Well it’s the final countdown of our 21 days of fasting and prayer, but we are only on the ninth meditation of the fast. We are going to continue catching up throughout this final week of fasting. Please Join us in the meditations.
1 John 2:18-25
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.[e] 21 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. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.
| 1 John 2:18-25 (Source: Equip the Called) | Theme: Warning Against False Teachers |
| 1. The presence of antichrists is a sign of the last hour; stay alert and grounded in truth. | |
| 2. Remaining in the teaching you heard from the beginning ensures you remain in the Son and the Father. | |
| 3. Denial of Jesus as the Christ is a denial of God the Father; confess the Son always |
THINKING TIME:
- HOW DOES SOMEONE DENY THAT JESUS IS THE SAVIOR (THE CHRIST)?
- HOW CAN YOU REMAIN IN THE TEACHING THAT BROUGHT YOU TO CHRIST?
- WHAT ARE WAYS WE DENY CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER?
Notes From the Vicarage 