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Counterfeit Jesus: Not What I Asked For

Counterfeit Jesus · Around June 7, 2025

Jesus came to fix all of our problems and make life easy.

Matthew 5:45Translation not recorded

"...He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

Matt. 11:1-3NIV

Jesus and John the Baptist

1After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.[1]

2When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples 3to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Translation notes (1)
  1. 11:1 Greek in their towns
Matt. 11:4-6NIV

4Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: 5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[1] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 6Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

Translation notes (1)
  1. 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

Jesus didn't come to fix all of our problems, but He did come to see us through them.

John 16:33NIV · Excerpt

"...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Jesus didn't come to fix all of our problems, but He did come to use them for good.

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...Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 2 Chorinthians 12:7-8

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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Chorintians 12:9-10

If Jesus won't change your circumstances, then ask Him to change your perspective.

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