What Jesus do you believe in?
Let me explain. We just have had Easter or Passover
and this is one of the biggest idol worshiping in a year.
I don't think that comes any other day per year
where there is more idol worship than Passover.
What do you mean? What are you saying, Torben?
I'm saying that there are so many people who go to church,
or now they maybe cannot go to church because of corona,
but they still have that day as a day when they are thinking of Jesus.
But what Jesus are they worshiping?
Many people believe in... How can you call it?
Easter egg, bunny Jesus. Sweet little bunny Jesus.
Easter Jesus.
I have a picture here.
Some people think of a small Easter Jesus.
Some people look at Jesus like the crucified Jesus,
but like very, very religious crucified Jesus.
Some people see Him as the grave is empty Jesus,
and somehow just disappeared.
But where is Jesus today?
He is not in the grave. He is not in an egg.
He is in Heaven.
He is in Heaven, in His heavenly body.
Some people have a wrong picture of Jesus.
They think when they are going to die they are going to meet Jesus,
hit Him on the shoulder: Hey, Jesus, my friend!
I missed You. How are You, my pal?
But we see John, who was close to Jesus,
when he saw Jesus and described Jesus in His heavenly body,
in Revelation, he fell down as dead.
Why? Because this is Jesus.
Not Jesus who came the first time to save the people.
Next time He is going to come as judge,
with fire coming out of His mouth, and He's going to judge the world.
What Jesus do you worship?
What Jesus have you grown up with?
One of the biggest idols, as I said, we see today is ...
Jesus.
A wrong Jesus.
A different Jesus.
Let me explain.
When Moses saved the Israelites out of Egypt,
he saved them out of Egypt,
he came and got the Ten Commandments.
And you know, the first of the Ten Commandments
is that you will not have any other gods and that you will not make any graven image.
These are the first two of the Ten Commandments.
What did they do?
They did exactly that.
They created a golden calf.
And they started to worship the golden calf.
God came down and was angry and killed many of them.
But you have to understand, when they worshiped the golden calf,
they did not say: Here is Mohamed that saved us out of Egypt.
Or, here is Krishna, who saved us out of Egypt.
Or, here is Baal, who saved us out of Egypt.
They said: Here is Jehovah who saved us out of Egypt.
They did not change the name.
They changed the image.
And they did not go to another god who did something else.
They said: This is the god who saved us out of Egypt.
So, it was the god who did the same.
They did not changed the name, but they changed the image.
Now we have millions of people, billions, who have faith in Jesus.
They don't change what He did.
Hey, I believe in Jesus, the one who died on the cross.
So, that is the same - the one who died on the cross.
They don't change that.
They don't change the name of Him. No, it's Jesus I believe in.
But when you start to talk with them, it's a different Jesus.
Let me just come with an example, and then see where you are in all of this.
If I say: Hey, believe, believe in Jesus. Just have faith...
And you will go to Heaven.
I will not lose many people. Most people will agree with that.
But if I say what Jesus is saying: No, no, it's not enough to have faith.
Jesus said: The one who believes and is baptized shall be saved...
You need to be baptized also. I just lost 90%.
If I say: Baptism is a part of salvation, I just lost 90%, or even more,
95% of all who call themselves believers.
Why? Because it's not biblical. No, it is biblical.
If you take the time to read your Bible yourself...
Yeah, but what about the robber on the cross?
Hey, he was before the cross. No, he did not get baptized.
He was before the cross.
But, just look after the cross.
Peter on Pentecost said: Repent and be baptized
for the forgiveness of your sins.
Ananias said to Paul: Stand up and wash away your sins.
And we can then go to Romans and Colossians,
and we can to go other verses in the Bible
and see what the Bible says about baptism,
and there was not outward sign that you believed
and there is nothing that is just a symbol.
What if I talk about repentance.
It's not enough you believe. You need to repent, turn away from your sins.
Jesus did not come to save you in your sins.
He saved you from your sins. And you have to turn away.
Don't go back in sin. Change your heart.
Change your way you look at sin.
I lost 90% again.
What if I go further and say: No, you need also to be baptized
with the Holy Spirit and you don't get the Holy Spirit automatically.
I lost other percentages.
How many percentages of those people who, actually, believe in Jesus
understand that you need to have true, true repentance
and turn away from your sins?
You need to turn away, you need to hate your sin.
If you go back to your boyfriend or your girlfriend,
or live in sexual sin, or sit and look at porn on the internet,
and look with lust on somebody... Come on!
You are still in your sins and you are not under grace
because you are not free from sin.
If I say that - how many people really believe in that?
How many really believe that the Bible says that baptism is not just a symbol,
it's the washing away of sins.
And the Holy Spirit is the same yesterday, today and forever,
like Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
And we need the Holy Spirit, and we read about that in the Book of Acts.
There is a few percents. A few percents left.
But this is what Jesus is saying:
Will the Son of God find faith when He come back on earth?
There is a big, big, big deception going on right now.
I want to say to you - It's not enough to be sincere in your faith.
It's not enough.
I have met many Jehovah's Witnesses. They are so, so, so sincere.
But they are still deceived.
I met many Mormons. They are so, so sincere and even active in their faith.
Go from door to door, go out, like Jehovah's Witnesses.
They are sincere, but they are still deceived.
I met so many Christians...
most are not sincere at all,
but I also met people who are sincere.
But are still deceived.
You know, we are living in the end times and the end times start in Acts.
And we are living in the end of the end of the end times.
And what do we read is the sign of the end times?
That many will fall away.
That many false christs will appear.
But you know, false christs will appear,
it's not only a person who walks here on earth in his physical body,
who dress up like Jesus and says: I'm christ.
Or somebody who is in a church, or cult some place and says:
I'm christ. Follow me.
No. The false christ is here.
In your head and in your heart.
Ezekiel 14 is warning that we create the idol in our heart.
It's in your heart. It's in your head.
What Jesus are you worshiping?
And it's so sad, because, if I make a video and say:
'Hey, believe in Jesus', everyone would agree.
But if I say: 'No, repent and believe in Jesus', I lost many.
If I say: 'Repent and be baptized', I lost also many.
If I say Acts 2:38 - 'Repent and be baptized and you shall receive the Holy Spirit',
exactly what the Bible is saying, there is not many people left.
I want to encourage you to really examine yourselves to see if you are in Christ.
It's not enough to have faith in Christ.
It's not enough to have faith. You need to be baptized to be saved.
Jesus said that, the Bible said it, and go after the cross, Book of Acts,
to see what they did and why they baptized people the same day they came to faith
and why they baptized people right away, even in the middle of the night.
Why did they baptized in the middle of the night?
Because they believed in Jesus' words: The one who believes and is baptized
shall be saved.
But that is not enough. You need to turn away from your sins.
And you have to have a proof of repentance.
If you continue in sin, you have not turned away from your sins.
Jesus did not come to save you in your sins. He came to save you from your sins.
But that is also not enough. Jesus said to those: Wait in Jerusalem
to what my Father has promised and they received the Holy Spirit
and spoke in tongues. Hallelujah!
Now you need to wait because now we are living after the cross
and after Jesus went to heaven and He sent His Holy Spirit down here.
So, now we can receive the Holy Spirit today.
And this is what we see in Acts 2:38, that is the gospel we all should preach.
Repent, turn away from your sins.
Be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the forgiveness of your sins and you shall receive the Holy Spirit.
This is the promise for you, your grandchildren and everyone far off
God is calling on.
But how many preach that today?
1-2% or less. Why? Because we are living in the end times,
and the deception is all over, and it started on Pentecost,
and it has just gone down the road since then.
And now, over 2000 years later, you see it.
2000 years later there is almost no gospel,
there is deception everywhere, and it's not only the Mormons,
it's not only Islam, it's not only Jehovah's Witnesses.
It is Christianity, the biggest deception of all.
So, take this time, please.
Don't listen what your priest and your church denomination is saying.
Please, take this time, take your Bible and examine it for yourself.
Read Jesus' words of repentance, what that is.
Read Jesus' words on being born again out of water and Spirit.
Read His words about how He will go to heaven and send His Holy Spirit down here,
and then take and read the Book of Acts after the cross,
how all of this came together and how the early church was preaching the gospel
and how people responded to the gospel.
And if you don't see it that way, you are, it's not the Bible that is wrong.
If you don't experience that in your life it's not the Bible that is wrong.
But I'm thankful that last years we saw many Christians born again.
We have seen many Christians repent.
We have seen many Christians baptized again,
after they repented, because now they understood it,
and we have seen many Christians receive the Holy Spirit.
And I hope and believe that you and many others in these end times
will hear the true gospel and also get born again.
God bless you. Please, examine yourselves.
Please, take your Bible, not just listen to my words.
Don't listen to your pastor's words. Don't listen to your church denomination.
Examine it for yourself. Take the Bible and read it
and don't be deceived. Please.
God bless you! Bye-bye!