Counterfeit vs the Real Thing

At work, I noticed a colleague was wearing these smart black trainers that looked like shoes. They actually reminded me of what my shoes/trainers looked like when they were brand new.

"I like your shoes, they look very smart," I said. "Are they Sxxx?"

"No, they're Txxx," she said.

"Are they comfortable?"

"I was hoping they would be, but after a few hours of wearing thm, they are really uncomfortable."

"How much did you pay for them?" I said.

"£8."

I burst out laughing. "No wonder, they're so uncomfortable. Mine were £80 and they feel like walking on air. It's worth investing in a pair."

"I used to have your brand and I wore them for years. I'm going to buy another pair," she said.

The conversation with my work colleague got me thinking about counterfeit teachers. The Bible warns believers to be wary of false Christs, false prophets, false teachers and false doctrines.  I believe the cheap brand shoes that look like the more expensive brand represent false teachers.

False teachers can quote Scriptures and can evn mimic Jesus" miracles in the Bible, but they refuse to acknowledge Jesus as Lord or accept His salvation. These false teachers teach their followers that they too can enjoy the benefits of the kingdom of God without being born again.  Jesus made it very clear that you have to be born again to experience the kingdom of God.

For years, I was following false teachers and false doctrines until I finally realised I was no longer satisfied with imitations, I needed the Real Thing.

I believe Jesus is the only Real who gives eternal life. Amen.❤️ 

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Relevant Bible verses:

"Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” Matthew 16: 6

“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect." Matthew 24: 23-24

"Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”...That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." John 3: 3, 6

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." John 6: 63

"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." " John 14: 6

"Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." Colossians 2: 8-10

"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. [2] By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, [3] and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world." 1 John 4: 1-3