A Different Jesus

What if the most dangerous lie isn’t the one that looks obviously false, but the one that looks almost true?

In Week 2 of Cults & Counterfeits, Brad teaches on Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses, two groups that claim to be Christian but deny foundational Christian doctrine.

Both use Christian words like Jesus, gospel, salvation, grace, and Scripture, but redefine them in ways that lead to a different authority, a different Jesus, and a different salvation.

In this message, we run both beliefs through three key questions:
What is your final authority?
Who do you say Jesus is?
How are you saved?

The goal is not to win arguments. The goal is to know the truth, love people well, and point them to the real Jesus: fully God, fully man, uncreated, crucified in our place, risen from the grave, and the only way to the Father.

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Speaker

Brad Straarup

Series

Cults & Counterfeits

Topic

Counterfeit gospels
True Gospel
False Prophets
Mormonism
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jesus is God
Salvation by grace

Scripture

Matthew 7:15
Matthew 7:16
2 Peter 2:1
Titus 1:9
Revelation 2:20
James 1:5
Matthew 16:18
2 Corinthians 11:3
2 Corinthians 11:4
Genesis 1:1
Genesis 3:15
John 1:1
Isaiah 43:10
Ephesians 2:8
Ephesians 2:9
2 Thessalonians 1:9
John 19:30
1 John 5:13
Jeremiah 10:6
Romans 10:1
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Date

June 14, 2026
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