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distinction the Apostle Paul stated; “This is how you can recognize the
Spirit of God:
Ev e r y sp i r i t t ha t a cknowl edg e s t ha t J e sus Chr i s t has c ome
i n t he f l e sh i s f r om God ,
but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus
is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is
coming and even now is already in the world. You, dear children,
ar e f r om
God and hav e ov e r c ome t hem, be c aus e t he one who i s i n y ou i s g r ea t e r
t han t he one who i s i n t he wo r l d
. They are from the world and therefore
speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We
are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not
from God does not listen to us.
Th i s i s how we r e c o gn i ze t he Sp i r i t o f
t ru t h and t he sp i r i t o f f a l s ehood . ”
(1 John 4: 2-6)
Constantine never acknowledged Jesus before or after the feigned vision.
Constantine may have believed the dream, but in fact presented a falsehood
or subliminal understanding that Jesus was less than what He said; Jesus
said,
He and t he Fa t he r ar e One
. Remember Jesus’ words “Watch out that
no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming,
‘ I am t he
Chr i s t , ’
and will deceive many” and “At that time if anyone says to you,
‘Look, he r e i s t he Chr i s t ! ’ o r , ‘The r e he i s ! ’ do no t be l i e v e i t
. For false
Christ’s and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles
to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.”
(Matthew 24: 5 & 24)
Constantine’s statement what was precisely contrary to Jesus’ own words.
Belief was sprung, and those who followed Jesus in the early stages
followed a new or different church and the original Christian intent changed
dramatically.
Further evidence may be seen in Jesus’ testimony:
“
While Jesus was
teaching in the temple courts, he asked, ‘How is it that the teachers of the
law say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself speaking by the
Holy Spirit, declared: “The Lord said to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until
I put your enemies under your feet.’” David himself calls him “Lord”. How
then can he be his son?’”
(Mark 12: 35-37)
Thus, the matter should have been
put to rest. Putting Satan under Jesus’ footstool is a profound reality—the
mission of Christ [anointed to testify to the truth] and those who know and
conform to the truth as a spiritual body or church.
This is a sanctimonious and falsely pious world, especially Christians who
look with great anticipation for the anti Christ proclaiming to know the
truth; they are all the while duped by a great deception. The majority will be
anti to the truth, for these, are those who will assemble and participate in
the rejection of Christ, just as it was foretold! These come in Jesus’ name as