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 Our passage this morning is 1 John chapter 2, verses 18 through chapter 3, verse 10.

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 Before we start, just a sound check. Does that sound good for everybody?

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 Good.

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 Verse 18.

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 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Antichrist is coming,

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 so now many Antichrists have come.

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 Therefore, we know that it is the last hour.

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 They went out from us, but they were not of us.

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 For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.

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 But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

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 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it,

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 and because no lie is of the truth.

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 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?

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 This is the Antichrist.

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 He who denies the Father and the Son.

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 No one who denies the Son has the Father.

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 Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

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 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.

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 If what you heard from the beginning abides in you,

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 then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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 And this is the promise that he made to us, eternal life.

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 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

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 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you.

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 But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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 And now little children abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him, and shame is at his coming.

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 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.

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 And so we are.

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 The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been appeared.

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 But we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

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 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness.

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 Sin is lawlessness.

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 You know that he appeared to take away sin, and in him there is no sin.

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 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning, and no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

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 Little children, let no one deceive you.

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 Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

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 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

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 The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

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 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him,

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 and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.

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 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil.

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 Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, this morning we ask for your help as we open up your word and as we study this passage.

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 Lord, we pray that you would shape us, that you would teach us, that you would encourage us at this time.

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 Lord, that your word would be a sword and cut through what needs to be cut, and also lift up and strengthen those who need to be strengthened.

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 God, help us with distractions.

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 Help us to focus on you.

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 Help us to learn what it is to abide in you.

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 And we ask these things in your holy name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'm going to take keys out of my pocket because I play with them.

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 So I'm going to get rid of that distraction.

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 We live in a very strange time, as you guys know.

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 A lot of things that we've had our whole life, that we've taken for granted, for the moment has been taken away.

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 And you guys know this.

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 I'm not telling you anything new.

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 These things have been taken away in a way that we probably wouldn't have thought about before.

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 Freedoms taken away.

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 For safety reasons, our traveling freedoms have been greatly limited.

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 For safety reasons, our church doesn't meet together in one spot.

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 For safety reasons, we can't go to our normal workplaces and our classrooms.

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 Sitting down and eating at a restaurant with friends.

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 We just can't do that right now.

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 For the time being, we live in a very different, a very strange world.

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 And it drives us crazy sometimes, right?

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 It's also depressing at times.

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 But this life keeps going.

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 And what are we as Christians to do with that?

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 What are we to think or act?

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 How are we to live in the midst of this new silence and yet global chaos?

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 And that's what I want to dig in and pull out from our passage this morning.

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 As we look at a couple things.

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 We're going to be looking at the Antichrist and the children of Christ.

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 How are we to live in these last days?

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 And where do we find truth and eternal hope?

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 The idea that John has given us from this passage this morning is this.

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 He wants us to be warned of Antichrist.

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 And we'll get into that.

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 But he wants us to be reminded of the hope that we have in following the real Christ.

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 Now from that statement, you can guess that we'll be talking about two different people.

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 We'll be talking about the Antichrist.

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 That is those who oppose Christ and followers of Christ.

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 And for those two groups, we're going to be looking at who they are, how they live.

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 And from that, we'll be able to know what they believe.

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 So let's start with verse 18.

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 It says,

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 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Antichrist is coming, so now many Antichrists have come.

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 Therefore, we know that it is the last hour.

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 This word children, as Sean has mentioned before, is one that John has used in 1 John over a dozen times.

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 It's not derogatory.

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 It's not looking down, but it's loving.

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 See, John is one of Jesus' disciples who's now an older elder in the church.

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 And he has this love, this fondness for the people in the church.

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 And so he calls them children.

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 Children, it is the last hour, that is the last days.

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 This is the time after Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension.

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 But before Jesus comes back, and that time of judgment.

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 That time is the last days, this last hour that he's talking about.

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 Hebrews 1 says,

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 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets.

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 But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son.

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 We live in the last days.

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 John is speaking to the people in the church of Ephesus in the last days.

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 We're in the last days.

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 And there is this Antichrist.

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 What is he talking about?

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 Near the end of the last days, before the final judgment,

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 we can read in the Bible and in several passages that there will be an Antichrist.

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 One who rises up and has power and authority from Satan.

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 And the world will follow after and worship this person.

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 I'm not going to get into that right now because we'll save that for when we go through Revelation.

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 But John here is making us aware of two things that are connected.

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 One is, in the end, there is an Antichrist that is coming.

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 But before that time, right now, in our time, in John's time,

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 there is a spirit of the Antichrist that is here and among us.

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 It's at work.

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 It's that battle that we feel,

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 that spiritual battle between God and Satan,

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 evil and good.

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 John is concerned that the churches in and around Ephesus

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 are going to be pulled into the teachings of these Antichrists.

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 That is, those who are teaching something that is against what Christ has taught.

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 So he's saying,

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 we've heard that the Antichrist is coming

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 and many forerunners of that Antichrist are already here and among us.

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 So be warned and be on guard.

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 The next verse starts to explain why.

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 And it kind of should grab our attention a little bit.

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 Let me explain as we read it.

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 Verse 19.

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 He's talking about people who were part of the church.

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 People like us from the outside that look like are part of the church.

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 People who worshiped and fellowshiped together.

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 People who were in community groups with one another.

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 They were people that left the church.

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 And why?

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 John says,

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 because they were not of us.

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 Because if they were,

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 they would still be with us.

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 So we can pick up here that there's this

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 divine purpose for why they left.

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 And that's to become evidence to us

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 that they were not part of us.

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 So the test here is they did not remain.

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 That's how we know.

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 That's the first characteristic.

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 Now obviously we're not talking about

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 people who have moved on.

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 People who have

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 have gone to another church,

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 moved to another location.

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 And we aren't necessarily talking about

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 people who

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 never truly believed in Jesus

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 and fell away from the church.

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 Although that would fit here

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 because

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 someone who doesn't believe,

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 there is an aspect of

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 denying Jesus.

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 That is true.

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 But here,

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 John is warning us

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 specifically about a certain group of people.

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 Let's jump to verse 22

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 and we'll take a look at that.

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 Who is the liar

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 but he who denies

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 that Jesus is the Christ?

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 This is the Antichrist.

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 He who denies

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 the Father and the Son.

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 And this is the group

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 that John wants to warn us against.

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 Those who leave the church

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 and those who deny

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 that Jesus is the Christ.

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 No one who denies the Son

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 has the Father.

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 Whoever confesses the Son

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 has the Father also.

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 So John is talking about

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 people who have left the church

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 who have denied Christ

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 but that's not all.

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 Looking at verse 26,

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 it says,

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 I write these things to you

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 about those who are trying

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 to deceive you.

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 So they didn't just leave the church

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 but they were looking

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 to deceive others

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 by peddling a false Christ,

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 a counterfeit.

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 They are seeking to infect others

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 and further spread

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 the spirit of the Antichrist

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 that is already present

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 in the world where we live.

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 How was the church then

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 and how is the church now

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 protected against this deception?

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 Yes, we are protected by God.

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 That is true.

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 We could give it that pat answer

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 but John wants us

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 to get more out of it

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 than just saying

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 we're protected by God.

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 How are we protected by God?

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 Looking back at verse 20,

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 but you have been anointed

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 by the Holy One

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 and you all have knowledge.

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 What does he mean first

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 by the anointed by the Holy One?

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 If we look back to the Old Testament,

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 the anointing of someone

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 that took place

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 was this outward sign

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 that something was happening

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 as well as an inward change.

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 So 1 Samuel 16, 13 says this

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 about when David was anointed king.

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 It says,

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 Then Samuel took the horn of oil

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 and anointed him

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 in the midst of his brothers.

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 And the spirit of the Lord

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 rushed upon David

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 from that day forward.

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 So there was anointing physically

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 but there was an anointing

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 2 Corinthians 1, 22 says,

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 And it is God who establishes us

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 with you in Christ

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 and has anointed us

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 and who has also put his seal on us

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 and given us his spirit

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 and our hearts as a guarantee.

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 So John is saying

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 that we've been anointed

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 with the Holy Spirit.

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 And this signifies

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 an inward transformation

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 that has begun.

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 This is not a work of us

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 but one of God.

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 And because of that,

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 he says,

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 You all have knowledge.

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 Verse 21 says,

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 I write to you

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 not because you do not know the truth

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 but because you know it

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 and because no lie

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 is of the truth.

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 So their guard then

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 and our guard now

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 against these deceptions

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 is the anointing work

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 done by God

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 and the knowledge of truth

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 that we have been given

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 through that.

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 We have been given the truth

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 and there is no lie in it.

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 It isn't a true story

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 unless it's completely true.

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 The real truth

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 means that there's no lie in it.

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 I think of

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 if someone goes to court

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 and they go to testify,

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 the promise that they have to make

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 is I promise to tell the truth,

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 the whole truth

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 and nothing but the truth.

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 The reason why is

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 as we all know,

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 sometimes we've told stories

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 and we'll twist it

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 just a little bit.

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 Maybe we'll leave something out.

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 Something,

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 a slight variation,

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 usually to make us look better

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 or to take some of the fault

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 off of us.

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 But this is not the truth.

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 That's because it has

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 a little bit of a lie in it.

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 And so John is telling us

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 the truth that we have been given

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 has no lie in it.

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 That's how we are able to guard

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 against these false teachings

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 by that knowledge

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 that we have through

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 this anointing.

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 If we look at verses 24 and 25,

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 it says,

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 Let what you heard

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 from the beginning

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 abide in you.

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 If what you heard

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 from the beginning

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 abides in you,

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 then you too will abide

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 in the Son

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 and in the Father.

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 And this is the promise

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 that He made us,

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 eternal life.

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 He repeats that word,

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 abide,

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 three times

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 just in those two verses.

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 To abide,

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 meaning to remain

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 or to dwell in.

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 Let the gospel

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 that you heard

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 from the beginning

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 remain

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 and dwell

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 inside of you.

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 If the gospel

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 of Christ

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 remains in you,

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 then you will remain

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 in Christ

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 and in the Father.

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 And the promise

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 from that

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 is eternal life.

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 Think of the end

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 of John 3, 16.

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 Whoever believes

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 in Him

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 being Jesus

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 will not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 the truth about

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 Jesus Christ

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 abides in us.

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 And when we abide

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 in Him,

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 there is eternal life.

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 And that's a promise.

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 That's a God promise

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 for us.

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 Verse 27.

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 But the anointing

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 that you receive

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 from Him

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 abides in you

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 and you have no need

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 that anyone

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 should teach you.

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 But as His anointing

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 teaches you

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 about everything

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 and is true

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 and is no lie,

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 just as it has taught you,

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 abide in Him.

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 So the anointing

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 talked about

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 in verse 20,

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 this anointing

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 from which we have knowledge,

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 that knowledge

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 we receive,

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 that knowledge

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 abides in us.

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 What knowledge

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 is He talking about here?

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 He's talking about

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 the gospel,

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 the gospel-saving knowledge

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's what we've been given

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 in that anointing,

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 the knowledge

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 of who Jesus is,

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 His God incarnate

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 sent to earth

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 to pay the penalty

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 for our sins

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 on the cross.

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 It's His victory

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 over death and sin,

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 His ascension back

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 to heaven.

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 It's not knowledge

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 of some counterfeit Christ,

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 but it's a true,

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 authentic Christ.

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 That's the knowledge

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 that we have

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 from our anointing,

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 our indwelling

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 that has come on us.

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 It opens our eyes

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 and it gives us

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 this knowledge

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 that we didn't have before.

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 This is Holy Spirit

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 God work

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 that is taking place.

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 This is not a work of man.

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 This is not something

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 we can go and achieve

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 and find out.

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 No person can do this.

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 When John says,

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 you have no need

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 that anyone should teach you,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that we don't need

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 anyone to teach us

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 about God.

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 We don't need anyone

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 to teach us about the Bible

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 or how we live.

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 That would go against

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 many verses in the Bible

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 about teaching one another

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 and what the scriptures

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 are used for.

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 It also doesn't make sense

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 because here we find

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 that John is teaching us something.

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 So why would John say,

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 you don't need a teacher

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 as he's teaching us?

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 So that's obviously

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 not what it means.

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 He's talking about

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 the knowledge

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 that we receive

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 from God

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 in the beginning.

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 That knowledge

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 when Christ

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 opened our eyes,

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 that anointing

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 that took place,

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 no one can teach

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 that to us

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 and that knowledge

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 does not change.

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 The truth

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 about the authentic Christ,

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 the cross,

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 the gospel message,

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 that remains the same.

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 In verse 21,

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 he says,

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 because you know it.

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 You are given it,

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 you know it,

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 and we don't move away

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 from that message

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 to anything new.

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 There is no new truth.

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 There's no new way

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 of following God.

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 There isn't,

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 it's not like technology

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 that we have

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 that gets old,

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 it gets slow,

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 and so we want

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 a newer model.

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 There are features

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 that we're missing out on.

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 This knowledge

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 that we've been given

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 strengthens us,

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 it helps us,

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 it builds our faith,

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 it helps us to abide

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 in Him,

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 and never changes.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 that works and moves

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 in each of us

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 will never move beyond

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 or be contrary

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 to what the Bible teaches.

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 I'm going to say that again

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 just so that you hear,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the work that the Holy Spirit

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 does in each one of us

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 as Christians

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 will never move you

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 beyond or contrary

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 to what the Bible teaches.

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 So if you're being led

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 towards something

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 or someone

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:40.220
 that the Bible teaches against,

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 you need to check that

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 because it's not

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 That foundational knowledge

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 is true,

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 and we are to abide

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 in that truth.

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 So we talked about

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 the Antichrist,

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 those who deny Christ,

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 and how we are guarded

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 and should be on guard

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 against them.

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 The second part

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 of our passage

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 this morning,

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 we're going to be looking

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 at what it means

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 to follow the real Christ.

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 Guarding against Antichrist,

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.880
 following the real Christ,

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.660
 and the hope

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.820
 that is ours

00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:16.720
 in that.

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 As we look at

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 what it means

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.500
 to follow Christ,

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 John is showing us

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 two groups of people.

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 He's showing us

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 children of God.

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 He's also showing us

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 children of the devil.

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 How you live

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 will indicate

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 which one of those groups

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 you are in.

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 You're a child of God

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 or you're a child of the devil.

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 As John ends chapter 2

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 and moves into chapter 3,

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 he continues this concept

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 of abiding.

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 Verse 28,

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 And now little children,

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 abide in him

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 so that when he appears

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 you may have confidence

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 and not shrink from him

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 in shame of his coming.

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 We are to abide in him,

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:59.639
 to continue in him,

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.019
 in the truth

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.379
 that we have been taught

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 and given

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 from the Holy Spirit.

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 And if we do,

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 then we are confident

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 when he returns.

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 Why?

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 Because confident

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.720
 that we remain

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 in the truth

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.839
 until he came back

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.440
 from us.

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 We can't be confident

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.299
 if we left

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 and we followed

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.200
 another truth.

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 Verse 29,

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 If you know

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.440
 that he is righteous,

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 you may be sure

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.559
 that everyone

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 who practices righteousness

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 has been born of him.

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 In other words,

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 we, children of God,

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 know that Jesus

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 is righteous.

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 And we also know

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 that all who do

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 what is right

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 are God's children.

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 Romans 3.10

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 says this,

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 None is righteous,

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 no not one.

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 No one understands

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.100
 and no one seeks

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 after God.

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 He is the righteous one.

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 Those who practice

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.580
 righteousness

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 are born of him

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 because in and of ourselves

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 we don't follow

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 after righteousness.

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 So for us to do that,

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.019
 we have to be born,

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:03.100
 born again,

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.440
 of Christ.

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 So it takes us

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 to chapter 3.

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 And it starts off

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 with a beautiful verse

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 about our true identity.

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.019
 Verse 1,

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 See what kind of love

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 the Father has given to us

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 that we should be called

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.059
 children of God

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 and so we are.

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 It says,

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 See what kind of love.

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 What do we see?

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.080
 What love

00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:33.320
 have we been given?

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 We've been given

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 the name

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 of being called

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.580
 children of God.

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 And not just called that,

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.660
 but he also adds,

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.820
 and we are.

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:47.080
 We are children of God.

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:49.060
 In our life,

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.519
 we are called

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.259
 different things

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.160
 and we are known

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.200
 to different people

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.220
 in different ways

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:55.540
 by functions

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.560
 that we do,

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.300
 by areas

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:58.280
 where we serve,

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.860
 roles that we play.

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.679
 But as a Christian,

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.199
 if you trust in Jesus,

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.939
 above all those things

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.419
 for all of your life,

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.379
 you are known

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.639
 as a child of God.

00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:12.439
 If you trust in Jesus

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:13.419
 and you believe in him

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.119
 and you remain

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.959
 in that truth,

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.859
 you are a child of God.

00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:19.879
 God finished,

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.779
 or God,

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.339
 John finishes the verse

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.139
 with this statement.

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:25.059
 He says,

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.419
 The reason why the world

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:27.639
 does not know you

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:29.539
 is that it did not know him.

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:35.199
 John chapter 1

00:23:35.199 --> 00:23:36.799
 verses 9 through 11

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.639
 says this,

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:39.079
 The true light,

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.139
 which gives light

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.779
 to everyone,

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.279
 was coming into the world.

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.379
 This is talking about Jesus

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.399
 coming to the world.

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.159
 He was in the world

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.279
 and the world

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.419
 was made through him,

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:49.079
 yet the world

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.259
 did not know him.

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.179
 He came to his own

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:53.559
 and his own people

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:55.119
 did not receive him.

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.559
 So it feels weird at first

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.819
 where John tells us

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:02.099
 that we are children of God

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:03.839
 and then he follows it up

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.059
 with the world

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.259
 doesn't know us

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.439
 because it doesn't know him.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.000
 But really,

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.659
 they're connected

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.459
 if we think about it.

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.659
 We shouldn't be surprised

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:15.279
 because children of God

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.079
 is not something

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.239
 that the world knows.

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:19.259
 We aren't to be surprised

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.119
 when people don't understand

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:23.139
 our call to follow Christ.

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:25.080
 when we step out in faith

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:26.460
 and trust in God

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.040
 when there is nothing

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:29.500
 humanly visible

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.940
 to put our hope in.

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 And that's what we're called to do.

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.600
 When we're called to be examples

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.480
 of showing forth

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.600
 the love of Christ

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:39.120
 instead of living for ourselves,

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:42.360
 the world will not understand this

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.180
 because the world

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.620
 does not know the God

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:46.040
 who is calling us

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:47.240
 to do these things.

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.960
 Next, John reminds us again

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.039
 of our identity

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:56.200
 in verses 2 and 3.

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 Beloved, we are God's children now

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.920
 and what we will be

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.559
 has not yet appeared.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.980
 But we know that when it appears

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.340
 we shall be like him

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:08.160
 because we shall see him

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.200
 as he is.

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.720
 And everyone who thus hopes in him

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:13.200
 purifies himself

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.380
 as he is pure.

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.220
 What we will be

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:20.380
 has not appeared yet.

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:23.720
 is what he's talking about

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.000
 is our glorified bodies.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.640
 That is not taking place yet.

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.500
 We know that.

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:29.980
 Bodies that will never get old,

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.680
 never get sick,

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:34.380
 never get cancer,

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.200
 never wear out.

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.740
 And to be

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.380
 completely

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.740
 done with sin,

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:43.600
 it will be glorious

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:45.740
 when we will be like Christ.

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:48.240
 when those two things

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.980
 are taken away,

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.660
 death and sin.

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.460
 And sometimes,

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.339
 depending on the day,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.359
 we're not sure

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.400
 which one is worse.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.660
 Sometimes they both are.

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:03.140
 Sickness and pain

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:04.799
 in ourselves,

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.319
 pain and death

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.259
 in other people

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.500
 that we love.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.380
 On other days,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.819
 our struggles are with sin.

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:14.279
 our daily battles

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.559
 against pride

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.500
 and anger

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.519
 and lust.

00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:20.799
 We see the struggles

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.539
 in ourself.

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.720
 We see the struggles

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.059
 in those around us.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.740
 And it makes life hard.

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.200
 But we know that God

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.279
 has us here

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.559
 in 2020

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:35.819
 during this pandemic

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.279
 for a purpose.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.279
 But we also

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.259
 can't wait

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.519
 until death

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.139
 and sin

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.039
 are no more.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.460
 John says,

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.299
 when He appears,

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.619
 we will be like Him.

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.759
 At that moment

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.819
 that Christ our Savior

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.500
 comes back,

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.639
 we will be like Him,

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.680
 changed forever

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.420
 and no sin

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.440
 in us.

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.839
 Our thoughts,

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.759
 our opinions,

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:07.119
 our actions,

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.059
 our speech,

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.500
 they will be pure

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.180
 and sinless.

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.079
 There will be

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.259
 no temptation

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.379
 towards things

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.220
 of the flesh.

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.019
 There will be

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.619
 no weakness

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.400
 in our body.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.779
 There will be

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.519
 no flaws,

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.460
 no disease.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.879
 We will be perfect,

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.740
 filled with the Holy Spirit

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.819
 and in complete

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.619
 communion

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.819
 with God,

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.500
 our Maker.

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.660
 We will be like Him

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:30.900
 because we shall

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.460
 see Him

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.559
 as He is.

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.759
 New glorified bodies

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.180
 seeing God

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.759
 in a way

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.680
 we've never seen before.

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.660
 Why?

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.079
 Because we've never

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.220
 been able to see

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.220
 like that before.

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:45.559
 To be able to see

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.720
 with sin

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.599
 and death

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.319
 and pain

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.299
 gone from us.

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.099
 The way God

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.879
 intended us

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:53.039
 to see Him

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.980
 in the beginning.

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.960
 He follows that up

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.680
 in verse 3.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.960
 And everyone

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.600
 who thus

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.460
 hopes in Him

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:04.140
 purifies himself

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.259
 as He is pure.

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.759
 That is,

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.860
 if our trust

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.620
 is in Him,

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.759
 we will want

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.720
 to be like Him.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.900
 That's part

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.759
 of the sanctification

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.200
 work that the Holy Spirit

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.240
 does in us,

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.519
 in each one of us.

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.700
 We know that

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.960
 when Jesus comes back,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:21.060
 we will be like Him

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.660
 and our bodies glorified.

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.360
 We also know

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.140
 that He is pure,

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.220
 meaning He is

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:28.259
 holy and undefined.

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:30.519
 He is without sin.

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.360
 Everyone who

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.400
 hopes in Him,

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.319
 who truly believes

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.160
 in Jesus Christ

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.299
 and what He has done

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.860
 for us,

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.299
 purifies Himself.

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.360
 That is,

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.799
 we try to live holy.

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.759
 We try to live undefiled

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:46.480
 as Jesus

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.100
 is holy and undefiled.

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.880
 We practice

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.940
 holy living.

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.940
 We practice

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.900
 at being pure

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:55.600
 because Christ

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.160
 is pure.

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.839
 and Christ

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.440
 is coming

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.380
 for us.

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.799
 In verse 4,

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.660
 we see another group

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.160
 of people

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.680
 practicing something

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.120
 different.

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.120
 We know that

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.019
 Christ is,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.960
 sorry,

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.660
 wrong paragraph,

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.200
 everyone who

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:15.519
 makes a practice

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.299
 of sinning

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.779
 also practices

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.620
 lawlessness.

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.799
 This is in verse 4.

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.640
 Sin is lawlessness.

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.759
 Lawlessness

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.359
 is what it sounds

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.039
 like it is.

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.599
 It is a condition

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.819
 of being without

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.259
 law.

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.879
 In this case,

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.599
 we're talking about

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.400
 God's law.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.980
 So to be lawless

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.039
 is to be without

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.240
 God's law,

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.640
 whether by ignorance

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:39.019
 or deliberate

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.720
 violation against it.

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.420
 And that's what

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.420
 verse 4 says

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.960
 is sin.

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.579
 Sin is lawlessness.

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.440
 Sin is to be

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.940
 without God's law.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.680
 You don't want it.

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.380
 You're ignorant

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.900
 of it.

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.820
 You have your own

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.180
 law.

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.440
 That's lawlessness.

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.360
 That's sin.

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.279
 Verse 5,

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.380
 you know that he

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.600
 appeared in order

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.680
 to take away sin.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.680
 John the Baptist

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:04.140
 testified to this

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.580
 at Jesus'

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.600
 baptism in

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.500
 John 1.

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.059
 He says,

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.940
 the next day

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.619
 he saw Jesus

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.579
 coming toward him

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.700
 and he said,

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.599
 Behold the Lamb

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.159
 of God

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.319
 who takes away

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.740
 the sins of the world.

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.220
 He came to take away

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.480
 sins by dying

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.079
 on the cross,

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.960
 by taking our

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.500
 punishment

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:24.220
 and paying the price

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.960
 for our sin.

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.539
 That's what makes

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.619
 it possible for us

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.220
 to repent

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.419
 and to ask forgiveness.

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.740
 And in that,

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.519
 our sins

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.419
 are taken away.

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:38.320
 And then the rest

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:39.400
 of verse 5 says,

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.580
 And in him

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.500
 there is no sin.

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.300
 We know this.

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.940
 He could not

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.500
 have died for us

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.360
 if you had

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.500
 any sin in him.

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.340
 2 Corinthians 5.21

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:56.480
 pulls those truths

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.500
 together in this.

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.759
 For our sake

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.140
 he made him

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.980
 to be sin

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.240
 who knew no sin.

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.960
 So that in him

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.900
 we might become

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.560
 the righteousness

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.320
 of God.

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:08.279
 He did not know sin

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.240
 and his sacrifice

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.240
 made it possible

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.700
 for our sins

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.740
 to be taken away.

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.200
 We know that Jesus

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.380
 came to take away sin

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.620
 and we know that in him

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.560
 there is no sin.

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.400
 And that is the great

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.180
 thing to know.

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.620
 But what do we do

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.700
 with that knowledge

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:26.160
 that Jesus had no sin

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.960
 and he took away

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.500
 our sin?

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.980
 How does that affect

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.960
 our daily living?

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.079
 sin?

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.799
 Look at verse 6.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.740
 No one who abides

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.279
 in him

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.380
 keeps on sinning.

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.819
 No one who keeps

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.420
 on sinning

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.420
 has either seen him

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.340
 or known him.

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.640
 We talked earlier

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.440
 about abiding.

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.579
 That is to

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.500
 remain

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.200
 or dwell

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.980
 in Christ

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.660
 and the knowledge

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.779
 of who he is.

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.120
 If we remain

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.819
 in Christ

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 then we cannot

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.840
 keep sinning.

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:55.519
 They oppose

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.079
 each other.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.759
 They both

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.519
 can't happen

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.019
 together.

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:59.079
 It is like saying

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.019
 you remain healthy

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.859
 and you keep

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.599
 getting sick.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.740
 You can't do both.

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.519
 There is a connection

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.459
 between the words

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.500
 abiding and keeping.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.899
 You can't abide

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.439
 or remain in one thing

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:10.220
 while keeping

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.799
 and remaining

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.720
 something else.

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.699
 You can't remain

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.220
 honest

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.319
 while keeping up

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.759
 a lie.

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.799
 Both cannot happen.

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.740
 And John helps

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.519
 nail this down

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.000
 for us.

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.599
 If you keep

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.339
 on sinning

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.140
 you cannot

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.779
 know him

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.799
 is what he is

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.059
 saying.

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.319
 Genuine Christians

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.059
 that know God

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.119
 that abide in Christ

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.140
 because they believe

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.779
 in who he is

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.980
 cannot make a

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.160
 practice of sinning

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.720
 because they

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.839
 are making a

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.440
 practice of

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.819
 abiding in Christ

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.519
 and we can't

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.960
 do both.

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.079
 That practice

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.279
 to practice

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.740
 something

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.460
 is to

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.039
 continue in it.

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.920
 To do it

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.480
 repeatedly

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.119
 on a regular

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.140
 basis or pattern.

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.220
 A lot of times

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.119
 it is to get

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.859
 better at something.

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.359
 I want to get

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.480
 better at guitar

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.980
 so I will

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.579
 practice it.

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.059
 I want to get

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.099
 better at running

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.880
 so I run

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.259
 more.

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:58.259
 So if you

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.960
 practice

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.759
 or make a

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.339
 practice of

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.860
 sinning

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.700
 you cannot

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.299
 be a child

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.799
 of God.

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.799
 What do you

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.920
 do with

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.539
 your sin?

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.420
 Is there

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.599
 a sin

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.120
 that you're

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.720
 practicing

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.099
 and not

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.920
 fighting against?

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.420
 A sin

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.759
 that you're

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.400
 not letting

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.200
 go of?

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.860
 Do you

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.400
 hide it?

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.220
 Do you

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.019
 continue in

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.240
 it?

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.220
 Maybe

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.480
 perfect it

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.960
 so people

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.620
 don't notice

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.259
 it and

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.720
 you enjoy

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.200
 it more?

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.160
 That's what

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.660
 it is to

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.480
 practice

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.019
 sinning.

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.980
 Verse 7

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.259
 he says,

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.880
 Little children

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.539
 let no one

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.160
 deceive you.

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:35.960
 Whoever

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.600
 practices

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.240
 righteousness

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.319
 is righteous

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.559
 as he

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.200
 is righteous.

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.940
 John is

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.400
 going after

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.640
 two things

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:43.900
 here.

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.299
 One is

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.380
 the false

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.000
 teaching of

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.819
 the Antichrist.

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.500
 and we

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.819
 didn't get

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.220
 into it

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.500
 earlier

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.919
 but this

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:51.000
 was part

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.500
 of what

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.039
 the false

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.799
 teaching was

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.279
 about at

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.759
 this time.

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.819
 That the

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.279
 son of

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.379
 man remained

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.079
 spiritual

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:58.220
 and never

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.960
 came in a

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.839
 physical form.

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:00.980
 They were

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.619
 separated.

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.099
 So by

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:03.179
 implication

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:04.559
 our spiritual

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.139
 beings

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:06.200
 remain separate

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.619
 from our

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.059
 physical

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.559
 being.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.199
 To be

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.000
 more specific

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.940
 the Antichrist

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.380
 were teaching

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.779
 that their

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.880
 spiritual life

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.840
 was disconnected

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.960
 from their

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.559
 physical

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.160
 actions.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.220
 So they

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.640
 could have

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.100
 a pure

00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:19.640
 spiritual

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.280
 life

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.200
 and their

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.860
 sinful

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.519
 physical

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.340
 actions

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.019
 didn't

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.579
 affect it.

00:34:25.660 --> 00:34:26.360
 They could

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.940
 be righteous

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.740
 but not

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.260
 practice

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.880
 righteousness.

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.200
 John says

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.460
 no,

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.000
 this cannot

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.380
 be.

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.380
 The nature

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.800
 of our

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.220
 spiritual

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:35.300
 life is

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.480
 shown in

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.440
 our physical

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.200
 actions.

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.880
 Who we

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.480
 are in

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.019
 our hearts

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.460
 will come

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.920
 out in

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.320
 how we

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.600
 act.

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:42.960
 If you're

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.619
 children of

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.079
 God,

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.860
 you will

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.340
 act and

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.659
 have a

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.720
 life like

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.159
 you were

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.940
 a child

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.500
 of God.

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.679
 If you

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.000
 are a

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.420
 child of

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.039
 the devil,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.179
 then you

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.599
 will live

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.159
 that way.

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.820
 You will

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.280
 practice

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.900
 sinning.

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.539
 You will

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.380
 not want

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.079
 the law

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.579
 of God.

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:58.960
 You will

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.240
 want

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.840
 lawlessness.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.000
 What we

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.559
 believe

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.579
 comes out

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.119
 in how

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.699
 we live.

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.220
 If you

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.539
 follow

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.059
 righteousness,

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.599
 that is

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.440
 Jesus Christ,

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.360
 then you

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.000
 will practice

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.599
 righteousness.

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.960
 sinning.

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.820
 The other

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.179
 side of

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.420
 that,

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.740
 in verse

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:17.940
 8,

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.340
 it says,

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.900
 whoever makes

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.340
 the practice

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.019
 of sinning

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.780
 is of

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.179
 the devil.

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.360
 For the

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.820
 devil has

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.300
 been doing

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.599
 it from

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.139
 the beginning.

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.380
 Like we

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.760
 read in

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.240
 verse 4,

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.539
 if you

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.880
 practice

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.300
 sinning,

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.599
 you practice

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.179
 lawlessness,

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.860
 and that is

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.500
 rebellion

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.840
 towards God.

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.400
 The rest

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.860
 of verse

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.840
 8 says,

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.780
 the reason

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.320
 the Son of

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.860
 God appeared

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.400
 was to

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.260
 destroy the

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.659
 works of

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.039
 the devil.

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.179
 So he

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.559
 came to

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.019
 take away

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.440
 sin,

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.880
 we just

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.400
 talked about

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.659
 that,

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.079
 and he

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.460
 came to

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.019
 destroy

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.039
 lawlessness

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.000
 and rebellion

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.880
 against him.

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.500
 Back in

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.079
 verse 1,

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.019
 we saw the

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.840
 kind of love

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.300
 that we've

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.779
 been given.

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.500
 We are

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.960
 called a

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.380
 child of

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.719
 God.

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.079
 In

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.800
 verse 2,

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.920
 called God's

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.259
 children.

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.320
 And now

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.960
 in these last

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.559
 two verses,

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.480
 verses 9 and

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.739
 10,

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.440
 John goes a

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.000
 little deeper

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.539
 with that

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.599
 concept of

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.059
 being a

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.500
 child of

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.940
 God.

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.179
 Verse 9

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.400
 says,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.039
 no one

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.739
 born of

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.059
 God,

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:15.079
 meaning no

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.880
 child of

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.319
 God,

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.139
 makes a

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.839
 practice of

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.279
 sinning.

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.860
 This points

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.400
 out what we

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.960
 saw earlier,

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.099
 that there's

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.900
 a category of

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.659
 people that

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.400
 are born of

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.839
 God.

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.380
 It is those

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.159
 who practice

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.860
 righteousness.

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.519
 Why?

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.619
 It's not

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.139
 because any

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.679
 of us have

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.480
 some innate

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.339
 level of

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.440
 righteousness in

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.199
 ourselves.

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.339
 Verse 9

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.139
 goes on to

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.539
 tell us,

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.699
 it's because

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.759
 God's seed

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:42.079
 abides in

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.579
 him.

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.739
 The meaning

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.259
 of that

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.299
 could be a

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.860
 couple different

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.380
 things,

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.219
 both of which

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.779
 are true,

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.339
 and they're

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:48.739
 connected

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.259
 together.

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.299
 God's seed

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.900
 could be the

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.259
 word of

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.920
 God that

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.819
 brings salvation.

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.179
 It could

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.480
 mean the

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.960
 presence of

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.279
 the Holy

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.880
 Spirit in

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.599
 our life as

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.179
 a Christian

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.139
 that brings

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.699
 about our

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.319
 regeneration.

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.519
 Both of

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.619
 those are

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.279
 actions that

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:03.000
 take place

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.860
 on every

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.380
 person who

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.779
 is born

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.219
 again.

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:07.699
 God's seed

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:09.459
 abides in

00:37:09.459 --> 00:37:10.099
 him.

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:10.799
 That is

00:37:10.799 --> 00:37:11.379
 born of

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:11.739
 God,

00:37:11.919 --> 00:37:12.419
 and that's

00:37:12.419 --> 00:37:12.739
 why we

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:13.379
 are called

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:14.339
 children of

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:14.699
 God.

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.799
 2 Corinthians

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.799
 5.17

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:20.220
 says,

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.519
 therefore,

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.060
 if anyone

00:37:21.060 --> 00:37:21.519
 is in

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.880
 Christ,

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.340
 he is a

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.680
 new creation.

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.620
 Old has

00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.380
 passed away,

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.100
 behold,

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.600
 the new

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:27.240
 has come.

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.900
 We cannot

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:30.080
 keep sinning

00:37:30.080 --> 00:37:31.120
 and be

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.960
 born of

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.420
 God,

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.860
 just like

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.519
 we cannot

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.480
 abide in

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.140
 Christ and

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.760
 continue to

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.260
 walk in

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.539
 sin.

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:41.940
 it is

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.719
 from your

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.179
 life,

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.179
 your

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.820
 actions,

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.579
 even the

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.360
 intents of

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.360
 your heart,

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:50.639
 because we

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.119
 can't all see

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.579
 each other's

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.900
 heart.

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.619
 We can

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.259
 be seething

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.840
 one another.

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.800
 We can

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.559
 look good,

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.400
 but have a

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.079
 sinful heart.

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.880
 In those

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.199
 things,

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.480
 in our

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.940
 actions,

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.300
 in our

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.739
 intents,

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.000
 and in

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.639
 our life,

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.880
 we show

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.340
 who we

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.639
 are.

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.820
 Verse 10

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.199
 says,

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.139
 by this,

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.400
 practicing

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.000
 righteousness,

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.179
 or practicing

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.739
 sin,

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.260
 is evident

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.880
 who are

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.280
 the children

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:13.000
 of God

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.679
 and who

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.300
 are the

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.880
 children of

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.300
 the devil.

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.940
 Whoever does

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.539
 not practice

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.119
 righteousness

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.500
 is not of

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.880
 God,

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.320
 nor is the

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.780
 one who

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.300
 does not

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.900
 love his

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.260
 brother.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.559
 So as we

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.380
 look at

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:30.519
 this passage,

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.599
 as we see

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.480
 that John

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.920
 wants to

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.480
 warn us

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.159
 against this

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.719
 deception

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.480
 of the

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.159
 Antichrists

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.900
 that are

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.679
 among us,

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:40.239
 and wants

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.739
 to remind

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.079
 us of

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.559
 the hope

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.400
 we have

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.460
 in following

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.099
 Christ.

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.500
 Our

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.019
 question

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.820
 today to

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.400
 think about

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.679
 is,

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.519
 what do we

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.900
 practice?

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:50.599
 What do

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.159
 you practice?

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.460
 Do you

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.940
 practice

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.480
 righteousness?

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.679
 Do you

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.079
 practice

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.619
 holiness?

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.239
 Do you

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.619
 practice

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.199
 those things

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.000
 because you

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.019
 have a

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.000
 God who

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.519
 died for

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.000
 you and

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.380
 is coming

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.960
 back for

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.260
 you,

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.860
 who has

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.360
 called you

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.760
 a child

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.219
 of God

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:05.859
 and loves

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.159
 you?

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:09.419
 Or do

00:39:09.419 --> 00:39:09.579
 you

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.239
 practice

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:13.099
 sinning?

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.039
 Do you

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.699
 practice doing

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.199
 the things

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.619
 that you

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.019
 want to

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.079
 do and

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.619
 not living

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.259
 for God?

00:39:20.839 --> 00:39:21.500
 Do you

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.839
 work at

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.199
 making

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.919
 righteousness

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:24.439
 your habit,

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.399
 your routine

00:39:26.399 --> 00:39:26.959
 for living?

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.960
 God,

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:31.099
 let's

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.480
 close in

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.760
 prayer.

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.039
 Lord,

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.380
 thank you

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.740
 for your

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.019
 word.

00:39:35.220 --> 00:39:35.500
 Thank you

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.579
 for the

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.000
 promises

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.539
 that you

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.260
 give us

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:40.280
 of what

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.740
 it is to

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.039
 be a

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.539
 child of

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.980
 God.

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.559
 And Lord,

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:43.960
 at the same

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.179
 time,

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.780
 we need

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.519
 correction

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.199
 to keep

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.920
 us from

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.539
 doing what

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.900
 we want

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.340
 to do,

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.800
 going after

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.260
 the things

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.619
 of this

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.679
 world that

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.840
 bring death,

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.220
 going after

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:54.920
 things that

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.840
 pull us

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.500
 away from

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.960
 who you

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.280
 are.

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.119
 So Lord,

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.539
 we pray

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.820
 that you

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.199
 would help

00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:00.159
 us as

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.559
 we think

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.059
 about this

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.559
 passage,

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.940
 as we

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.619
 meditate on

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.719
 the thought

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.559
 of what

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.159
 we worship

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:08.019
 and where

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.420
 do we

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.880
 abide?

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.360
 Do we

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.860
 abide in

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.119
 sin?

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.460
 Do we

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.980
 abide in

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.460
 righteousness?

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.800
 Do we

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.239
 look to

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.059
 you at

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.400
 a time

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.659
 where we

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.079
 can see

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.239
 no hope

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.820
 in anything

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.159
 else?

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.639
 When things

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:18.900
 that we

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.440
 thought were

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.719
 solid begin

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.119
 to fade

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.599
 away and

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.039
 are taken

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:23.400
 away from

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.780
 us?

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.940
 Does our

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.500
 trust and

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.019
 our hope

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.440
 in you

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.019
 remain

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.900
 knowing

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.980
 that you

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.420
 have given

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.159
 us eternal

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.480
 life?

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.139
 Knowing that

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.619
 you have

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.480
 called us

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.579
 children of

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.980
 God?

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.340
 And so

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.920
 we are.

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.760
 Lord, I

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.220
 pray that you

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:37.619
 would help

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:37.980
 us with

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.159
 that.

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:38.960
 I pray that

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.260
 you would

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:40.019
 comfort us

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.700
 in those

00:40:40.700 --> 00:40:41.599
 truths this

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:41.900
 morning,

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.159
 Lord.

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.079
 We pray

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.539
 these things

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.900
 in your

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.440
 holy name.

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.240
 Amen.

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.400
 Amen.