WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.580 Verses 18 to 27, which is on page 1226. 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:11.580 1226. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.359 1 John chapter 2, and we're going to read verses 18 to 27. 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:53.600 Okay, verse 18 of 1 John chapter 2. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:57.820 Dear children, this is the last hour. 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:04.340 And as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have come. 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:07.260 This is how we know it is the last hour. 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.719 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.840 For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.460 But their going showed that none of them belong to us. 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:24.760 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:32.580 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 00:01:33.300 --> 00:01:34.180 Who is the liar? 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.380 It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:41.340 Such a man is the Antichrist. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.320 He denies the Father and the Son. 00:01:45.380 --> 00:01:47.980 No one who denies the Son has the Father. 00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:51.719 Whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:56.420 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. 00:01:57.039 --> 00:02:01.060 If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:05.480 And this is what he promised us, even eternal life. 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:10.520 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:18.780 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:27.280 But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit, 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:31.120 just as it is taught you, remain in him. 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:48.740 Well, we've been looking together on Sunday mornings at this short letter of 1 John, 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:56.520 which is all about fellowship with God, that relationship that we can enjoy with him. 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:04.660 We're going to pray first and ask God's help for us as we look at his word together. 00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:05.340 Let's pray. 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:18.860 Father, we thank you for your word. 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:22.700 We thank you for its truth. 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:27.580 Thank you for its truth about the Lord Jesus. 00:03:30.180 --> 00:03:36.720 And we ask that you would also give to us your Holy Spirit, 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:42.600 so that we may understand Holy Scripture. 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:46.439 that we would understand your word, 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:49.639 what it has to say to us today, 00:03:50.519 --> 00:03:52.900 how it applies to our lives, 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.319 and how we should respond as your people. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:02.199 We ask that through this time together, 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:07.120 we may know something more of the rich fellowship 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.019 that we can have with God. 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:14.719 We ask for your help in Jesus' name. 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:15.919 Amen. 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:25.319 One of my bedtime stories when I was little 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.279 was the Pied Piper of Hamelin. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:29.379 Do you remember it? 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:32.879 I'm not quite sure why it was read to me, 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:35.560 because it would cause any child to have nightmares. 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:38.480 They didn't live happily ever after. 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.480 I'll not spoil the whole story for you, 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.180 but the end of it finishes with the Pied Piper 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:46.840 playing a mesmerising tune 00:04:46.840 --> 00:04:49.800 that the children can't help but follow. 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:52.560 The parents try to stop them, 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:56.340 but they're captivated by the music. 00:04:57.280 --> 00:04:58.439 And one by one, 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.400 all the children follow the tune of the Pied Piper, 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:05.140 never to be seen again. 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:11.300 Remember that we have been invited into fellowship with God. 00:05:11.419 --> 00:05:13.539 That's the big theme of 1 John. 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:17.360 We get to share in the love the Father has for the Son, 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:20.360 and the love the Son has for the Father. 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:26.139 And it's in this relationship where we find joy in all its fullness. 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:28.719 But, 00:05:28.719 --> 00:05:32.800 we need to be so very careful 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.639 to protect this fellowship. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:38.240 Because, 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.279 look at verse 26. 00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:43.879 Verse 26 from our reading. 00:05:45.539 --> 00:05:46.519 He says, 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:56.620 You see, 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:58.639 this comes with a serious warning. 00:05:59.939 --> 00:06:00.740 There are people, 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:01.319 he says, 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:02.519 who are close by, 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:05.759 who are teaching things that sound wonderful. 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.939 And if we are not careful, 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:12.139 we will be captivated by their music, 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:13.579 by their tune, 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:16.099 and we'll be led away 00:06:16.099 --> 00:06:19.459 from our fellowship with God. 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:21.039 In fact, 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:23.920 if we stop to listen to what they have to say, 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.219 it's going to rob us 00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:27.439 of that deep, 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:28.319 personal, 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:29.579 relational joy 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:31.139 that we have with the Father 00:06:31.139 --> 00:06:32.680 and with his Son. 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:33.300 So, 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.599 we need to do everything possible 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.480 to be able to protect 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:40.060 our fellowship with God. 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:43.580 Move on a few verses. 00:06:43.780 --> 00:06:44.439 Chapter 3, 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:45.200 verse 7. 00:06:47.320 --> 00:06:48.260 Dear children, 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:52.680 do not let anyone 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.560 lead you astray. 00:06:57.820 --> 00:06:58.460 So, 00:06:58.820 --> 00:07:01.780 how are we to protect ourselves 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:04.159 so that we are not 00:07:04.159 --> 00:07:05.679 led astray? 00:07:06.559 --> 00:07:06.959 Well, 00:07:06.979 --> 00:07:08.739 we're going to look at four things this morning. 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:10.239 The first two are quite quick. 00:07:10.859 --> 00:07:12.019 And then the other two, 00:07:12.179 --> 00:07:13.899 we look in a bit more detail. 00:07:14.179 --> 00:07:14.299 So, 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:16.059 here's the first thing we need to look at. 00:07:16.659 --> 00:07:18.359 Know who they are. 00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:18.639 So, 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:19.439 who is it 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:21.319 that is going to lead us astray? 00:07:21.699 --> 00:07:21.919 Well, 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:23.039 go back to chapter 2, 00:07:23.099 --> 00:07:23.739 verse 18. 00:07:23.739 --> 00:07:25.599 The beginning of our text 00:07:25.599 --> 00:07:26.539 this morning. 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:29.000 verse 18. 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:29.760 Dear children, 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:33.420 this is the last hour. 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:34.740 Now, 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:35.660 the last hour 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:36.920 is the Bible's way 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:37.879 of describing 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:39.300 that time 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:40.840 before Jesus 00:07:40.840 --> 00:07:41.800 returns. 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:42.360 Sometimes, 00:07:42.640 --> 00:07:44.100 it's referred in the New Testament 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:45.680 as the last days. 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:47.939 It's simply a time frame 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:49.000 to explain 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:50.879 what will happen 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.200 before 00:07:52.200 --> 00:07:53.060 Jesus 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:54.100 comes 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:54.920 again. 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:56.199 So, 00:07:56.300 --> 00:07:57.140 what can we expect 00:07:57.140 --> 00:07:57.800 to happen 00:07:57.800 --> 00:07:59.540 during this time? 00:07:59.660 --> 00:07:59.819 Well, 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:01.319 let's read verse 18 again. 00:08:01.400 --> 00:08:01.660 He says, 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:02.379 Dear children, 00:08:02.900 --> 00:08:04.879 this is the last hour. 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:07.379 And as you have heard 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:09.900 that the Antichrist 00:08:09.900 --> 00:08:10.840 is coming, 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.080 even now 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:14.879 many Antichrists 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:15.900 have come. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:17.900 This is how we know 00:08:17.900 --> 00:08:19.600 it is the last hour. 00:08:21.200 --> 00:08:21.759 Now, 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:23.300 I wonder what comes to your mind 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:24.620 when you hear that word 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:25.680 Antichrist. 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:28.220 It all sounds 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:29.160 very threatening 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:30.399 and frightening, 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:32.179 almost satanic. 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:34.159 And what could be 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:34.940 quite worrying 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:35.799 for us is 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.539 we don't have to wait 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:38.080 because, 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:38.740 look again 00:08:38.740 --> 00:08:39.539 at verse 18, 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:40.039 it says, 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:41.679 Even now 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:43.960 many Antichrists 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:45.440 have come. 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:46.620 In other words, 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:47.139 they are 00:08:47.139 --> 00:08:48.100 already 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:48.919 here. 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.199 Now, 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:52.799 I don't want to 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:53.259 cause us 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:54.179 any nightmares, 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:56.379 but we do need 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:57.179 to take this 00:08:57.179 --> 00:08:58.120 seriously. 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:00.539 An Antichrist 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:02.379 is simply 00:09:02.379 --> 00:09:02.979 someone 00:09:02.979 --> 00:09:04.139 who is in 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:05.740 direct opposition 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:07.959 to Jesus Christ. 00:09:08.959 --> 00:09:09.620 In fact, 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:10.679 we're given a definition 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:11.879 in verse 22. 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:13.620 Have a look 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:14.480 at verse 22. 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:15.659 Who is the liar? 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:18.000 It is the man 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.079 or the person 00:09:19.079 --> 00:09:20.480 who denies 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:21.779 that Jesus 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:22.600 is 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.939 the Christ. 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:25.919 Such a person 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:26.939 is 00:09:26.939 --> 00:09:28.699 the Antichrist. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:30.019 So, 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:30.860 they are not just 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:31.500 people who 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:32.480 don't believe 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:33.120 in Jesus. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.799 They are people 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:35.539 who actually 00:09:35.539 --> 00:09:36.759 go out of their 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:37.279 way 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:38.620 to persuade 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:39.620 or teach 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:40.419 others 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:41.899 not to believe. 00:09:41.899 --> 00:09:44.759 So, 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:45.939 these Antichrists, 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:46.620 or we might 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:47.139 call them 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:48.419 false teachers, 00:09:49.459 --> 00:09:50.220 are trying 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:51.519 to deceive us 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.059 and lead us 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:53.819 astray 00:09:53.819 --> 00:09:54.860 from our 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:55.299 fellowship 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:56.539 with God. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:58.019 And if we 00:09:58.019 --> 00:09:58.959 listen to them, 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:00.759 they will 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:01.559 rob us 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:02.919 of the joy 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:04.079 that we have 00:10:04.079 --> 00:10:04.899 with the Father 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:07.000 and with the Son. 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:09.120 So, 00:10:09.179 --> 00:10:09.960 that's the first thing. 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:10.779 Know who 00:10:10.779 --> 00:10:12.019 they are. 00:10:12.839 --> 00:10:13.620 Second thing, 00:10:14.439 --> 00:10:15.120 know where 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.259 they come from. 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:18.120 Where will we 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:18.679 find 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.519 these Antichrists, 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:21.559 these false 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:22.059 teachers? 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:23.059 Well, 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:24.139 look at verse 19. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:26.959 They went 00:10:26.959 --> 00:10:27.579 out 00:10:27.579 --> 00:10:29.000 from us. 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:30.679 Now, 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:31.399 that's a scary 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:31.860 thought, 00:10:31.959 --> 00:10:32.399 isn't it? 00:10:33.459 --> 00:10:34.480 They're actually 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:35.419 among us. 00:10:36.199 --> 00:10:36.740 They are 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:37.480 in 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:38.419 the church. 00:10:38.579 --> 00:10:39.000 They don't 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:39.559 come from 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:40.439 the outside. 00:10:40.779 --> 00:10:41.439 They have 00:10:41.439 --> 00:10:42.179 come from 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:43.579 the inside. 00:10:45.839 --> 00:10:46.839 And don't 00:10:46.839 --> 00:10:47.519 expect to 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.059 try and 00:10:48.059 --> 00:10:49.139 identify them 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:49.659 by the way 00:10:49.659 --> 00:10:50.439 they dress 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.279 or the way 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:51.919 they look. 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.240 They don't 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:53.819 have two 00:10:53.819 --> 00:10:54.600 little horns 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:55.500 protruding out 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:56.120 of their head. 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:57.399 They don't 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:58.100 have a demon 00:10:58.100 --> 00:10:59.019 tattooed on 00:10:59.019 --> 00:10:59.620 their back. 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.240 They look 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:02.039 just like 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:02.600 me. 00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:04.000 Ordinary 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.600 people, 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:05.839 just like 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:06.500 you, 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.299 who come 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:08.079 on a Sunday 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:08.920 or come 00:11:08.920 --> 00:11:09.600 on a Wednesday 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:10.180 to home 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:10.520 groups. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:11.220 People 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:12.220 who preach 00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:13.060 and teach, 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:13.960 who teach 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:14.480 in Sunday 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:14.820 school, 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:15.580 who teach 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:16.139 on a Sunday 00:11:16.139 --> 00:11:16.600 morning. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:18.000 They might 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:18.520 even be 00:11:18.520 --> 00:11:19.400 baptised. 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:20.100 They may 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:20.560 even be 00:11:20.560 --> 00:11:21.440 members of 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:22.040 the church. 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:22.860 They give 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.920 the impression 00:11:23.920 --> 00:11:25.540 that they 00:11:25.540 --> 00:11:27.300 too enjoy 00:11:27.300 --> 00:11:28.200 fellowship 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:29.280 with God. 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:32.039 but they 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:32.579 are not 00:11:32.579 --> 00:11:33.339 true 00:11:33.339 --> 00:11:34.159 believers. 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:35.500 Look at 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.220 verse 19 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:36.639 again. 00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:38.039 They went 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:39.199 out from 00:11:39.199 --> 00:11:39.699 us, 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.039 but they 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:42.579 did not 00:11:42.579 --> 00:11:43.679 really belong 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:44.379 to us. 00:11:44.659 --> 00:11:44.980 You see, 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:46.019 they claimed 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.600 to know 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:47.159 Christ. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.740 They said 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.120 that they 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:49.600 followed 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:50.120 Jesus, 00:11:51.319 --> 00:11:52.379 but in 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.199 reality their 00:11:53.199 --> 00:11:53.919 claim was 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:54.439 false. 00:11:55.539 --> 00:11:56.120 Let's read 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:56.659 the rest of 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:57.620 verse 19. 00:11:57.620 --> 00:11:58.759 for if 00:11:58.759 --> 00:11:59.539 they had 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:00.379 belonged to 00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:00.679 us, 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.480 they would 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.240 have remained 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.860 with us, 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:03.560 but their 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.779 going showed 00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:05.600 that none 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.120 of them 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:07.120 belonged 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.600 to us. 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:10.879 Those 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.340 who are 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:11.820 true 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:12.539 believers, 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.860 or sorry, 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:15.360 those who 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.039 are not 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:17.060 true believers, 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:18.639 will walk 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.899 away from 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:20.700 the truth. 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.500 It's not 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.039 that they've 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:24.019 somehow become 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.759 unbelievers, 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:25.419 that they were 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.039 believers and 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:26.419 now they've 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:26.700 become 00:12:26.700 --> 00:12:27.399 unbelievers, 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:28.360 the point 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:28.820 is they 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.840 never believed 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.220 in the 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:31.100 first place. 00:12:32.060 --> 00:12:32.639 They never 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.840 did genuinely 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:35.240 follow the 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.000 Lord Jesus, 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.519 because true 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.659 believers will 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.799 always hold 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.960 to the truth. 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:42.919 So he's 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.580 giving a very 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.620 serious warning 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.379 to the church, 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.200 to people like 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:46.799 you and me, 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:47.820 we must be 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:48.940 very careful 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:51.279 of those who 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:52.200 will try and 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.740 lead us 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:53.480 astray, 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:55.539 and rob us 00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:56.419 of the joy 00:12:56.419 --> 00:12:57.139 and the 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:57.539 fellowship 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:57.979 that we 00:12:57.979 --> 00:12:58.500 can have 00:12:58.500 --> 00:12:59.259 with God. 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.439 And they 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.179 come from 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:03.979 inside the 00:13:03.979 --> 00:13:04.519 church. 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.459 For now 00:13:08.459 --> 00:13:08.779 that we're 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.219 all very 00:13:09.219 --> 00:13:10.059 paranoid and 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:10.539 we're sitting 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:11.799 uncomfortably in 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.240 our seats 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.679 thinking, 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:13.559 hmm, 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.500 is the person 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.159 next to me 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:15.699 one of these 00:13:15.699 --> 00:13:16.120 people? 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.740 Or how 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.719 about me? 00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:19.399 How do you 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.139 know I'm 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.839 not a false 00:13:20.839 --> 00:13:21.319 teacher? 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:22.620 How do you 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:23.140 know I'm 00:13:23.140 --> 00:13:24.420 not trying 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:25.620 to lead you 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:26.960 astray each 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.760 Sunday morning? 00:13:28.540 --> 00:13:29.060 How are you 00:13:29.060 --> 00:13:29.700 going to tell? 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.620 Which brings 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:32.200 us to the 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:34.100 third aspect. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.840 We must 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:38.440 know what 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.500 they teach. 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:41.140 Have a look 00:13:41.140 --> 00:13:42.100 at verse 22. 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.980 Here's how you 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:44.860 will identify 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:46.620 those who are 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.300 trying to lead 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.980 us astray. 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.580 verse 22. 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.019 Who is the 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.300 liar? 00:13:52.680 --> 00:13:53.680 Well, it's 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:54.300 the person 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:55.379 who denies 00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.120 that Jesus 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:57.180 is the 00:13:57.180 --> 00:13:57.659 Christ. 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.379 Such a 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.159 person is 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.500 the 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:01.440 Antichrist. 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:02.700 He denies 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.340 the Father 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:05.399 and the 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:05.740 Son. 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.440 You see, 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:08.320 we can tell 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:08.879 who these 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.680 people are 00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:11.500 by listening 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.060 to what 00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:12.940 they teach. 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.279 And in 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.019 particular, 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.240 what they 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:17.680 teach about 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.639 the Lord 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.079 Jesus. 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.099 You see, 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:21.719 at the heart 00:14:21.719 --> 00:14:22.139 of this 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:22.719 distorted 00:14:22.719 --> 00:14:23.359 teaching 00:14:23.359 --> 00:14:24.639 is this 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.120 denial. 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.639 We read 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:25.959 it there 00:14:25.959 --> 00:14:26.299 in verse 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:26.899 22. 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.659 They deny 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:30.159 that Jesus 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.879 is the 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.379 Christ. 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:33.959 Oh, 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.519 they'll claim 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:35.120 all kinds 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.500 of things. 00:14:35.599 --> 00:14:35.959 They'll say, 00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:37.159 Jesus was a 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:37.819 good teacher. 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:39.659 And maybe 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.099 you've met 00:14:40.099 --> 00:14:40.719 people like 00:14:40.719 --> 00:14:40.979 that. 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:41.679 They're quite 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:42.219 happy to 00:14:42.219 --> 00:14:42.779 accept that 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.519 Jesus is a 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.559 kind person. 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.259 He's a 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.799 compassionate 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.319 person. 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:46.799 Sure, 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.199 didn't he 00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:48.019 help people 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.479 and make 00:14:48.479 --> 00:14:49.199 people better 00:14:49.199 --> 00:14:50.279 and feed 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:50.799 people? 00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:52.899 And they 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.359 will admit 00:14:53.359 --> 00:14:53.740 that he 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.079 was a 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:54.639 historical 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.019 figure. 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.359 Yes, 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.000 Jesus 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.579 existed. 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.539 He walked 00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.079 on earth. 00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.959 But they 00:14:59.959 --> 00:15:01.679 deny that 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.740 Jesus is 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.439 the Christ. 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:04.159 In other 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.419 words, 00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:05.259 they deny 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.979 that Jesus 00:15:05.979 --> 00:15:06.919 is both 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.839 God 00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:09.019 and 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:10.019 man. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.079 man. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:13.480 Now, 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:14.000 that is 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.779 a false 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.939 or a 00:15:15.939 --> 00:15:16.539 distorted 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.279 doctrine. 00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:20.059 And it's 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.799 very damaging. 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:23.199 Let's for a 00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:23.480 minute 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.480 assume, 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.159 okay, 00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:25.960 I want us 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.379 to follow 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.919 this line 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.439 of thinking. 00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:28.159 Let's 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.939 assume 00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:30.059 that Jesus 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:31.199 is not 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:32.659 God 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.600 and man. 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.019 What 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.600 difference 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:35.960 would it 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.299 make? 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.620 Does it 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.099 really 00:15:38.099 --> 00:15:38.679 matter 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.279 who 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.719 Jesus 00:15:39.719 --> 00:15:40.079 is 00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:40.279 or 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:40.699 what 00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:40.879 we 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.240 think 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.419 of 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.759 Jesus? 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:43.879 Well, 00:15:43.959 --> 00:15:44.339 first, 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.779 if Jesus 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.559 is not 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.039 fully 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.599 man, 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.459 then that 00:15:49.459 --> 00:15:49.779 means 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.219 Jesus 00:15:50.219 --> 00:15:51.000 could never 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.079 be our 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.819 substitute 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.699 on the 00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:54.159 cross. 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:55.679 Think 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.319 about it. 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.479 Jesus 00:15:57.479 --> 00:15:58.099 came as 00:15:58.099 --> 00:15:58.539 a man, 00:15:58.599 --> 00:15:58.859 as a 00:15:58.859 --> 00:15:59.199 human 00:15:59.199 --> 00:15:59.620 being, 00:15:59.979 --> 00:16:00.319 somebody 00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:01.059 just like 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.779 you and 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.159 me. 00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:02.979 And he 00:16:02.979 --> 00:16:03.779 came as 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.500 a person 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:06.019 to take 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.899 the place 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.539 of people, 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.039 to suffer 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.699 the punishment 00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:11.419 that you 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.980 and I 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.460 deserve. 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.419 He had 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.879 to be 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:15.100 human so 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.500 that he 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.299 could serve 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:16.819 as a 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.319 substitute 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.559 for human 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.079 beings. 00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.399 That's 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:20.899 why he 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.460 came as 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:21.879 a man 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.480 and walked 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.019 this earth. 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:23.779 He ate 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.379 and drank 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.059 just like 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.539 one of 00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:25.960 us. 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.759 He came 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.240 to take 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.139 my place 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.840 and your 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.279 place. 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.120 He stood 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.799 in as our 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.819 representative 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.399 to take 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.279 our sin 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.159 on himself 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.559 as a 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.319 man to 00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.959 die the 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:38.379 punishment 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.139 that we 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.759 deserve. 00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.399 He had 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.720 to be 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.079 man. 00:16:44.199 --> 00:16:45.039 But secondly, 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.699 let's think 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.620 about what 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.079 would it be 00:16:47.079 --> 00:16:47.579 if Jesus 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:48.100 was not 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.980 fully God. 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.740 Well, 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.259 if Jesus 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.839 was not 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.819 fully God, 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.399 then there 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.740 would be 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.879 no salvation 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.579 for people 00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:57.399 like us. 00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.579 Because as 00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:00.539 Jesus came 00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.559 as God, 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.620 he came 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.220 to pay 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.839 for not 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.019 just my 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.859 sin and 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.700 your sin, 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.299 but he 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.720 came to 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.220 pay for 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:11.160 all the 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.700 sins of 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.059 the whole 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.579 world. 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.019 Now, 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.400 who could 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:14.980 do that? 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.920 I can't 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.519 stand in 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.880 and pay 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.240 for the 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.559 sin of 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.079 everybody. 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.579 I can't 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.019 even pay 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.359 for the 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:20.660 sin of 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.200 myself. 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.920 Jesus 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.819 had to 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.559 be God 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.500 so that 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:25.819 he could 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.559 perfectly 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.779 represent 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:29.680 all people. 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.440 No 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.359 human being 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.859 could do 00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.319 that. 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.019 So, 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.359 you see, 00:17:35.459 --> 00:17:35.899 if Jesus 00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:36.439 is not 00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:37.119 the Christ, 00:17:37.699 --> 00:17:38.319 if Jesus 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.839 is not 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.039 both God 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.419 and man, 00:17:42.479 --> 00:17:42.759 then 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.639 everything 00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.699 falls apart. 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.199 That means 00:17:46.199 --> 00:17:46.539 we have 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.279 no forgiveness, 00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.500 we have 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.500 no acceptance, 00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.519 we have 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.219 no welcome 00:17:51.219 --> 00:17:52.079 before God, 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.279 that means 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:54.019 we have 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.659 no way 00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:55.740 of enjoying 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.539 fellowship 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.379 with God. 00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.519 Look at 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.379 verse 23. 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:02.080 No one 00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:03.460 who denies 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.160 the Son 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.440 has the 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:05.840 Father. 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.040 So, 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:07.660 if we cannot 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.360 accept the 00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:09.240 true identity 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.000 of Jesus, 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:10.940 then we 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:11.900 can't enjoy 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.420 fellowship 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.140 with God. 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.360 But, 00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:15.820 whoever 00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:17.100 acknowledges 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:17.840 the Son 00:18:17.840 --> 00:18:19.440 has the 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.900 Father 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.800 also. 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.600 They are 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.460 invited and 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.080 they share 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:23.460 in this 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.220 deep fellowship 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.980 with God. 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:26.960 You see, 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.779 what we 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.400 believe 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.599 really 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.240 matters. 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.380 And 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.039 distorted 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.700 doctrine 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.380 or wrong 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.980 belief 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.860 will lead 00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.720 us astray 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.740 from God. 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.599 It robs us 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:39.960 of that 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.400 deep, 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.140 intimate, 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.860 relational 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:43.000 joy that 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.579 we have 00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.960 with the 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.299 Father 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.120 and with 00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.599 the Son. 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.079 So, 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.299 it's 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.000 important 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.420 to pay 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.980 attention 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.019 to what 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.779 we believe. 00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.680 Now, 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.180 some of you 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.500 will be 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.920 thinking, 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:57.039 aren't you 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.579 taking this 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.039 a little bit 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.860 too serious? 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.940 Surely, 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.660 it really 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.559 doesn't matter 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.180 what you 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.779 believe. 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.299 You're into 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.079 your doctrine, 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.160 that's good 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.700 for you. 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.819 What counts 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.579 is not what 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.440 you believe, 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.079 but how 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.019 you behave. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.120 That's really 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.819 what matters. 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.400 You believe 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.059 that Jesus 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.819 is the God 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.160 man, 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:19.620 well, 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:20.099 that's a good 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.720 enough belief 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.180 for you. 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.660 But, 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.299 you know what, 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.039 the way I 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.559 think of it 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:23.759 is, 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.539 I'm just 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.960 here to 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.680 help people 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.200 and love 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.639 people. 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.839 It doesn't 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.659 really matter 00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:29.139 what you 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.599 believe. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.539 Maybe people 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.940 have said 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.480 that to you 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.899 before. 00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.720 Well, 00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.220 as much 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.579 as we 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.440 might try, 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.599 we can't 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.259 separate 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.980 belief 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.799 and 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.579 behaviour. 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.899 In fact, 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:46.000 wrong belief 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:47.440 will always 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.059 lead to 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.839 wrong 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.720 behaviour. 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.039 wrong 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.559 behaviour. 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.079 Wrong 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.339 will always 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.940 lead to 00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.180 wrong 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.759 behaviour. 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.180 Again, 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:55.839 follow with 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.240 me this 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.799 line of 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.200 thinking. 00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.600 If you 00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.140 don't 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.980 believe that 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.440 Jesus 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.039 is God 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.079 and man, 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.420 then what 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.700 would it 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.000 lead to? 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.279 If you 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.860 don't believe 00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.220 in that, 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.600 what would 00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:07.960 it lead 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.220 to? 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.360 Well, 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:09.759 first, 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.779 it means 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.180 we will 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.700 never, 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.579 ever take 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.019 sin 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.920 seriously. 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.319 It means 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.720 we will 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.400 live as 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.980 we want 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.860 and do 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.460 as we 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.059 please. 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.940 What does 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.500 it matter 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.680 if I 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.279 cheat on 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.940 my wife? 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.579 What does 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.160 it matter 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.680 if I 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.400 steal from 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.400 my employer? 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.960 If sin's 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.319 not an 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.660 issue, 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.559 well, 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.019 I can do 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.339 what I 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.720 like. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.039 It doesn't 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.620 matter if I 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.279 tell lies 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.819 to people. 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.519 It doesn't 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.099 matter if I 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.779 gossip about 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.440 my friend. 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.279 So, 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.599 you see, 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.240 rather than 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.240 love others 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.680 and put 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.539 others first, 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.740 it actually 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.519 causes us 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.059 to love 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.500 self more 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.500 than everybody 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.039 else. 00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.440 If I 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.059 don't believe 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.660 that Jesus 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.139 is the 00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.740 God-man, 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.759 then I'll 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.519 live however 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.059 I want 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.559 to live, 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.819 and I'll 00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.139 be the 00:20:58.139 --> 00:20:58.879 most important 00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.539 person on 00:20:59.539 --> 00:20:59.980 the planet. 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.039 So, 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.539 belief 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.379 affects how 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.240 we behave. 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.359 But it 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.139 also follows 00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.680 this way 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.079 as well, 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.599 that if I 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.200 don't believe 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.879 Jesus is 00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.379 God and 00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.779 man, 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.240 that means 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.720 I will 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.819 never know 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.639 true joy. 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.259 Instead, 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.859 it means 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.559 my life 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.900 will be 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.639 shaped by 00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.500 guilt and 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.000 fear, 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.519 because we'll 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.279 carry with 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.359 us all the 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.000 pains and 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.480 the hurts 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.839 of the 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.379 past. 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.639 We will 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.400 live looking 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.900 backwards, 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.579 thinking of 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.119 all the 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.720 things I've 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.000 done, 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:31.900 living in 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.379 regret, 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.359 living in 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.019 shame because 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.619 of past 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.039 action, 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.720 and there's 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.440 never any 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.000 way of 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.879 undoing it, 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.539 and we 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.160 will never 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.599 know true 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.900 joy because 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.400 we can 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.460 never escape 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.559 our guilt. 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.819 You see, 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.299 what we 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:51.079 believe has 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.960 a direct 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.519 effect on 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.980 how we 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.620 behave, 00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.059 and how 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.900 that forms 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.840 my relationship 00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.600 with God. 00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.920 So you 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.640 see, if we 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.140 get led 00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.880 astray on 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.819 who Jesus 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.620 is, 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.539 then we 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.940 will get 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.740 led astray 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.160 in our 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.900 fellowship with 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.319 God. 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.100 We will 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.299 not enjoy 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.319 that relationship 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.879 with him 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.759 because we 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.139 are not 00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:15.119 living the 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.500 way that 00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:15.960 we should 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.259 do. 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.639 So never 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.439 discount 00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.200 doctrine, 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.539 never discount 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.039 what we 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.460 believe. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.480 It's vital 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.639 that we 00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.460 understand what 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.119 we believe. 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.379 So that's 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.759 the third 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.339 aspect. 00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.559 Know what 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.299 they teach, 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.039 and then 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.500 finally, 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.659 how we 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.319 protect. 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.659 Because we 00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.059 want to 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.879 protect ourselves 00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.539 from being 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.679 led astray. 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.000 we want 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.380 to make 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.880 sure that 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.299 we don't 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.000 get sucked 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.799 in and 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.500 get dragged 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.240 away like 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.140 those with 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.660 the Pied 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.140 Piper. 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.820 So two 00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.340 ways we 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.720 need to 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:50.960 keep 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.480 protected. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.160 Two 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.700 things we 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.299 desperately 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.420 need or 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.120 we'll lose 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.980 that joy 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.680 in our 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.060 fellowship 00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.779 with God. 00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.920 So here's 00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.259 the two 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.740 things that 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.279 we need 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.640 to apply 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.100 to our 00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.560 lives. 00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.400 The first 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.779 thing we 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.120 need to 00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.560 protect 00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:05.100 ourselves 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.519 is the 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.060 scriptures. 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.519 Look at 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.440 verse 24. 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.779 He says, 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.480 see that 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.000 what you 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.580 have heard 00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.019 from the 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.539 beginning 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.560 remains 00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:19.080 in you. 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.480 What you 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.180 heard from 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.840 the beginning 00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:22.900 remains 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.900 in you. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.140 Well, 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.660 what was 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:24.799 it? 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.259 What did 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.759 they hear 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.039 in the 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.340 beginning? 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.640 Well, 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.100 have a look 00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.519 back at 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.160 chapter 1 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.820 verse 1. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.240 This is 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.380 how the 00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.720 letter 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.960 first starts. 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:38.240 So here's 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.120 John writing 00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.880 and he's 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.400 writing on 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.019 behalf of 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.559 the other 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:44.039 apostles and 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.539 this is what 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.120 he says. 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.920 Verse 1, 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.319 that which 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.960 was from 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.500 the beginning, 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.019 so he's 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.660 talking about 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.100 Jesus, 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.019 that which 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.460 was from 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.960 the beginning, 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.440 which we 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.420 have heard, 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.220 so we 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.059 heard Jesus, 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.180 which we 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.860 have seen 00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.299 with our 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.720 eyes, 00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.380 they're saying 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.200 we saw 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.759 Jesus 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.360 ourselves, 00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.539 which we 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.259 have looked 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.659 at, 00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.619 we saw 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.220 him doing 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.740 all those 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.579 miracles and 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.940 all those 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.359 wonderful 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.859 things, 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.539 and our 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.319 hands have 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.079 touched. 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.339 This we 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.659 proclaim concerning 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.379 the word of 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.700 life, 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.559 the life 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.079 appeared, 00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.899 we have 00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.619 seen it 00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.519 and testified 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.139 to it, 00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.799 and we 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.639 proclaim to 00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.299 you the 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.460 eternal life 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.139 which was 00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.619 with the 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.859 Father and 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.879 has appeared 00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:28.319 to us. 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.480 So John 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.099 and his 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.940 fellow apostles, 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.880 he's saying 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.559 we were the 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:35.220 first eyewitnesses 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.180 of the 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.380 person of 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.920 Jesus. 00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.500 We saw 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.880 him. 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.259 So Jesus 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.860 is not 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.539 made up. 00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.220 This is 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.160 all true. 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.000 It's not 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.920 legend or 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.600 lies. 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.700 We heard 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.980 him, 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.840 we saw 00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.160 him, 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.200 we touched 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.500 him, 00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.420 we looked 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.900 at him, 00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.299 and all 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.660 of those 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.200 things we 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.039 saw and 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.700 we heard, 00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.400 we have 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.460 written down 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.680 so that you 00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.580 can read 00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.580 the testimony 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.919 for yourself. 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.859 And that 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:05.079 testimony that 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.519 they have 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.220 written down 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.240 is recorded 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.059 for us in 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.500 scripture, 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.099 the Bible. 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.819 That's what 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.480 the gospels 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.699 are, 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.099 Matthew, 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.539 Mark, 00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.000 Luke and 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.279 John, 00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:12.960 they're 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.960 testimonies, 00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.240 they're 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.079 accounts about 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.659 the person 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.220 of Jesus. 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.220 So go 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.659 back to 00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.240 chapter 2 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.059 verse 24. 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.339 He says, 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.399 see what 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.819 you have 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.480 heard from 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.179 the beginning 00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:26.579 remains in 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.019 you. 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.259 Keep 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.179 reading, 00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:30.939 keep 00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.879 learning the 00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.699 truth about 00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.939 Jesus that 00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.579 we have 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.379 passed on 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.819 to you and 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.220 that we 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.919 have told 00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:38.059 about you. 00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.159 And look 00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.960 what happens 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.919 if we keep 00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.299 to the 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.699 truth, 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.279 if we keep 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.619 to what 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.159 we've heard 00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.539 from the 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.879 beginning. 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.559 Look at 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.220 verse 24 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.599 again. 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.039 See what 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.460 you have 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.039 heard from 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.539 the beginning 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.339 remains in 00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.579 you. 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.379 If it 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.960 does, 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.839 you also 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.919 will remain 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.680 in the 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.740 Son and 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.759 in the 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.180 Father. 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.200 And this 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.519 is what 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.039 he promised 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.340 us, 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.840 even 00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.680 eternal 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.200 life. 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.840 You see 00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.279 this is 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.900 God's 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.920 means of 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.560 keeping us 00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.140 in fellowship 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.640 with the 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.700 Father and 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.360 with his 00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.779 Son. 00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.640 As we 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.300 read the 00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.640 Bible, 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.300 as we 00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:11.840 go back 00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.200 to the 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.539 truth, 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.880 as we 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.300 go back 00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:13.600 to the 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:13.800 very 00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.500 foundation 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.960 of what 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.160 we 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.600 believe, 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.400 it is 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.960 there 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.600 that we 00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.940 meet 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.320 God, 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.720 that we 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.100 know 00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.220 him and 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.940 enjoy 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.320 him. 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.240 It's 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.759 in the 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.180 word, 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.720 it's in 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:23.960 the 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.460 scriptures, 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.360 that we 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.060 encounter 00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:27.340 and experience 00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.259 the true 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.820 and living 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.220 God. 00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.759 If you 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.180 want to 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.940 know more 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.259 about 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.700 Jesus, 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.600 then we 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.180 go back 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.539 to the 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.940 beginning, 00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.880 we read 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.539 what we 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.019 know is 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.480 true. 00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:39.400 And if 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.080 we immerse 00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.680 ourselves 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.420 in 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.940 scripture, 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.440 we protect 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.180 ourselves 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.320 from being 00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.820 led 00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.840 astray. 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.440 So that's 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.840 the first 00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.259 thing we 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.620 need to 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.160 be people 00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.460 of. 00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.220 We need 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.500 to be 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.080 people who 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.759 are reading 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.820 the Bible 00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.179 on our 00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.720 own, 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.519 together 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.139 with 00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.700 others. 00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.139 And that 00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.599 will make 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.159 sure we 00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.539 protect our 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.960 fellowship 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.720 with God. 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.159 The second 00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.859 thing that's 00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.259 going to 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.119 protect us 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.159 is the 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.980 Holy Spirit. 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.779 Look at 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.700 verse 27. 00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.179 He says, 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.939 as for you, 00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:18.099 the anointing 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.460 you received. 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.960 Now the 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.559 anointing, 00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.099 whenever we 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.839 read of that 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.439 word through 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.820 the New 00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.320 Testament, 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.340 it refers 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.799 to the 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.680 pouring out 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.580 or the 00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.519 giving of 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.039 the Holy 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.960 Spirit upon 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.500 God's 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.940 people. 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.340 So he 00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.580 says, 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.299 as for you, 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.220 the anointing 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.039 or the 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.000 Holy Spirit 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.620 that you 00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.700 received from 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.059 him remains 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.460 in you and 00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.340 you do not 00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.500 need anyone 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.259 to teach 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.559 you. 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.200 So he's 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.660 saying you 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.080 have the 00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.740 Holy Spirit 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.220 in your 00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.680 life, 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.200 so you do 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.680 not need 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.259 anyone to 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.880 teach you. 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.220 Now that's 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.840 caused a lot 00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.539 of confusion 00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.160 for a lot 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.660 of people. 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.160 I remember 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.420 telling another 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:02.940 Christian that 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.519 I was going 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.059 to Bible 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.680 college to 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.440 help me to 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.180 be a better 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.120 teacher of 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.539 the Bible. 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.200 I wanted to 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.700 learn more 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.160 about the 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.180 Bible so 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.720 that I could 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.640 help other 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.580 people understand 00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.080 the Bible. 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.480 And this was 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.200 his response 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.960 and I remember 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.740 it so clearly 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.559 and he quoted 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.600 1 John chapter 00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.840 2 verse 27. 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.480 He says, 00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.059 what do you 00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.439 want to go 00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:22.980 to college 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.339 for? 00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:24.639 You don't 00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.339 need anybody 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.959 to teach 00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.759 you because 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.379 we have 00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.839 the Holy 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.259 Spirit. 00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:31.740 So does 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.199 that mean 00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.859 we just do 00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.299 away with 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.759 the Bible? 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.899 We don't 00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.419 need anybody 00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.019 to teach 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.279 us? 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.480 I mean, 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.059 what are we 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.500 all doing 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.379 here this 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.759 morning? 00:28:39.959 --> 00:28:40.480 Are we all 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.139 wasting our 00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.419 time? 00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:41.980 We don't 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.439 need any 00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:42.859 teachers. 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.279 We've got 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.619 the Holy 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:43.980 Spirit. 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.659 I might as 00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.000 well stay 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.559 at home and 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.279 let him teach 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.519 me. 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.440 What do 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.859 you think? 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.859 Well, 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.579 John has 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.980 written a 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.240 letter, 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.779 hasn't he? 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.319 And he 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.039 obviously thinks 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.579 that teaching 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.279 is important 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.000 otherwise he 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.519 wouldn't have 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.899 written a 00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.139 letter. 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.240 So John is 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.240 teaching them 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.000 as he 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.420 writes. 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.359 So he 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.240 can't mean 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.420 you don't 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.879 need any 00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.599 more teachers. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.740 So what 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.079 does he 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.319 mean? 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.839 Well he 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.259 means we 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.859 don't need 00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.179 to be 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.639 taught 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.419 anything 00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.659 new 00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.839 about 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.299 Jesus. 00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.519 We don't 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.819 need to 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.319 be taught 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.779 anything 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.500 new 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.240 that's 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.059 outside 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.500 of God's 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.859 word. 00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.579 There's 00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.419 no new 00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.240 revelation 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.639 about Jesus 00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.159 to be 00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:30.619 found. 00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:32.019 Everything 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.479 that we 00:29:32.479 --> 00:29:32.839 need to 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.299 know about 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.719 Jesus 00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.459 and God 00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:35.519 is contained 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.419 in 00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.359 scripture. 00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.519 You see 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.939 I get 00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.399 very, 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.139 very worried 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.979 when people 00:29:41.979 --> 00:29:42.659 talk to me 00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.059 or tell 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.559 me or they 00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.980 go on 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.419 television 00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.919 and listen 00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.319 to certain 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.679 things and 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:45.960 they say 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.659 I heard 00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.139 this person 00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.019 speaking and 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.359 they said 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.399 they got a 00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.960 message from 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.519 God or they 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.279 heard something 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.899 from God 00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.859 to tell them 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.799 something and 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.759 I just get 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.379 very worried 00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.179 about that. 00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.859 Why? 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.139 Because 00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.139 everything that 00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:02.659 we have is 00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.679 in scripture. 00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.139 If somebody 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.639 says I'm 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:05.980 going to tell 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.359 you something 00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.079 new about 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.099 God, I 00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.899 get concerned. 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.759 You see 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.259 the Holy 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.119 Spirit, let's 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.559 read verse 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.439 27 again. 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.419 As for you 00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:15.939 the Holy 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.559 Spirit you 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.359 received from 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.419 him remains 00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.399 in you and 00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.959 you do not 00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.559 need anyone 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.179 to teach 00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.479 you. 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.339 That's teach 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.759 you anything 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.319 new. 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.739 But as his 00:30:24.739 --> 00:30:25.799 anointing teaches 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.879 you about all 00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:28.659 things and as 00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.639 that anointing is 00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.419 real, not 00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.919 counterfeit, just 00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.879 as it is taught 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:34.039 you, remain 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.099 in him. 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.039 You see the 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.679 work of the 00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.679 Holy Spirit is 00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.779 to remind us 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.939 and to confirm 00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:41.319 in us what we 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.179 have already been 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.860 taught about 00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.299 Jesus. 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.120 Go back to 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.940 verse 21. 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.960 He says I do 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.759 not write to you 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.440 because you do 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.240 not know the 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.519 truth but because 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.620 you do know 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:52.980 it. 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.220 You've already 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.240 received it, you 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.940 know what the 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.680 truth is. 00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.960 And so the 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.820 Holy Spirit is 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.700 there to remind 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.240 you of the 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.680 truth you 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.519 already know. 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.640 And let's be 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.480 clear about this, 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.340 it isn't a case 00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.860 of well you've 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.420 got to choose 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.960 between the 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.680 Bible and 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.180 the Spirit. 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.720 You choose 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.500 this church is 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.960 into the 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.980 Scriptures but 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.840 this church over 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.500 here is into 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.700 the Spirit and 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.160 you've got to 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.680 choose which 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.460 one you like. 00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.759 No, we 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.779 desperately need 00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.660 more of both. 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.860 We need to 00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.799 pray for more 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.600 of God's Holy 00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:26.400 Spirit so that 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.259 we can understand 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.400 more of God's 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.180 Holy Scripture. 00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.059 So the Spirit 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.420 is God's gift 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.440 to us to 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.539 protect us from 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.100 being led 00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.579 astray. 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.720 He reminds 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.279 us of the 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.960 truth about 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.099 Jesus so that 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.899 we can quickly 00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.819 turn back to 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.599 what is right 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.699 and good. 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.519 So God has 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.339 given to us 00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.980 the gift of 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.559 the Scriptures 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.919 and the gift 00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.759 of his Spirit. 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.639 Why? 00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.379 Because we've 00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.460 got antichrists, 00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.439 false teachers 00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:59.559 who are out to 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.419 lead us astray 00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.220 and if we 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.059 listen to them 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:04.759 they will ruin 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.460 our fellowship 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.179 with God. 00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.639 and they 00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.500 will rob you 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.599 of your joy. 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.879 One commentator 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.339 and I'm going 00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.799 to finish 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.519 with this. 00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.519 As he was 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.379 commenting about 00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.059 these false 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.839 teachers he 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.240 said, 00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.759 they can 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.439 knock you 00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:21.960 or sorry 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.839 they can't 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.539 knock you 00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.059 off the 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.439 ship 00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:26.059 if God 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.500 has truly 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.079 put you 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.679 on it. 00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.199 In other 00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.460 words, 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.500 don't be 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.199 worried about 00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.960 losing your 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.779 salvation or 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.399 being led 00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.500 away from 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.960 God. 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.720 but these 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.240 teachers, 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.440 they can 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.960 break your 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.640 arms and 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.500 legs and 00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.980 leave you 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.319 in the 00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.240 infirmary the 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.980 whole time 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.140 so that you 00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.980 don't enjoy 00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.840 the cruise 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.980 as it was 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.819 meant to be 00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.720 enjoyed. 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:49.940 we've been 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.920 invited into 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.400 fellowship 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:53.319 and to 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.900 know and 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.700 enjoy that 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.180 fellowship 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.440 keep 00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.660 with 00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.759 the truth. 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.140 Immerse 00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.700 yourself 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.940 in scripture. 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.220 Saturate 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.299 yourself by 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.100 praying for 00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.740 more of the 00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.440 Holy Spirit 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.259 and if 00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.740 we do 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.240 that, 00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.600 we will 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.200 not go 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.759 astray. 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.100 Instead, 00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.720 we will 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.080 enjoy a 00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.519 rich 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.340 fellowship 00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.279 with 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.680 God. 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.120 Let's 00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.400 pray 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.980 together. 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.080 Amen. 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.320 Our 00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:32.940 Father God, 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.759 it's our 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.320 desire 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:36.159 that we 00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.919 would know 00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:38.460 and 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.539 experience 00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:41.279 a rich 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.379 deep 00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.519 fellowship 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.259 with God. 00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.059 We long 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.579 to know 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.220 you more, 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.419 to know 00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:48.879 more of 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.439 the Father 00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:49.939 and more 00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.279 of the 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.559 Son. 00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.119 We long 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:53.139 to experience 00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:54.099 you in 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.759 our life. 00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.179 So please 00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.700 help us 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.019 that we 00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.720 may keep 00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.740 to the 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.179 truth, 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.879 to learn 00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.460 from your 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.539 word and 00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.960 may your 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.960 Holy Spirit 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.700 drive that 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.620 truth deep 00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.119 into our 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.659 lives, 00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.619 to change 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.019 us and 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.179 transform us 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.720 so that we 00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.380 know you 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.460 as we 00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.840 should. 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:18.119 Keep us 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.420 from going 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.019 astray. 00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.860 For those 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.240 that we 00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:23.340 know who 00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.760 have gone 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.280 astray, 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.820 we pray 00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.240 that you 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.760 would lead 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.360 them back, 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.840 that they 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.559 may walk 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.260 in your 00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.900 truth and 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.619 follow you. 00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.099 we pray 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.539 this in 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.859 Jesus' 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.319 name. 00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.480 Amen. 00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.619 We're going 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.119 to sing 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.539 together.