Biweekly Devotional 1-22-2026

Published by Pastor Harry Zuraski in Biweekly Devotional · Thursday 22 Jan 2026 · 2:00
Tags: Biweekly, Devotional

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟕:𝟏𝟓 – 𝟐𝟎 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)⁣

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“𝐁𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚; 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲. 𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝.

We hear much about the antichrist and the end times. But if you read scripture there are warnings of many antichrists. This is any person or group that perverts the Gospels of God for their own benefit. These have been in existence from the beginning of the church and will continue until Christ’s second coming. Just as is said in 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟕:𝟐𝟏. ⁣

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, ‘𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝,’ 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.

How do we know who to follow and who to believe? We look at their character. Do they live as they preach? Do they have the heart of a servant putting the needs of others before their own? Do they teach love of all neighbors while working for the salvation of all? Are they humble in applying grace to others while acknowledging their own failures? Are their action to the glory of God or themselves? For each of us to accomplish this we must remain both in the word and the Spirit of God. Networking with other Christians to keep us centered in the word. Testing that which is told to us against scripture, with help from the Holy Spirit.

Knowing and serving God is to changes us, make us more loving and working towards our personal holiness. We are to be living into the teachings of Jesus.