WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP
The Great Dream
Chapter 6


John 8:25 Then said they unto Him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

Permit please, my correction in the translation of John 8:25.

John 8:25 Then they (the Pharisees) said unto Him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,

Literal Greek Altogether that which also I say unto you.

Alt. Trans. The sum of that which also I say unto you.

My Paraphrase I and My sayings are the same from the beginning.

KJV Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

In the King James Bible, you will notice that the words the same are italicized, because they have no corresponding words in the Greek Original. This means that the KJV translators found it necessary to add the same to make the text more readable. Unfortunately this addition has caused most people, when reading this verse, to think that Jesus is saying: "I've been telling you that I am the Christ all along."

I do not deny that Jesus is IMPLYING that He is the Christ: but if that is all He meant to communicate here, that He is the Christ; He could have just said: I AM THE CHRIST. Jesus answers the question, Who art thou? by saying that He can be known and understood by His WORDS. 1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

For 20 centuries, Christendom has used the words the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, to describe the TRIUNE manifestation of God towards men. Where is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in The Father, the word, and the Holy Ghost?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1). OBVIOUSLY,"the Word" is a NAME or TITLE of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Why do you think that the Divine Author of the Bible was CAREFUL to MAKE SURE that we would IDENTIFY Jesus Christ as the Word? Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

WHAT YOU SAY will GIVE YOU AWAY. Jesus declares that whatever any man SAYS reveals his character. This does not mean that a man is FINALLY and TOTALLY characterized by what he blurted out in his moment of fear or anger; but by the SUM TOTAL of all that his mouth speaketh.

You and I are full of contradictions: we can speak words of DOUBT and REBELLION in one minute, and words of FAITH and LOVING SUBMISSION in the next. RIGHT? God is taking notice of ALL the things you say: in PUBLIC, in SECRET, and in PRAYER.

Matt 12:36 But I say unto you , That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgement.

In the Day of Judgement, The Judge shall ADD UP and SORT OUT all the words that EVER came out of your mouth. From ALL THOSE WORDS which have come forth from the abundance of YOUR heart, The Judge will produce a SUMMARY of your words.

For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil (Eccl 12:14). The secret things may very well CANCEL OUT or OUTWEIGH the PUBLIC THINGS. The Apostle Peter DENIED that he even KNEW Jesus 3 TIMES (Mark 14:66-72); but this won't send Peter TO HELL.

The Judge knows about EVERYTHING you ever said or thought; God sees the TOTAL, or SUMMARY of your thoughts and words, and from these He identifies a CONCLUSION. This CONCLUSION is what YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG.

Make no mistake about this: you are daily describing what you REALLY ARE by all the things you SAY. For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God (Rom 14:11). Jesus says that by THY WORDS thou shall be justified, and by THY WORDS thou shalt be condemned (Matt 12:37).

In other words: you ARE pronouncing YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT. The Judge won't have to SAY ANYTHING; because YOU will confess to God in YOUR OWN WORDS and BY YOUR OWN MOUTH whether you should be forever blessed or forever damned. WOE unto the man who feels ANY FEAR on the Day of Judgement and begins to MAKE APOLOGIES and EXCUSES!

Matt 7:22 Many will say to Me in That Day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew YOU: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.

You can spout all the doctrinal formulas about WHO IS and WHO ISN'T saved that you want, FOR NOW. Those "doctrines" and those "formulas" will ALL be ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS both to YOU and to God on the Day of Judgement: they won't even come to mind.

Every man that ever lived on this earth is going to meet the Lord Jesus Christ PERSONALLY, and the Jesus that they meet WILL NOT BE the "imaginary Jesus" of WISHFUL THINKING. Jesus Christ the SAME yesterday, and today, and forever (Heb 13:8).

The Jesus that all men meet in the Day of Judgement is THE SAME Jesus that is described in the New Testament: and out of the abundance of HIS heart, HIS (Jesus's) mouth speaketh.

The Jesus of THE FUTURE will not be any different than the Jesus of THE PAST, and neither will the Jesus of THE FUTURE have anything to say that disagrees with or contradicts what we find Jesus SAYING in the New Testament.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away (Matt 24:35): SO SAYS Jesus Christ. Anyone who thinks that the Jesus they will meet in the Day of Judgement will be any different from the Jesus Who is EXPRESSED and DESCRIBED by His OWN WORDS in the New Testament is looking for another Jesus.

If you would like to gain assurance that you will be happy to meet Our Lord Jesus someday, then get yourself one of those Bibles that have all the Words of Christ printed in red ink: READ ALL THE RED INK, and learn to like what you read.

If you can LOVE the Jesus of the Red Letters, you will LOVE the Jesus Who sits in Judgement: for they are ONE and the SAME. Fifteen centuries before Jesus was born, God, through the mouth of Moses, describes Him in these terms:

Deut 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will NOT HEARKEN unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I WILL REQUIRE IT OF HIM.

Here, it is written, that those who make some kind of concession to the Divinity of Jesus Christ, but will not hearken unto the words which He shall speak; are going to have to explain WHY they felt no need to take those words seriously.


The Great Dream, chapter 6