Living a Full Life - Message 4.5 - Notable Gnostics - 1 John 2:22-23
Gnostic Heresies attack the Person of Christ a. Cerinthus – Jesus the man, overcome and empowered by the Spirit of Christ at his baptism, which departed before the crucifixion (Adoptionism – Unitarianism), claimed to be inspired by an angel b. Carpocrates – Libertine Gnosticism, free the spirit from the body by indulgence in sin (Antinomianism, Hedonism) (Marquis de Sade, Lord Byron/Don Juan) c. Arius – denied the Trinity, claimed Christ was created by God (Arianism, Jehovah’s Witnesses) d. Marcion – The God of the Old Testament is not the same God of the New Testament, Jesus was only Spirit (phantom) that appeared to have a body but actually was not in any way material (Dualism – Word Faith) e. Sabellius – one God, one person, different manifestations, single name baptism (Modalism, Oneness Pentacostalism) f. The Jesus Movement – the “historical Jesus” vs the “Christ of faith”
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“ Great Sermon! ” I learned a lot from this! This twisting of scripture is terrible. Wouldn't you think that after 2,000 years we wouldn't still be dealing with some of these same issues?
Phillip was called to new life in Christ at age 9, called to preach at age 14, and ordained to the gospel ministry at age 20. He graduated from The Criswell College (Dallas, Texas) in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a major in Evangelism. He...
