A quick reference to guide you from not falling into the pit of misquoting words of Jesus Christ by modern preachers, churches and denominations to reject His teachings!
| Misquoted Words of Jesus | Actual Teachings of Jesus |
| Christ loves the whole world (John 3:16) | Christ love only those who keep His words / commandments (John 14:23-24; John 15:10). He doesn’t even pray for the world (John 17:9) |
| Jesus is a friend of sinners (Matt 11:19) | Jesus is a friend to those who obey Him (John 15:13) |
| All who believe in Jesus receive everlasting life (John 3:16) | All who practice evil don’t believe in Jesus and are already condemned (John 3:18-21) |
| Receive everlasting life if we believe in Jesus (John 5:24) | Only those who do good will have resurrection of life (John 5:29) |
| Eternal security to all His sheep who follow Him (John 10:27-28) | Eternal life to those who deny themselves, take their cross daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23-24) |
| All are our neighbours (Luke 10:36-37) | Only those who show mercy towards us are our neighbours (Luke 10:36-37) |
| Mary is the mother of Jesus (Matt 1:18; John 19:25) | All who do the will of the Father in Heaven are Christ’s mothers (Matt 12:50). Mary becomes the worldly mother of John (John 19:26-27) |
| Everlasting punishment for all who don’t help others (Matt 25:31-32) | Everlasting punishment only to those who don’t help Christians (Christ’s brethren) (Matt 25:31-32) |
| We must forgive everyone always (Matt 18:21-22; Luke 17:4) | We must forgive Christians (brethren in Christ) only when they repent. If they don’t we must treat them as strangers (Matt 18:15-16; Luke 17:3) |
| Christ’s new commandment is to love everyone (John 13:34-35) | Christ’s new commandment is to love one another among His disciple (John 13:34-35) |
| Love your enemies just like how we love Christ (Matt 5:43-48; Luke 6:35-36) | Love your enemies to be merciful and compassionate towards them (Matt 5:43-48; Luke 6:35-36) |
| We must slay the enemies of Jesus (Luke 19:27) | We must not fight against any nation for His Kingdom is not of their world (John 18:36) |
| It is impossible for anyone to be saved by doing anything on their own (Matt 19:25-26) | What is impossible with men are possible with God (Luke 18:26-27). After all, it was not possible for Jesus to save the rich man (Matt 19:23-24). |
| Everyone who is not against Jesus is with Him (Mark 9:40) | Everyone who is not with Jesus is against Him (Luke 11:23). But, everyone who are not against Christians are with them (Mark 9:40) |
| Demons can only be cast out in the name of Jesus (Luke 10:17-20) | Pharisees who reject Jesus can also cast out demons (Matt 12:27). Even the evildoers can cast out demons (Matt 7:21-22) |
| We are saved by faith not by obedience (Luke 7:50) | Believing is same as obedience (Luke 12:43-46). It is obedience that saves (Matt 7:21-23) |
| The thief on the cross did no good works to enter Paradise (Luke 23:42-43) | The thief humbled, repented of his sins, acknowledged Christ as the King and even rebuked and started preaching to the other thief with both his hands and legs nailed to the cross to get qualified for entering His kingdom (Luke 23:39-43) |
John 5:29 must be Christ’s friends. John 15:13. Millions of unbelievers do good, but that will not mean they will enter the Kingdom of God.
To be more specific, it doesn’t matter what everyone claim about their belief in Jesus but only those who don’t practice lawlessness and does the will of the Father in heaven will enter the kingdom of heaven. Matt 7:21-23.
Everyone constantly sins, even believers, because we are all born under the condemnation of sin. It is ONLY THOSE, who recognize the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and that sins can be forgiven through him,can have any hope of being with him when he returns to this earth to reign from Jerusalem. Ephesians 2:12 makes this clear.
Who told you that we are all born under the condemnation of sin? We only inherit the curse of death, not sin. What kind of sacrifice of Jesus Christ is required to redeem gentiles who were never under the law to begin with? Christ’s death is only to defeat death. If you obey Him, you enter life. I don’t recall Jesus taught Ephesians 2:12. On the contrary, I have a seperate invitation for the wedding of the King’s Son.
Jesus gave an excellent suggestion to be sinless i.e, to chop off the body parts that is causing to sin. Anyway, that’s only for those who desire to enter life, not for everyone who walks on the broadway.
John 8:31-34 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. … Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, [but] a son abides forever.
Jesus don’t want believing slaves who will be kicked out.
You say: “We must forgive Christians only when they repent. If they don’t we must treat them as strangers”
Perhaps there’s a mistake…
Jesus forgave the unrepentant when he cried out to the Father to “forgive them for they know not what they do”
Then also Stephen, being stoned cryied out to God “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” while they were still stoning him.
You quote Luke 17:3 – but here Jesus does not say forgive “ONLY IF”… Rather Jesus is saying you MUST forgive IF…
You also quote Matt 18:15-16 – here Jesus is not talking about us forgiving, but us excluding unrepentant bretheren.
Jesus was praying for those who dont know what they are doing specifically the Roman soldiers who are just doing their job. Even to Pilate, Jesus said greater sin is to the one who delivered Him to him. When someone does some sin and dont know that it is sin, i.e., does it unintentionally, they are required to offer sin offering only when it is known to them (Lev 4:27-28). Also it is manslaughter and not murder where the killer can take refuge on any of the refuge cities until the death of high priest (Num 35:11). Jesus is the High Priest and He is the sacrificial Lamb for all unintentional sins and even in the law, they arent sins worthy of death. But for Pharisees who claim to see yet blind, the sin remains (Joh 9:41)
Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice for sin. We no longer have to sacrifice animals, etc. as we did in the Old Testament. He is the Final Sacrifice.
Hebrews 10:1-18:
10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb for all sins. The wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23)
… but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
All sins are worthy of death, which is precisely why Jesus died for us.
.. To redeem us, to cleanse us with His shed blood, and to free us from the bondage of death and sin.
He took our place as our sin was nailed on the cross with Him. (Colossians 2:14-15, Isaiah 53:5-6, Isaiah 53:10-11, John 3:16) He was our perfect substitute.
We are sinners saved by grace when we accept the free gift of Salvation from our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.
Not all sins lead to death (1John 5:17) as Paul lied in (Romans 6:23).
The word ‘grace’ never came from the mouth of Jesus and He never taught anywhere salvation is a free gift. (It is a lie from Paul’s letters). We must be worthy to attain salvation. Jesus taught we must be worthy to attain salvation (Luk 20:35). Salvation is very costly. It can cost our entire wealth (Matt 13:44-46), all our relationships (Matt 10:37), our body parts (Mark 9:43-48) and even our own life (Mark 8:35). Following Christ will cost us everything.
Jesus never came as an atonement for gentiles but for Israel (Eze 16:53). He also didn’t make any covenant with gentiles but came as a light to the gentiles (Isa 42:6). By giving His life on the cross for us, He created a new covenant and already holds the keys to death and hades, and no sacrifice is required for us to claim that He is our substitute.