Lies of the Anti-Christ

You how you know when an Army recruiter is lying? His lips are moving. 

That's an old joke, and not fair to the professional NCOs who comprise the Army's sales force. More accurate to say, until you've been in, you don't have enough context to understand what a recruiter is telling you.

But, John says, there is a fool-proof way to know when you're being lied to about where to put your faith. In 1 John 2:22-23 he says "Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist–he denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also."

Anyone who tells me Jesus was just a good man is lying. Anyone who says Jesus wasn't a man at all, but an angel or something else, is lying. Anyone who says there's another way to be saved is lying. Anyone who says I need something else plus Jesus is lying. 

Because here's the deal: God himself testifies that Jesus is the way, the truth and the lire, and that no one gets back to God except through him. If I believe any of those lies about Jesus, I'm calling God a liar.

It's comforting to me to have complete assurance, at least on one point. There's enough uncertainty in the world. And assurance on this point is all I need to handle all the other questions.