our day there is all the difference in the world between the Christ of Paul and the Gospels, and the Christ of modernist Christians. The latter admire and commend Jesus for His noble life but deprive Him of His deityship and His vicariously atoning power (2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:1-3).
Another spirit. Here the word for “another” is heteros, “another [of a different kind]” (see on Matt. 6:24). To believe in another Jesus would result in another gospel and another spirit. The true spirit of Christ is imparted to men and women by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:14, 15; Gal. 5:22, 23). The false spirit is one of fear that issues from a wrong concept of God, which makes Him out to be a hard taskmaster. The spirit of Christ is the spirit of true liberty (2 Cor. 3:17, 18), whereas the spirit of Paul’s opponents and their “gospel” is the spirit of bondage (Gal. 3:1-5; 4:1-9; see on 2 Cor. 3:6). Theirs is a spirit of self-righteousness, as opposed to the spirit of humble gratitude for the righteousness that comes through faith in Christ (Rom. 3:25, 26).
Another gospel. Here the word for “another” is heteros, “another [of a different kind]” (see on Matt. 6:24).
Bear with him. Or, “listen to him.”
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