Following the fourth Wiseman-  are we following those who have come in their own name?

Our traveler continues to sit and think on the recent things he has been told that the Messiah has said.

John 5:43-44 ESV
[43] I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. [44] How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Jesus came in the name of God. At every turn He pointed people back to the Kingdom. Yet. Yet we continued to deny Him. We said He can’t be God for one reason or another and yet He did God’s will, he performed miracles no one could explain. People have come in the past and claimed to be god. They don’t do miracles. They don’t teach about serving others and preparing your soul for Heaven. What they do manage to do is talk, a lot! Yet people believe their words even when they are clearly the words of someone out for their gain. What did Jesus gain? Death on a cross. What have false teachers who claim to be god gained. Riches, popularity, over priced statues you can put in your house. Jesus warned us. He said that others would come in their own name and we would receive them. Yet Jesus, who came in God’s name, we deny. People are so easily swayed, so easily lost. Thankfully Jesus never gives up on us. He is paitent even when we deny Him and follow an idol. We still have time to change and to come to Jesus, but not a lot of time. Don’t miss your chance to run into the safety of His arms.