Acts 22:8 NKJV
So I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'
Surely there is only one Jesus, isn't there?
In essence, the answer is "yes", however, false "effigies" of Christ have been conjured up:
Mormons believe Jesus was the spirit child of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. Muslims say He is a prophet or messenger of God.
In Hinduism He is as an Avatar, specifically a Shaktavesha Avatar or an empowered incarnation. Jehovah's witnesses believe He is God's first creation, a separate entity and not part of a Trinity. Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah nor do they believe he was the Son of God.
When Paul, a Pharisee, a strict adherent of Judaism, was bent on annihilating belief in Jesus, he was confronted by the very One he was persecuting.
When he was suddenly blinded on the Damascus Road, he asked:"Who are you Lord?"
Many people have asked this same question down the ages.
Jesus' reply gives no room for doubt. He tells it straight: "I Am Jesus of Nazareth..."
He is the very Jesus of the Gospels, the Promised Messiah, One with the Father, the Logos, God Incarnate.
That same dramatically converted Paul later warns against a deviated view of Christ:
2 Corinthians 11:3-4 NLT
But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. [4] You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.
We live in a day when the sound teaching of Jesus is shunned and even Archbishops are making another "culturally correct" Jesus that fits today's ethics.
The Bible is the ONLY reliable and authentic detail of Jesus, backed up by the revelation of the Holy Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:3 NLT
So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
Never fall for a counterfeit gospel, one that turns a blind eye to sin and corruption.
Hold fast to Jesus of Nazareth and His Salvation.
Acts 4:12 NLT
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved."
That rules out multi-faith beliefs and many paths to Heaven.
Stand up for Jesus of Nazareth!
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