Staying True to An Unchanging Savior
8/8/25 Bible Thought (2 Corinthians 11)
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Heb. 13:8).
In 2 Corinthians 11, the apostle Paul’s defense against the “super-apostles” takes center stage. However, his greatest concern is not a personal defense, but rather how these false teachers might hurt the church. In the midst of Paul’s tribulations, he recounts his experience with daily pressure from his, “anxiety for all the churches” (2 Cor. 11:28).
With this, he has a specific concern for the Corinthians. He is worried that they might be, “led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Cor. 11:3) by those who would preach another Jesus.
But Christ does not change. There are not multiple editions of Jesus. There is no latest and greatest, updated model. He is the same: yesterday, today, and forever. Perfection cannot be improved.
Likewise, the gospel has not changed.
Paul is concerned that the Corinthians will believe nearly everything they hear (2 Cor. 11:4) and that they might be deceived just as Eve was by the serpent’s cunning (2 Cor. 11:3).
So, when anyone would come preaching “another Jesus” they ought to be rejected. That was true then, and it is certainly true now.
Jesus isn’t wishy-washy. He doesn’t change with the cultural norms of our day, and He doesn’t change amongst different people groups.
He’s the same Savior for all who will trust in Him for all time.
As such, those who proclaim “another Jesus” are to be rejected.
It is fascinating to consider that in the first century this was a problem in nearly all the churches. One of the reasons that the apostle John writes his first epistle is to deal with this problem. There were those who were antichrists because they denied the true Jesus in favor of one of their own making.
Now, we are incredibly blessed as the people of God in the modern age to have His Word preserved for us so that we might know the truth. However, if we do not remain faithful to the biblical Christ, we will end up remaking Him in our own image.
Countless people do this. They say that Jesus would approve of their lifestyle and their preferred sins. They exploit the meekness of Christ, neglecting the holiness of Christ.
Others, on the legalistic side of things, exploit the holiness of Christ over and against the wonderful grace of Jesus.
Yet, we have this consistent picture of a meek and gentle Savior who is likewise King.
He is a Savior who would call sinners to repentance while telling others to put aside their rocks. He is a Savior who not only would cleanse the temple from its money-making schemes with a whip but would also become the once-and-for-all-time sacrifice Himself.
He is kind, and merciful—but He is also a just Judge that will one day come to rid the world of sin, not through personal sacrifice but through conquest.
We must be diligent to form our understanding of who Jesus is based upon the Spirit-inspired account of Him in the pages of God’s Word. Not based upon our opinions or feelings.
So many will try and recreate Him, but He doesn’t change.
There is one Jesus, one gospel, and only one way to the Father (see Jn. 14:6).
Satan masquerades as an angel of light. His cronies do the same. Countless forces try to remake Jesus into who they want Him to be.
We must remain steadfast in our confession of Christ in alignment with the witness of the apostles as it has been encapsulated in God’s Word.
Good word, thanks!