REMAIN IN THE SON AND IN THE FATHER!

Passage: 1 John 2:18-29

Key verse: 24

NIV

Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(B) even now many antichrists have come.(C) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(D) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(E)

20 But you have an anointing(F) from the Holy One,(G) and all of you know the truth.[a](H) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(I) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(J) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(K)

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(L) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(M) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(N)

26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(O) 27 As for you, the anointing(P) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things(Q) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(R)

God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(S) continue in him, so that when he appears(T) we may be confident(U) and unashamed before him at his coming.(V)

29 If you know that he is righteous,(W) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(X)

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
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Warning Concerning Antichrists

18 Children, (A)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that (B)antichrist is coming, so now (C)many antichrists have come. (D)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 (E)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (F)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (G)that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been (H)anointed by (I)the Holy One, and (J)you all have knowledge.[a] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but (K)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is (L)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (M)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let (N)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then (O)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us[b]—(P)eternal life.

26 I write these things to you about (Q)those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But (R)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and (S)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and (T)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Children of God

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that (U)when he appears (V)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his (W)coming. 29 If you know that (X)he is righteous, you may be sure that (Y)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything
  2. 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you
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1. The antichrists (18-23) The antichrists appear between Jesus' first and second coming. Who are the antichrists? They depart from the church as the Gnostic Christians did, for they don't belong to the Christ. They are liars for they deny Jesus as the Christ though they claim to be Christians. By denying Jesus, the Son, they deny the Father too. But we, the people of God are anointed by the Holy Spirit. We know the truth that those who deny Jesus as the Christ are liars and do not belong to God. 2. Continue in him (24-29) How can we win the victory over the antichrists that lead people astray? We should remain in what we have heard from the beginning and the teachings taught to us: that Jesus is the Christ! He is God's only Son who died and was raised from the dead. Now whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. The Holy Spirit who remains in us will help us to remain in Jesus until Jesus appears again. We know we will be able to do right as the newborn in Jesus who is righteous.

Prayer: Lord, many deny Jesus as Christ these days. Let me continue to remain in you and in your word until your glorious second coming.

One Word: Continue remaining in him!