WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.760 work backwards and you'll come to 1 John. 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:21.400 So over the summer months we have different speakers, some from within the church here. 00:00:21.539 --> 00:00:24.000 Connor is going to be speaking this morning. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:32.620 And this passage from 1 John, over the last couple of years when Connor has been preaching, 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:34.740 he's been taking us through 1 John. 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.700 So if you want to know what he said before, you can look up on the church website and you 00:00:39.700 --> 00:00:43.240 can listen back to some earlier talks on 1 John. 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:50.000 Today we're going to read from chapter 2, verse 18 to 27. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.119 So let's read and hear God's word. 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:01.100 1 John, chapter 2, starting at verse 18. 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.700 Dear children, this is the last hour. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:17.599 And as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have come. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:22.099 This is how we know it is the last hour. 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:27.759 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:33.879 For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.939 But their going showed that none of them belonged to us. 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:46.079 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:53.759 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:57.180 and because no lie comes from the truth. 00:01:58.180 --> 00:01:59.519 Who is the liar? 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:05.479 It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:13.180 Such a person is the Antichrist, denying the Father and the Son. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:18.280 No one who denies the Son has the Father. 00:02:19.419 --> 00:02:23.719 Whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:30.580 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:36.319 If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 00:02:37.419 --> 00:02:39.500 And this is what he promised us. 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:41.659 Eternal life. 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:49.360 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:56.220 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, 00:02:56.820 --> 00:02:59.400 and you do not need anyone to teach you. 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:03.820 But as his anointing teaches you about all things, 00:03:04.600 --> 00:03:07.880 and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit, 00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.420 just as it is taught you, remain in him. 00:03:15.100 --> 00:03:17.500 Connor, you want to come up and I'll pray for you? 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:32.740 Let me pray for Connor and for ourselves. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.540 Father, thank you for Connor. 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:38.540 Thank you for his love for you. 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:40.760 Thank you for saving him. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.260 Thank you for his gifts. 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:49.819 And we pray now that he would be a conduit of your grace to us today. 00:03:50.959 --> 00:03:53.859 That you would aid him and help him by your Spirit. 00:03:54.019 --> 00:03:58.060 And that we, in turn, would listen to the truth 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:01.359 and remain in the truth 00:04:01.359 --> 00:04:04.359 and not walk away from it. 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:06.560 Help us then, we pray. 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:07.759 Amen. 00:04:09.079 --> 00:04:09.959 Thank you, Connor. 00:04:09.959 --> 00:04:10.000 Thank you, Connor. 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:10.099 Thank you. 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:16.680 Thanks, Johnny. 00:04:19.219 --> 00:04:22.420 Well, not that your prayer wasn't excellent, Johnny, 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:24.339 but I'm going to pray again, if that's all right, 00:04:25.219 --> 00:04:26.279 just as we start. 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.000 I was at a meeting, actually, with Johnny recently, 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.399 and I think he said something along the lines of, 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:36.139 if a Christian asks to pray, you're not allowed to say no. 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:40.079 So I am going to pray, if that's all right. 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:46.000 Father God, I thank you that you are here with us. 00:04:46.219 --> 00:04:49.860 We ask for your help to listen, to pay attention, 00:04:50.419 --> 00:04:53.919 and to try and get what you were trying to say to us. 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:57.680 Help us to see the majesty 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.339 and how important it is to be listening to your word. 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:03.639 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.099 It was a good reminder to put my phone on silent. 00:05:14.799 --> 00:05:15.919 Bear Grylls. 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.579 I recently finished his autobiography. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.399 I don't have one for everyone in the audience. 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:26.039 I'm not even sure I would recommend it. 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:29.460 I enjoyed it, but... 00:05:29.460 --> 00:05:32.439 Bear Grylls is a former SAS agent, 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:35.439 professional adventurer, and a TV star. 00:05:36.260 --> 00:05:39.040 It took him two attempts to successfully pass 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.840 the gruelling SAS selection tests. 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:45.400 He had always enjoyed mountaineering and climbing, 00:05:45.820 --> 00:05:47.680 but he attempted the SAS selection 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.120 based solely off this enjoyment 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.500 and his own grit and determination. 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:54.879 Throughout the weeks ahead, 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.259 the instructors were constantly 00:05:57.259 --> 00:05:59.459 trying to lead him away from his goal. 00:06:00.339 --> 00:06:02.139 After an eight-hour hike, 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.779 when he was beaten down with everything, 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:05.680 they'd say something comforting like, 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:07.839 all you have to do is ring this bell. 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:10.259 You can go home for a hot meal and shower. 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:13.000 Well, he very nearly made it to the end, 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:15.939 but unfortunately fell at one of the final hurdles. 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:18.339 Himself and his friend, 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:20.279 who also got called around the same time, 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.079 then began training properly. 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.359 They now knew what was needed. 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:27.019 They were forewarned. 00:06:27.659 --> 00:06:29.740 And they started training and preparing 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:31.399 to take the selection test again. 00:06:32.099 --> 00:06:34.419 The next time the opportunity came around, 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:35.699 it was during the winter months, 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.339 and so it was even tougher conditions 00:06:38.339 --> 00:06:40.500 and harder to pass the tests. 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:42.959 But because of the training 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:44.860 and the preparation they put in, 00:06:45.219 --> 00:06:46.719 and despite the instruction, 00:06:46.979 --> 00:06:48.899 or the instructors trying to lead them 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:50.179 in the wrong direction, 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:52.599 both friends passed the tests 00:06:52.599 --> 00:06:54.579 and went on to reach their goal 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:56.419 of becoming SAS agents. 00:06:57.219 --> 00:06:59.479 The passage that we're looking at today 00:06:59.479 --> 00:07:01.899 is a letter written by the Apostle John 00:07:01.899 --> 00:07:04.959 to churches that are experiencing false teaching. 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:08.599 These false teaching are trying to lead people away 00:07:08.599 --> 00:07:11.339 from the eternal life found only in Jesus. 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:13.620 And as we go through our passage, 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:15.100 we'll see that John is saying, 00:07:15.780 --> 00:07:17.100 if the churches train, 00:07:17.699 --> 00:07:20.259 if they abide in the truth of the gospel, 00:07:20.899 --> 00:07:22.040 then they'll be assured 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.959 of reaching their goal of eternal life. 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:29.660 So I've just told you 00:07:29.660 --> 00:07:31.019 that John is writing this letter 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:33.800 to assure Christians of their salvation, 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.819 to assure them that what they know 00:07:36.819 --> 00:07:38.720 as the truth is the truth. 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.900 But this passage begins with talking about 00:07:41.900 --> 00:07:44.160 not only an antichrist, 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:47.060 but many antichrists. 00:07:48.020 --> 00:07:49.680 What a way to assure people 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.400 that they're safe and secure. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.300 Oh, you're having doubts? 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:54.220 Well, listen, 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.360 there's loads of people trying to deceive you. 00:07:58.220 --> 00:07:59.280 There's loads of people 00:07:59.280 --> 00:08:00.880 that are going to tell you different things 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:02.260 than that which you've heard. 00:08:03.060 --> 00:08:03.980 Also, don't worry, 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:05.800 they look like they're one of us, 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.780 so it's going to be tough to determine 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:10.179 whether what they say is truth or lies. 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:12.859 Maybe John should have a quick chat 00:08:12.859 --> 00:08:13.639 with Barnabas, 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:14.819 the son of encouragement, 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:16.779 because John really doesn't seem 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:17.500 to understand 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:19.279 what he's supposed to be doing here. 00:08:20.259 --> 00:08:22.819 But John knows that being forewarned 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:24.379 is being forearmed. 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:26.859 He's not trying to tear people down. 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:28.979 He's not trying to discourage them 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:30.779 into thinking standing strong 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:32.939 in the faith is a mammoth task. 00:08:33.339 --> 00:08:35.039 He's simply telling the believers 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.000 that this is the reality. 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:39.860 These antichrists will come 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.939 and they will try and mislead you. 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:45.000 And it's the same for the church today. 00:08:45.339 --> 00:08:47.779 It's the same for us today. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.279 There are people all around us. 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:53.059 There are antichrists all around 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:56.399 trying to say that Jesus is not the Christ. 00:08:57.199 --> 00:08:59.319 They claim Jesus is not the God-man 00:08:59.319 --> 00:09:01.259 that lived a perfect life for us, 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.179 the perfect life we couldn't. 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.279 They claim that his death on the cross 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:06.899 was not enough for us 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:08.500 to experience eternal life. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.139 John is forewarning the church 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:14.539 that it will be attacked from all sides. 00:09:16.059 --> 00:09:17.519 Well, before we go any further, 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:18.720 I think it would be helpful 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:21.299 to define what antichrist means. 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:24.000 It's a buzzword nowadays, 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:26.579 but also back in early church times. 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:28.980 We all might have our own ideas 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:30.600 of what it is. 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.279 But like many of us, 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.000 they would have heard of the antichrist 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.420 to come at the end of the age, 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:36.879 the one who will gain power 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:38.639 and persecute the people of God, 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.840 but who God will eventually judge 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:42.060 and whose dominion 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:44.120 will eventually be stripped from him. 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:46.899 However, we see in this passage 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:49.879 that many antichrists, plural, 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.320 are already in the world. 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:55.360 We're told exactly what to look for 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:56.940 in verse 22. 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:00.740 Who is the liar? 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:02.820 It is whoever denies 00:10:02.820 --> 00:10:04.600 that Jesus is the Christ. 00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:07.659 Such a person is the antichrist, 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.560 denying the Father and the Son. 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:13.419 So anyone that denies 00:10:13.419 --> 00:10:15.080 that Jesus is fully God 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.639 is an antichrist 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.259 that's trying to deceive. 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:20.240 These false teachers 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:21.379 that we've read about 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:23.340 were denying the incarnation. 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:24.720 They were denying 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:26.300 the divinity of Jesus. 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:28.200 And John is putting a stop 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:29.160 to this strongly. 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:31.879 This is not acceptable. 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:33.540 Verse 23. 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.680 No one who denies the Son 00:10:36.680 --> 00:10:38.759 has the Father. 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.720 Any of these teachers 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.759 that deny that Jesus is fully God 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.220 as well as fully man 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:47.820 does not have the Father 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:51.240 and will not experience eternal life. 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:53.580 If we follow this thinking 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:55.039 to its logical conclusion, 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:59.519 if you deny the divinity of Jesus, 00:10:59.899 --> 00:11:01.899 then God has not sufficiently 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:03.220 taken care of sin. 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:05.840 Only God can deal with sin. 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.879 Jesus, being only human, 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:09.700 simply does not cut it. 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:11.200 And then no one 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.820 can experience forgiveness. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:15.659 John is making crystal clear 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:16.279 to the church 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:17.680 that these people 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:19.759 do not belong to us. 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.819 verse 19. 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:24.779 They went out from us, 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.019 but they did not 00:11:26.019 --> 00:11:27.580 really belong to us. 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:29.539 For if they had belonged to us, 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.000 they would have remained with us. 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:32.100 But their going 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.299 showed that none of them 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:34.700 belonged to us. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.000 These people 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:38.139 who are teaching things 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.319 contrary to Jesus 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:40.639 being the Son of God, 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:41.939 God incarnate, 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:43.460 who came and died 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:44.100 in our place, 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.179 these people 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:46.519 are not brothers 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:47.319 in the faith. 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:49.160 Those who deny 00:11:49.160 --> 00:11:49.800 that Jesus 00:11:49.800 --> 00:11:51.180 is the only Savior, 00:11:51.560 --> 00:11:52.340 the only way 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:53.320 to eternal life, 00:11:53.640 --> 00:11:54.420 are liars 00:11:54.420 --> 00:11:56.140 and do not belong 00:11:56.140 --> 00:11:57.760 to the church of God. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.140 Now this is not just 00:12:00.140 --> 00:12:00.600 a message 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.080 for first century Christians. 00:12:02.760 --> 00:12:03.680 There are many 00:12:03.680 --> 00:12:04.740 that deny 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:05.300 that Jesus 00:12:05.300 --> 00:12:06.300 is the God-man 00:12:06.300 --> 00:12:07.280 that came down 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:07.780 from heaven 00:12:07.780 --> 00:12:08.740 to save the world. 00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:10.340 There are many 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.140 that deny 00:12:11.140 --> 00:12:11.740 that Jesus 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.960 and only Jesus 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:14.080 can make a way 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.880 for us to reach 00:12:14.880 --> 00:12:15.380 the goal 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:16.759 of eternal life. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:18.279 Jesus was not 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.059 just a man 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:20.539 like Jehovah's Witnesses 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:20.879 claim. 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:22.620 Jesus was not 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:23.559 just one of many 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:24.059 prophets 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:25.519 like Islam claims. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:26.799 We cannot work 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:27.580 our way to heaven 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:28.419 by being good 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:29.779 like Catholic doctrine 00:12:29.779 --> 00:12:30.299 claims. 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:31.820 It's not a mystery 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:32.600 how to gain 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.399 eternal life 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:34.679 like agnosticism 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:35.080 claims. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.240 Jesus is the way, 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:38.360 the truth, 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:39.500 and the life. 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:40.879 No one comes 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.519 to the Father 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:43.159 except through him. 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.199 No one 00:12:45.199 --> 00:12:45.959 who denies 00:12:45.959 --> 00:12:46.519 the Son 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:48.000 has the Father. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.740 Do not 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:51.219 be deceived. 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.240 So John 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:54.779 is told us 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:55.240 that we're being 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:55.600 attacked 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.600 from outside 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.379 the church, 00:12:58.179 --> 00:12:59.219 from the Antichrist 00:12:59.219 --> 00:12:59.919 that are denying 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:00.519 that Jesus 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.539 is the Christ. 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.600 But John 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:03.419 is also told us 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:03.839 that we're being 00:13:03.839 --> 00:13:04.159 attacked 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:04.939 from inside 00:13:04.939 --> 00:13:05.559 the church 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:06.379 as many 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.360 of these Antichrists 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:07.759 went out 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:08.720 from the church. 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:09.799 Even though 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.519 they did not 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.519 ever truly belong 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:12.120 to the church, 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.980 they were still 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.799 in the church 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:14.360 initially. 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.000 And so it feels 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.620 like we're being 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.100 attacked 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:18.379 from inside 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:18.860 the church 00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:19.320 as well. 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:21.519 Well, 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.419 believe it or not, 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.220 there are even 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.039 more warnings. 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:26.159 Just in case 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.139 I lose anyone, 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:27.720 I feel I should 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.580 give a bit of a spoiler. 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.879 There will be 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.580 good news. 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.000 Just hang in there 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:32.679 with me, okay? 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.320 We're being 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.019 attacked with 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:35.759 doubt and lies 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:36.539 from outside 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.200 the church, 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:38.000 we're being 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.500 attacked 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:39.519 from inside 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.159 the church, 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.639 and we're being 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.039 attacked 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:43.120 from inside 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.159 ourselves. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.159 We're being 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.759 attacked 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:47.279 by our own 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:47.899 minds 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:49.079 and doubts. 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.559 Listen to all 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:52.099 the times that 00:13:52.099 --> 00:13:52.719 John has to 00:13:52.719 --> 00:13:53.620 remind us 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.319 that what we 00:13:54.319 --> 00:13:54.959 have heard 00:13:54.959 --> 00:13:56.500 is the truth 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:56.899 and that we 00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:57.839 already know 00:13:57.839 --> 00:13:59.120 the truth. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.399 Verse 18, 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.779 as you have 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.539 heard that the 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.299 Antichrist is 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:03.659 coming, 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.579 even now 00:14:04.579 --> 00:14:05.679 many Antichrists 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.679 have come. 00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:07.919 Verse 20, 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:08.959 all of you 00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:09.959 know the 00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.439 truth. 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.679 Verse 21, 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:12.579 I do not 00:14:12.579 --> 00:14:13.039 write to you 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.399 because you 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.779 do not 00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.199 know the 00:14:14.199 --> 00:14:14.439 truth, 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:14.919 but because 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.479 you do 00:14:15.479 --> 00:14:16.019 know it. 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.539 Verse 24, 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.939 see that what 00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:19.519 you have heard 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:19.959 from the 00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:20.319 beginning 00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:21.759 remains in 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.019 you. 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.539 Verse 25, 00:14:24.099 --> 00:14:24.759 this is what 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.199 he promised 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:25.519 us, 00:14:25.939 --> 00:14:26.979 eternal life, 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.079 reminding us 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:28.859 of the basics 00:14:28.859 --> 00:14:29.659 of the 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.439 Christian faith. 00:14:31.219 --> 00:14:31.939 Verse 27, 00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.039 you do not 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:34.120 need anyone 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:35.139 to teach 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.399 you. 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.059 Talking about 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.579 these false 00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:37.959 teachers. 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:39.240 And verse 27, 00:14:39.359 --> 00:14:39.579 again, 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.720 that anointing 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.480 is real, 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.220 not counterfeit, 00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.259 just as it 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.700 has taught 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:44.940 you, 00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:45.980 remain in 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:46.220 him. 00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:47.740 Seven, 00:14:48.520 --> 00:14:49.340 that's a lot 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:49.940 of reminders 00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:50.780 in a few 00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:51.720 short verses. 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.340 John knows 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:53.680 that the 00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:54.540 human condition 00:14:54.540 --> 00:14:55.400 is to 00:14:55.400 --> 00:14:55.740 doubt. 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.280 John knows 00:14:57.280 --> 00:14:57.580 that when 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.020 met with 00:14:58.020 --> 00:14:58.360 trials, 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:58.800 we start 00:14:58.800 --> 00:14:59.620 doubting even 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:00.020 that which 00:15:00.020 --> 00:15:00.540 we know 00:15:00.540 --> 00:15:01.240 to be 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.540 true. 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:02.639 No one 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.180 is exempt 00:15:03.180 --> 00:15:03.960 from these 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.320 doubts. 00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:05.080 It's part 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.500 of living 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:05.920 in a 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.740 fallen world 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.560 as a 00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:08.200 weak human. 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.400 Well, 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:10.820 I remember 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:11.440 when I was 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:11.780 10 or 00:15:11.780 --> 00:15:12.080 11, 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:12.700 I got 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.180 kicked out 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:13.420 of a 00:15:13.420 --> 00:15:13.640 summer 00:15:13.640 --> 00:15:13.980 camp. 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.680 My mum, 00:15:16.020 --> 00:15:16.620 disgusted 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.640 and embarrassed 00:15:17.640 --> 00:15:18.080 no doubt, 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:19.320 took me home 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.980 and explained 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.780 my punishments, 00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:21.820 one of them 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:22.660 being I had 00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:22.980 to go to 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.460 bed early 00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:24.000 for a 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.240 week. 00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:25.879 My aunt 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.300 and uncle 00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:26.960 were over 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.780 visiting from 00:15:27.780 --> 00:15:28.240 England at 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.660 the time, 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.520 and I had 00:15:29.520 --> 00:15:29.900 to go to 00:15:29.900 --> 00:15:30.540 bed while 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:30.759 it was 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.480 still bright 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.080 outside. 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:33.820 I looked 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.540 longingly 00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:35.400 out of my 00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:35.940 window at 00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.580 my siblings, 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.600 playing with 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.000 my aunt 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.420 and uncle 00:15:38.420 --> 00:15:38.879 and eating 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.500 ice creams 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.399 while I 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.800 was stuck 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.100 in my 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.420 room, 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.159 alone, 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.220 with no 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.720 ice cream. 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.639 I knew 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.159 my parents 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.740 loved me, 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.220 but there 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:49.019 were serious 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.540 doubts 00:15:49.540 --> 00:15:50.540 during those 00:15:50.540 --> 00:15:50.920 days. 00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.460 Knowing me 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:52.960 back then, 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.540 I probably 00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.920 told mum 00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:55.460 a couple 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:55.920 of times 00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:57.420 I was a 00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:57.899 lovely child 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.259 to have to 00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.740 deal with. 00:15:59.320 --> 00:15:59.560 An even 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:00.279 better teenager, 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:00.680 actually. 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:02.899 How could 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.379 they do 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.300 this to 00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.519 me? 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.699 Why was 00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.079 all this 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:06.819 unjust 00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.439 suffering 00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:08.360 happening 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:08.759 to me? 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.860 They must 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.039 not love 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.279 me. 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.220 Looking back 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.860 now as an 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.139 adult, 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.639 of course, 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.240 it's such a 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.840 small, 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.220 ridiculous thing 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.699 to have set 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:18.199 me off. 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.120 My parents' 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:19.960 years of 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.519 love and 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.039 care for 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:21.879 me almost 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.360 flew out 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.720 the window 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.360 instantly 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.500 because of 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.519 one simple 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.159 circumstance. 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.579 I'm convinced 00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.379 that that's 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:29.720 what's going 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.220 to happen 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:30.819 to us 00:16:30.819 --> 00:16:31.759 in eternity. 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:33.059 we're going 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:33.460 to look 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.919 back on 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.500 circumstances 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.120 in this 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.559 life that 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.600 are extremely 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.340 serious. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.379 We're going 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:38.759 to look 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.299 back on 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.960 circumstances 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.379 that may 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.799 cause 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:43.720 extreme 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.220 hardship 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.939 and suffering 00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:47.120 and we're 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.559 going to 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.399 realize that 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.759 they were 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.439 ridiculous 00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:50.659 things to 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.500 ever make 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.100 us doubt 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:53.100 the love 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.500 of our 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.120 Father in 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.379 Heaven 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.279 that He 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.639 has spent 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.419 millennia 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:57.519 proving to 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.779 us. 00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.779 But this 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.799 human condition 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.299 of doubt 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:01.979 is ingrained 00:17:01.979 --> 00:17:02.399 in us 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.000 from an 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.759 extremely 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.519 young age 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.180 and this 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.599 particular 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.079 doubt that 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.519 I had 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.359 had absolutely 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:08.220 nothing to 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.639 do with my 00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.240 parents who 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.960 were fantastic. 00:17:10.659 --> 00:17:11.440 But one 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.119 small thing 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.379 happened and 00:17:13.379 --> 00:17:13.819 all of a 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.240 sudden the 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.559 doubt crept 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:15.839 in. 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.099 Going back 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.359 to our 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:18.720 passage, 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.480 if we're 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:19.859 talking 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.619 specifically 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.379 about doubts 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.299 who Jesus 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.259 is, His 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.000 love for us 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.480 and what 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:24.879 He's done 00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.240 for us, 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.399 experiencing 00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:27.079 these doubts 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.779 does not 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.299 make you 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:29.480 less of a 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:29.879 Christian. 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.360 experiencing 00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:31.960 these doubts 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.580 does not 00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:33.020 mean that 00:17:33.020 --> 00:17:33.540 you're not 00:17:33.540 --> 00:17:34.560 saved and 00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:34.900 does not 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.300 mean that 00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:36.000 you're denying 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.080 Christ. 00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.020 Just like 00:17:38.020 --> 00:17:38.640 my doubt 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.320 didn't mean 00:17:39.320 --> 00:17:39.620 that my 00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:40.280 parents loved 00:17:40.280 --> 00:17:40.840 me less 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.740 or I wasn't 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.180 really a 00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.560 member of 00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:43.040 the family. 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.300 John is 00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:45.180 assuring all 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.840 of us that 00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.400 these doubts 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:47.100 are normal. 00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:48.580 These doubts 00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.320 are prevalent, 00:17:49.600 --> 00:17:50.240 yes, but 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.860 they're not 00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.680 taking God 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.460 by surprise. 00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:53.440 God does 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.180 not look down 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.140 on you when 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:56.000 you experience 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.700 these doubts. 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:58.480 But the 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.160 fact remains 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.480 that we're 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.220 being attacked 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.860 with lies 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.799 from all 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.860 sides, even 00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.759 our own 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.200 minds. 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.660 So what 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.720 hope is 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.440 there for 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:07.680 us? 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.259 What hope 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.720 is there that 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.299 we'll finish 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.299 strong and 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:11.640 that we'll 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.100 have the 00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.920 eternal life 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.180 that we 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.860 were promised 00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.620 and that we 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.319 believed in 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.840 all those 00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.460 years ago 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.299 when it 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.080 felt so real 00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.559 to us, 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.460 when there 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:19.920 were no 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.319 doubts 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.059 present? 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:25.779 Well, the 00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.579 first and 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.299 most important 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.480 hope we 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.480 have is 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.879 the Holy 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.299 Spirit. 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.500 Verse 27. 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.940 The 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.720 anointing 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.359 you receive 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.980 from him 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.839 remains in 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.240 you. 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.720 It's the 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.619 Holy Spirit 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.440 living in 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.139 us that 00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.980 enables us 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.619 to remember 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.259 the truth 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.779 we know. 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:46.960 Like we've 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.519 said already, 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.359 we doubt 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.019 all the 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.960 time, but 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.480 the Holy 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.279 Spirit living 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.660 in us 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.480 never 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.259 doubts. 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.500 We doubt 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.860 all the 00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.759 time, the 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.299 Holy Spirit 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.000 knows the 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.180 truth all 00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.660 the time. 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.180 If we're 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.380 Christians, we 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:01.740 have the 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.440 power of 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:02.940 God, the 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.599 Holy Spirit 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.920 inside us 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.860 to remind 00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.339 us of the 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.339 truth that 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.759 we know 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.500 deep down. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.160 Verse 20. 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.380 But you 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:12.759 have an 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.420 anointing 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.240 from the 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.819 Holy One 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.880 and all 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.299 of you 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:17.400 know the 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.860 truth. 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.680 This isn't 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.160 speaking of 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.200 some special 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.880 anointing 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.279 that's given 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.620 to a 00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:23.440 select few. 00:19:24.040 --> 00:19:24.720 No, if 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.100 you have 00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:26.060 accepted the 00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:26.519 forgiveness 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.240 that Jesus 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.220 offers, then 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.040 you are 00:19:29.040 --> 00:19:30.380 anointed with 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.820 the Holy 00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:31.240 Spirit. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.440 And one of 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.779 the Holy 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.240 Spirit's 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.720 primary 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.840 purposes is 00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.940 reassuring us 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.640 when we 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:36.920 doubt. 00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.660 He brings 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.380 to mind the 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.600 glorious truth 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.560 of God's 00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:42.180 grace through 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.560 his son 00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:42.980 Jesus. 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.160 He reminds 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.540 us of all 00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.160 the miracles 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.800 that Jesus 00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:46.759 did when he 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.259 was on this 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.620 earth to 00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:48.200 prove his 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.279 deity and 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.000 his identity 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.779 so that 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.359 those doubts 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.099 can fly 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.960 from our 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.359 minds. 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.579 Yes, 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.879 Jesus is 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.319 God. 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.399 Yes, 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.519 he died 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.500 the punishment 00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.899 that I 00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.339 deserve. 00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.299 Yes, 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.099 I am 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.500 forgiven. 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.599 And yes, 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.399 I will 00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.599 experience 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.180 eternal 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.639 life. 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.279 God, 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.680 through the 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.259 Holy Spirit, 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.000 will never 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.839 let us 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.119 go. 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.160 He'll never 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.539 let us 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.000 forget the 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.440 wonderful 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.420 truths that 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:15.160 attracted us 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.460 to the 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.279 Christian faith 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.940 in the 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.559 first place. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.599 No matter 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.220 what's going 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.700 on around 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.099 us or 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.500 what other 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.899 people are 00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.220 trying to 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.639 tell us, 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.319 no matter 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.779 what even 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.200 our own 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.000 minds are 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.420 doubting, 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.480 the Holy 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.220 Spirit is 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.240 ever present 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.799 within us 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.799 to quash 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.539 those doubts 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.639 and quash 00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.240 those false 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.440 teachers trying 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.980 to lead us 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.379 astray. 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.019 We have 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.220 nothing to 00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.720 fear from 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:36.920 them. 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.559 Now, 00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.359 it may seem 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.000 from all 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.539 we've said 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.379 that we're 00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.779 sorted. 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.000 We're off 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.399 the hook. 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.379 Whenever 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.940 people come 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.380 to lead us 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.759 astray, 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.299 bam, 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.299 the Holy 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.080 Spirit steps 00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:49.400 in, 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.360 leads us 00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:50.580 in the 00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.200 right direction. 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.200 Whenever 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.640 our own 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.180 minds are 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.559 trying to 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.080 deceive us, 00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.640 bam, 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.559 the Holy 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.059 Spirit is 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.960 all over 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.680 it to 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.000 put our 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.660 minds back 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:58.940 in its 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.380 place. 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.279 Unfortunately, 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.259 this is not 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.840 quite the 00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.180 case. 00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.259 How can 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.660 the Holy 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.380 Spirit bring 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.320 something back 00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.740 to our 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.840 minds if 00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.080 it was 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.779 never there 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.160 in the 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.779 first place? 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:10.740 How can 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.059 the Holy 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.960 Spirit remind 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.860 us of 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.360 the truth 00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.360 if we 00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:14.960 never truly 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.440 knew 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.480 the truth? 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.940 It's our 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.019 job to 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.759 be studying 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.440 the truth 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.519 so that 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.080 when the 00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.720 time comes 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:23.980 that we're 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.460 met with 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.759 false 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.320 teachers or 00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:25.680 doubts, 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.580 we'll have 00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.400 the resources 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.240 for the 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.840 Holy Spirit 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.279 to pull 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.240 upon to 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.940 lead us 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.519 in the 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.220 right direction. 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.740 Verse 24, 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.759 as for you, 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.039 see that what 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.700 you have heard 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.080 from the 00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.460 beginning 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:41.380 remains in 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.640 you. 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:45.820 remains in 00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:46.100 us. 00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.020 We have 00:21:47.020 --> 00:21:47.600 to be in 00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:48.080 the word 00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:48.560 of God 00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:49.600 regularly so 00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:49.920 we can 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.060 dispute the 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.360 false 00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.759 teachers. 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.780 We have 00:21:52.780 --> 00:21:53.040 to be 00:21:53.040 --> 00:21:54.060 praying daily 00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.880 to remain 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.580 close to 00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:55.920 God. 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.540 We have 00:21:56.540 --> 00:21:56.900 to go to 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.840 church and 00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.500 listen to 00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.140 sermons being 00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:00.040 preached to 00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:00.920 either remind us 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.420 of the truths 00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.520 we know or 00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:03.320 help us better 00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:04.140 understand the 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.740 truths we've 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.060 heard. 00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.920 As for you, 00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.480 see that what 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.039 you have heard 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.480 from the 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.440 beginning remains 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.039 in you. 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.400 If it does, 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.180 you also will 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.079 remain in the 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.460 Son and in 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.000 the Father. 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.519 Ensuring that 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.079 the truth of 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.680 God's word 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.400 remains in 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.339 us ensures 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.779 that we 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:25.200 remain secure 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.240 in God the 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.700 Father, 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.519 God the 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.799 Son, 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.700 and God 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.099 the Holy 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.500 Spirit. 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.980 The Father 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.599 sent the 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.279 Son to 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.720 suffer the 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.079 punishment 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.620 that sin 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.700 deserves so 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.160 we don't 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.680 have to. 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.400 And the 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.120 Spirit then 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.120 ensures that 00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.579 we never 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.200 forget this 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.120 simple truth 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:41.080 that we 00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.980 can experience 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.220 eternal life. 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.500 We see all 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.259 three members 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.960 of the Trinity 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.059 at work in 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.700 this passage, 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.860 and they all 00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.319 have their 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.160 roles to 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.900 play to 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.740 make sure 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.799 we make 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.360 it to 00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.900 eternity. 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.180 What power 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.400 we have in 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.000 our corner, 00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.279 rooting for 00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.519 us, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.799 helping us, 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.299 as we train 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.340 towards our 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.700 goal, as we 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.360 make the effort 00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.120 on our part 00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:07.440 to reach our 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.039 destination. 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:11.480 verse 27 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.420 says, 00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.240 As for you, 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.120 the anointing 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.600 you receive 00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.100 from him 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.920 remains in 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.640 you, and 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.059 you do not 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.799 need anyone 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.360 to teach 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.580 you. 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.759 But as 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.500 his anointing 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.279 teaches you 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.920 about all 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.460 things, and 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.799 as that 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.360 anointing is 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.019 real, not 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.700 counterfeit, 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.660 just as it 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.100 has taught 00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:29.220 you, remain 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.019 in him. 00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.480 As his 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.059 anointing 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.000 teaches you 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.160 about all 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.080 things. 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.380 In order for 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.940 the Holy Spirit 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.519 to teach 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.519 us, we 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.840 need to 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:40.019 listen and 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.660 pay attention. 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.620 I'm a 00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:42.900 teacher. 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:43.980 I once 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.340 gave a 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:45.320 test to 00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.539 one of 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.920 my maths 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.160 classes, and 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.779 upon receiving 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.420 her results, 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.320 one student 00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:49.960 pipes up, 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.460 Sir, we 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.880 never did 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.740 any questions 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.380 in class, 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.000 like question 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.400 three. 00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.420 How were we 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.980 expected to 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.640 answer that 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.240 if you 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.920 never taught 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.180 us? 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.360 That's so 00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.120 unfair. 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.759 Well, it may 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.539 shock you to 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.360 learn that I 00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.980 do make the 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.640 odd mistake, 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.700 so I 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.500 turned to 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.860 question 00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.320 three, 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.020 trembling in 00:24:09.020 --> 00:24:09.380 fear. 00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.880 I was on 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.520 the verge of 00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:12.280 tears, thinking 00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:12.660 what a 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.560 horrible person 00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.020 I am. 00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:15.040 How could I 00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:16.180 do this to 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.720 these poor 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:18.000 girls, as if 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.400 they don't have 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.960 enough to 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.420 worry about, 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.040 and here I 00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.860 am, throwing 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.680 questions into 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.880 tests that we 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.400 haven't even 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.740 covered. 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.660 Well, upon 00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.420 reading question 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.640 three, I 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.200 stared at the 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.840 SWAT in the 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.060 front row, and 00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:30.900 was delighted to 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.580 see that she 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.740 wore the same 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.720 look of confusion 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.579 on her face, as 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.440 she too had 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.519 read question 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.920 three. 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.360 She knew what 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.380 I knew in 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.960 that moment. 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.160 I had not 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.460 done a 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.460 question like 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.600 question three 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.180 in class. 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.460 I had actually 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.740 done question 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:49.299 three in class a 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.759 few days 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.319 previous. 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.480 That exact 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.200 question I 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.279 went through as 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.700 a revision 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.240 question. 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.900 I made sure 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.240 the other 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.779 student was 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.279 adequately 00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.420 embarrassed before 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.140 I moved on. 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.660 I explained 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.660 again about the 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.480 importance of 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.500 paying attention 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.779 in class. 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.819 I cannot 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.559 teach my 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.680 students if 00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.220 they simply 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.019 don't listen 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.039 or pay 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.460 attention. 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.400 Well, in the 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.079 same way, the 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.740 Holy Spirit 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.819 cannot carry out 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.880 his task of 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.839 teaching us about 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.160 all things if 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.180 we don't listen 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.620 or pay attention. 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.400 God has spoken 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.759 and is speaking 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.940 to us through 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.220 his word, the 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.559 Bible. 00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.900 If we're not 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.660 reading, studying, 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.940 meditating, 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.860 listening to the 00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.440 words in the 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.519 Bible, then the 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.440 Holy Spirit, the 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.460 best teacher in 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.759 the world, cannot 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.940 teach us. 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.680 If we're not 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.320 growing in 00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:44.299 knowledge and 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.039 hence growing in 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.660 love of God, we 00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.340 can all too 00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.180 easily be led 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:50.320 astray by false 00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:51.600 teachers or even 00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.360 by our own 00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.820 doubts that crop 00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.620 into our minds. 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:56.619 false teachers. 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:56.739 Maybe you're 00:25:56.739 --> 00:25:58.039 thinking, I don't 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.819 have to deal with 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.939 false teachers, like 00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:01.119 Jehovah's Witnesses 00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:02.059 don't come to my 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.079 door, or maybe 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.899 you're not surrounded 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.919 by Muslims on a 00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:06.539 daily basis, but 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.599 there is false 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.699 teaching going on 00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:10.379 everywhere in this 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.779 world. 00:26:11.479 --> 00:26:12.019 There's false 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.759 teaching going on 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.500 in the lunchroom 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.039 and work. 00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.159 There's false 00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.919 teaching going on 00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.799 on social media. 00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.819 There's false 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.579 teaching on our 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.500 TV screens. 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.699 There's false 00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.839 teaching in our 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.619 sports clubs. 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.039 It may not 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.059 specifically be 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.679 denying that 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.419 Jesus is the 00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.599 Christ, but it 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.639 is denying the 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.619 truth of 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.099 scripture. 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.039 No matter what 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.879 false teaching 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.719 we're met with, 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.019 the truth of 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.379 God's word is 00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.919 the answer. 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.679 If we put the 00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.439 time and effort 00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:41.739 into reading our 00:26:41.739 --> 00:26:42.599 Bible and 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.879 listening to what 00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.819 God has to say, 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.559 then we're 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:47.359 guaranteed that 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.279 the Holy Spirit 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.619 will protect us 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.299 from the 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.479 Antichrists all 00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:51.859 around. 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.879 verse 27 00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.319 again. 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.559 As for you, 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.379 the anointing 00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.039 you receive from 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.159 him remains in 00:26:59.159 --> 00:27:00.000 you, and you 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.779 do not need 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.179 anyone to 00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.779 teach you. 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.299 This is not 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.899 saying, by the 00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.559 way, that we 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.159 can do it on 00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:06.919 our own, far 00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.739 from it. 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.539 We're made to 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.359 be in community 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.819 with other 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.500 believers like 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.099 we are now. 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.979 It's saying that 00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.899 we will not fall 00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:15.319 for the lies in 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.239 the world around 00:27:16.239 --> 00:27:16.579 us. 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.879 These Antichrists, 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.399 whether from 00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.859 outside or inside 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.819 the church or 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.519 even inside our 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.059 own minds, 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.559 they won't be 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.599 able to teach 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.899 us. 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.700 They will not 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.639 get through to 00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.519 us if we're 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.960 filling our 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.279 hearts, minds, 00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.460 and souls with 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.099 the words that 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.299 God wants us to 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.539 hear. 00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:36.019 We will stand 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.799 strong till the 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.960 very end, and 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.399 we will meet our 00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.279 Lord and Savior 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.759 Jesus. 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.319 We will get a 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.579 chance to thank 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.519 him to his face 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.500 for all he has 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.599 done, and we 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.940 will experience 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.460 eternal life with 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.600 the Father, the 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.759 Son, and the 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.360 Holy Spirit. 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.420 We're being 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.340 attacked from all 00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:57.480 sides, yes, but 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.640 unfortunately for the 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:00.180 attackers, it's not 00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.240 a fair fight at all. 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.059 The Lord God, 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.340 creator and 00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.799 sustainer of the 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.279 whole universe, is 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.880 in our corner, is 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:10.759 even living in us to 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.620 ensure we overcome, 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.200 just like the Irish 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.180 overcame the world 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.920 championship, the 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.900 world champions 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:20.279 yesterday, we can 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.120 overcome as well. 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.060 All we need to do 00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:24.480 is make certain that 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.259 the Holy Spirit has 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.860 the resources needed 00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.580 for the fight. 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.200 We have to make 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.000 sure we're training 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.519 hard to reach our 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.980 end goal. 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.519 We have to fill our 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.700 hearts, minds, and 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.120 souls with the truth 00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.620 of God's word, and 00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:40.140 rely on God to do 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.220 the real hard work. 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.560 Let's pray. 00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:43.620 Amen. 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:55.320 Father God, we 00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:56.580 recognize that we 00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:57.120 are weak. 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.779 We recognize that we 00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.080 can easily be led 00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:01.880 astray by false 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.759 teaching or even by 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.920 doubts in our own 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.360 minds. 00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.860 But Lord, in the 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.960 week ahead, help us 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.840 to rely on the 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:11.000 power of your Holy 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.019 Spirit living within 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:14.180 us to remind us of 00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.720 the truth that we 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.039 know. 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.700 Help us to be in 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.079 your word on a 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.019 daily basis, to 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.860 never take it for 00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:22.539 granted that the 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.539 Holy Spirit, the 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.559 greatest teacher in 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.980 the world, can speak 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.799 to us any time that 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.279 we want. 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.900 All we need to do is 00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:32.019 pick up the Bible and 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.720 talk to you. 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.920 Help us in the week 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:36.240 ahead to do just 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.259 that and to never 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:40.220 have those doubts 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.259 or never to allow 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.799 those doubts to 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.440 take over. 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:46.360 you have saved 00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.580 us. 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.660 All we need to do 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.840 is accept the 00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:50.140 forgiveness that 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.259 Jesus offers on the 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:53.200 cross and we can be 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.000 assured of gaining 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.920 eternal life. 00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.340 In Jesus' name, 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.279 Amen. 00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.379 Amen. 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.420 Thank you, 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.759 Connor. 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.720 In response, we're 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.359 going to sing 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:15.460 together, what gift 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.740 of grace is Jesus, 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.059 my Redeemer. 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.099 Let's stand together 00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.720 as we sing. 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:20.779 Amen. 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.779 Amen. 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:21.839 Amen. 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:21.879 Amen. 00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:21.940 Amen. 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.339 Amen. 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.379 Amen. 00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.839 Amen. 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:22.879 Amen. 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:22.940 Amen. 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.339 Amen. 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.379 Amen. 00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.940 Amen. 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:23.980 Amen. 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.339 Amen. 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.940 Amen. 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.279 Amen.