This is not an attack.
It is a contrast.

Because two very different gospels are often preached using the same Bible and the same name — Jesus.

THE GOSPEL JESUS TAUGHT

Jesus’ message was not “believe something about Me later.”
It was “awaken to what is already near.”

“The kingdom of God is at hand.”
“The kingdom of God is within you.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Repent does not mean feel bad.
The Greek word is metanoia.
It means change your mind.
Shift perception.
Turn inward.

Jesus preached:
• The Father within you
• Union, not separation
• Transformation, not transaction
• Life now, not escape later
• Love as fulfillment of the law
• Seeing with the eyes of the heart

He did not preach fear of hell.
He did not preach eternal torture.
He did not preach delayed salvation.

He taught people to see.
To forgive.
To heal.
To embody love.

“Follow Me” meant imitate My way of seeing,
not merely admire My identity.

Eternal life was defined as knowing God —
not after death,
but relationally,
experientially,
now.

THE GOSPEL CHRISTIANITY TEACHES TODAY

The modern gospel often shifts the focus:

• From inner transformation → external belief
• From kingdom within → heaven later
• From union → separation
• From healing → legal forgiveness
• From embodiment → agreement
• From love → fear management

The message becomes:
Believe the right things,
say the right prayer,
avoid the wrong behaviors,
and hope you qualify later.

Jesus becomes a substitute
instead of a pattern.

Salvation becomes escape
instead of restoration.

The cross becomes a transaction
instead of a revelation of love.

Fear replaces discernment.
Doctrine replaces encounter.
Authority replaces intimacy.

KEY DIFFERENCES SIDE BY SIDE

Jesus’ Gospel:
• Kingdom now
• Christ revealed within
• Transformation of consciousness
• Love fulfills the law
• Judgment as illumination
• Fire as purification
• God present and near

Modern Religious Gospel:
• Kingdom later
• Christ externalized
• Behavioral management
• Law replaced by belief rules
• Judgment as punishment
• Fire as torture
• God distant and conditional

WHY THIS SHIFT HAPPENED

A gospel of inner authority
does not require institutional control.

A gospel of fear does.

As the movement grew,
mystical knowing was replaced with doctrinal certainty.
The inner temple was replaced with buildings.
The Spirit’s voice was replaced with systems.

What Jesus embodied
became something to believe about
instead of live from.

WHAT WAS LOST — AND WHAT REMAINS

Nothing Jesus taught was ever revoked.

The kingdom did not disappear.
Christ did not leave.
The Spirit did not go silent.

What changed was the lens.

The gospel was never meant to make you afraid.
It was meant to wake you up.

Not later.
Now.

The good news was never that you could escape God’s presence. 
It was that you were never separated from it. 
What Jesus revealed has always been true — 
you are nearer than you were taught to believe.