Hard Sayings

John 6: 60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said , “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

John 6: 66 From that time many of His disciples went back (away) and walked with Him no more.

I have included some hard sayings in this message. See if you can find them.

Mark 12: 24 Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken (or deceived), because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?”

Matthew 7: 24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

Matthew 7: 26 “But who hears these sayings of Mine, and still does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.”

Preaching Jesus and voting progressive is the height of deception.

2 Peter 2: 1 warns of destructive heresies.

The Greek word for heresies originally denoted making a choice or having an opinion. Progressing to having a preference because of an opinion or a sentiment, it easily slipped into a mode of disunity, choosing sides, having diversity of belief, creating dissension, and substituting  self-willed opinions for submission to the truth. The dominant use in the New Testament is to signify sects, people professing opinions independent of the truth.

1 John 4: 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4: 3b And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

2 Corinthians 11: 13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transforms themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

We are in the last days and the spirit of Antichrist is stepping up deception to the point that even the elect are being deceived.

I challenge you to come and let's search the Scriptures together!