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HELEN SANDERS
6-30-2022
THE LITMUS TEST OF WHO JESUS IS
I was a hiring and training manager with an educational company for about 25 years on and off. I did a lot of pre-interviews over the phone. I ran ads in our local newspaper and received many calls from people of all different backgrounds.
One particular day I made a call to a woman in her thirties that had answered my ad. As I talked with her, I learned that she was going on the mission field. She and her husband had sold most of their belongings and she needed some part-time work for extra income.
I thought this was really a wonderful thing to do. Doing this for the Lord would bring great satisfaction. After talking about her plans, I casually mentioned to her, “Isn’t it sad that there are so many ‘cults’?”
She responded with, “What do you believe is a cult?
I said, “Anyone that denies that Jesus is God in the flesh.”
Her reply shocked me. She said, “I do not believe that Jesus is God.”
Instantly, I felt the Holy Spirit leap within me. It was like He jumped out and then came back into my spirit. I could feel the grieving. Honestly, I did not know what to say to her.
Our company hired her, and over a period of several weeks, I trained her in door-to-door sales. As we worked in the field together, we discussed the bible frequently and what she believed. I gave her what I thought I knew were the right answers to persuade her that she had bought into a lie. Sadly, she had been so heavily indoctrinated in this cult and had an answer to everything I asked.
One day as we went to a prospective customer’s door, I was carrying my bible, instead of the prospectus I used in giving a sales demonstration. I said, “Oh, I have my bible and not my prospectus.”
She said to me, “Are you ashamed to go to the door with your bible?”
She nailed me. Now, I was not as knowledgeable about scripture as I am today, and I wanted to know the truth. She had all kinds of answers for everything I asked, but I knew in my spirit she was in error.
I bought a Strong’s Concordance, a Vine’s Dictionary, a Greek/English lexicon, and other study helps. I wanted to know the truth, and after studying, I realized that I had the truth. The truth is that Jesus is God in the flesh, according to the scriptures, and she was in error.
The “cult” that had lured her in was called “The Way founded by Victor Paul Wierwille.” It twists scripture, but sadly, many have fallen for their error.
John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word (capital W) and the Word (Logos) was with God, and the Word was God” (Theos – God – supreme deity). Then John 1:14 says, “And the Word (logos -Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. “
In 1 John 4:1-3 says, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try (test or prove) the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ (the anointed one, the Messiah – God in the flesh) is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
I am thankful for the experience with this young woman. She never saw the light of the truth of the word of God, but it caused me to grow and learn for myself. I never doubted that Jesus was God in the flesh after this confrontation with her. I pray that you will also study so you know the truth, because John 14:6 says, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.”
Jesus is God and that is the truth my friends, and there is no other truth but Him.
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