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actions but being born into a family once that's done, that's done you're changing that and you want to be a friend you want to be close to Jesus, then you better start doing what he commands to do let's go back to 1 John chapter 2 verse number 7, the Bible reads brother and I write no new commandment unto you but an old commandment which you had from the beginning the old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning again, a new commandment I write unto you which thing is true in him and in you because the darkness is past and the true light now shineth and you know, he says it's not a new commandment there's a new commandment but then he explains why he says a new commandment because the light is shined in the darkness right, so there's a lot of Old Testament that you already had from the beginning but then in the New Testament there's light shined on that old commandment to bring a better and a deeper understanding in the New Testament and say oh wow, yeah, that makes perfect sense this really opens up my understanding so it's like a new commandment even though it's been there the whole time verse 9, he that sayeth he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now, so continuing to prove whether or not you think you're as good as you say you are right, you say oh I know God, oh I'm a friend of God all these things but he's just flat out saying if you don't keep the commandment, if you don't do this then that's not true, you're lying to yourself, you're deceiving yourself, if you think that you don't sin, you deceive yourself and if you think you're so godly and so holy and you're so right with God but you hate your brother the Bible says you're in darkness you're not in the light and let that sink in too if you think you have this great walk with God and I'm so holy and I'm so righteous and you hate your brother or sister in Christ man, you're in darkness you don't even know what it's all about hating on a brother or sister in Christ that is wicked and that's wrong and you know, you don't you clearly don't know you're not walking in the light that you think you're walking in show me the brother or sister in Christ that Jesus hated you're not going to find one and this is, you know, the Bible says that the whole law and the commandments are wrapped up basically in two things loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself all the law, all the commandments are wrapped up in those two very simple statements if you love God with all your heart you're not going to go after strange gods you're not going to commit sacrilege you're not going to do anything against God if you love God you're also going to be listening to him and obeying him and if you love your brother as yourself if you love your neighbor as yourself, if you love man then you're not going to be doing wrong by them either you're not going to be stealing, you're not going to be killing you're not going to be doing all the sins and infractions against mankind that encompasses the whole law so loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself that's all the law and the commandments all wrapped up pretty nicely into those two things so if you're hating your brother that's like one of the two things that you're in contradiction to now, we all have friction and drama and different things in life, but here's the thing you can be irritated, you can have some issues with people, but it better not be a hatred if someone's your brother or sister in Christ don't hate them and don't ever let that get to some hatred you don't have to be best friends with everybody but you better not be hating people in your heart because then you've got a serious problem if you do, because now you're in darkness he that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him verse 11, but he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth because the darkness hath blinded his eyes I mean, that's how bad it is if you have hatred in your heart for a brother and sister in Christ you're just completely in darkness you don't even know, you don't even know what's going on you're not seeing clearly at all I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake and now we're getting into the section where he writes unto the little children, he writes unto the fathers, and he writes unto the young men and he repeats this again, and he says here I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake I write unto you because you're saved little children, right? babes in Christ, little children I write unto you, because your sins are forgiven amen, that's great I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning and remember, we're just talking about knowing God so I believe he's talking about the fathers the more mature Christians, the more mature believers you've known him you're obeying his commandments you've known him and here, there's something for everybody he's writing to the little children, he's writing to the fathers, and he's writing to the young men there's kind of three different age groups from the little ones, to the young adults, kind of mature, and then to the mature, right? fathers, you've known him that's from the beginning I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one which is similar to being saved right? but I think there's more to it the way that it's worded, to overcome the wicked one because you're growing, you're doing good you're zealous, you know, you're getting these victories, right? they're an exciting phase of your life of a younger Christian, but a young man, you've overcome the wicked one I write unto you, little children, because you've known the father I've written unto you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning and that's literally the exact same phrase that he used previously like the exact same verse repeated there, to the fathers and I've written unto you, young men, because you are strong and the word of God abideth in you and you have overcome the wicked one so everyone ought to be paying attention, the little ones you're saved, the young men hey, you're zealous, you're on fire, you're overcoming the wicked one, and then the the fathers, hey, you've known him you've known him you've known him from the beginning, you know him and that's, we ought to progress and mature spiritually as well, and be able to hear from all of these epistles, all the word of God and take what we could learn from all of it, no matter what what spiritual growth stage you're in verse 15, love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him, another test, right? another test no, no, I love God I love God, man and I love God with all my heart I love God but do you love the world? what do you mean? what do you mean you love the world? verse 16 says for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the father, but is of the world now first of all before we even dig in any deep if you'd never heard Prejudice, if you didn't really know what I was talking about if you have things that are of God, and things that are of the world does it really sound that complicated? just in general, be like ok, there's stuff out there let's put it this way, if it's not of the father then what is it? it's going to be of the world right? and look, we live in the world we're not of the world we live in this world where we're supposed to love the father and not love the world you say, ok, well the things of the father are clearly taught in scripture the things of the father, he teaches, you know what? don't get wrapped up on the cares and the riches of this world that's going to choke you out and distract you from serving me but what is it to be Christ-like? what are the things of the father? well, what are the things that Christ was taught to do? he was a minister, he served, he preached the gospel he helped other people, he did good unto others this is the way that Christ was taught ok, well those would be things of the father things of the world everything the world puts out to distract you to entertain you to all the things if you just look at something and be like does this look like it's of the father? I mean, you put some media in front of your face whether it be online or on the television or whatever and you just look at this and be like does this look like something that the father put out? and there's your litmus test if it doesn't look like something that the father put out then it's of the world now then you have to ask yourself, do I love that? is that where my heart is? is that where my desire is? is that what I need to have? is that what's consuming all my time? the love of the father is not in you if you're loving the world and you're loving the things of the world and you're all wrapped up in all the events all the attractions, all the things that the world has to offer you and that's just what you love and that's what you live for the love of the father is not in you some hard truths in 1st John chapter 2 about the people who want to claim to be so spiritual claim to love God, I know him, I love him but do you? it sounds like the apostle John is like just laying into people who have this great spiritual talk and nothing to show for it and look, I don't want you sitting here today and just thinking about everybody else apply it to yourself you ask yourself if someone were to ask God about you God, how's your relationship with this person and that person's you what would God respond? how would he respond? how faithful are you? would he say, that's my friend he said that of Abraham you say, well God can never say that he talked to Moses face to face like a man does with his friend the bible says and look, we know that they weren't sinless so this isn't teaching that you have to be 100% perfect to have a good relationship with God because they were sinners too but you know what, they did have a good relationship they were close to God they did abide with God they were doing the works they were listening to him they did perfectly, yet they still were able to achieve that level of righteousness to be able to say, yeah, God's God's considering me to be a friend I know Abraham I know how he's going to raise his family I know how he's going to lead his household he had a good report and we're going through the bible memory in Hebrews chapter 11 there's a lot of people who had a good report with God and their stories are being told because they had that great faith would the same be said about you? and we've got some hard truths in here you need to analyze for yourself how much am I in the world? how much do I love the world? because if I'm just in the world and I'm loving the world you know what, the love of the Father is not in you so what's in the world? the lust of the flesh all the things that your body is drawing you to the lust of the eyes all the things you want to put in front of your eyes and that's not just, you know, sexual things those are things that could be anything that your eyes are just you really want to consume whatever with your eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world and there's an entire sermon packed into those verses that I'm not going to spend any more time on because I'm already running behind schedule let's keep going here through this passage verse number 17 and the world passeth away and the lust thereof look, that world, all that meaningless stuff that you can distract yourself with and not be in the love of God it's all going to go away anyways so it's just so stupid, it's so vain it's just going to be gone but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever and you serve God, you'll be rewarded eternally and you're doing things that matter and you're doing things that actually last verse 18 little children it is the last time and yet as you have heard that antichrist shall come and this is what I would say we know that there's an antichrist like the antichrist to come there's prophetical scripture that talks about the antichrist who's going to come and just be in a position of power to basically establish a one world government and all that, he mentions him here he says, look, you know that antichrist shall come he says, even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time and if there's many antichrists in John's day, you know what, there's still a lot of antichrists today but then he says this, because these antichrists they're not exactly the same as the antichrist but they're very similar they're similar in that they're antichrists they're opposite of Christ they're not but they're taking on a role similar to as if they are Christ or if they are good people if they're serving the Lord and they're not verse 19 says this, they went out from us but they were not of us so these are the people that creep in they want to get the name that they're, oh yeah, we're part of this movement we're part of your group, we're just like you but then they go out and show their true colors and their true beliefs and who they really are and be like, no, no, those are actually antichrists he says, they went out from us but they were not of us, for if they had been of us look at this, they would no doubt have continued with us no doubt when the people go out and be like, oh yeah, I was an impenetrable last of once and now I'm I went out and I'm praying the rosary and doing all this other stuff it's like, look, they went out from us but they were not of us that's something that's never going to happen because the Bible says they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us so the reason why they went out is just to make it known because it wasn't really true in their heart they weren't really saved, they weren't really brethren they went out that just exposes the fact that they were never one of us they were just pretending they were just wolves in sheep's clothing and look, the Bible gives a lot of warning about that and the world may mock and make fun of that oh, your conspiracy theories, look, it's truth and you need to be warned and understand that these people are out there and people will come in and they'll try to infiltrate and pretend to be like one of us and then they leave and it's like, wow they just go way off the deep end and it's like, yeah, they were never of us and they went out just to make it known make it manifest that they were not all of us verse 20 says, but ye have an unction from the holy one and ye know all things an unction is like, is an anointing okay, so we have we have this anointing from the holy one to help us and to guide us into all truth and wisdom so we can see these things and understand just as the apostle John is teaching here that, look, they went out from us but they're not all of us we have an unction from the holy one we're gonna, no doubt, continue and continuing with us it doesn't mean that people can't get out of church or else, oh, see look, they were false brethren because they got out of church that's not what this is teaching if someone backslides and gets out of church that doesn't just mean, see, they weren't ever saved from the beginning no, it's the false brethren, these are the people who go out that are anti-Christ because the anti-Christ stay religious the anti-Christ stay trying to persuade and proselytize and do things but they end up teaching the damnable the Pharisees and the wicked doctrines of devils that's what anti-Christ do this isn't talking about your average person in the pew that just backslides they get into sin, they get out of church because, you know what, those people they'll still have the same belief they've just got carried away with the cares of the world right? when I was completely backslidden and just totally out of church and just living for the world there's no way I would've ever told you anything different about being saved other than believe on the Lord Jesus Christ that was always the same you remain saved and yeah, there was a backslidden time but then it's like you get back in it I still would've been with the church or with the apostles with the true people of God and not just all of a sudden jumping ship and going over all these other anti-Christ religions verse number 21 I have not written unto you because you know not the truth but because you know it and that no lie is of the truth and look, that's important to understand too there's a lot of lies that people say they want to make lies seem true which is why when a truth is twisted it looks close to the truth no lie is of the truth the truth doesn't bring forth lies okay, bottom line the truth, Jesus never lied Jesus is the truth and no truth is of or no lie is of the truth right, it just can't happen but then he continues to say this verse 22 who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ he is anti-Christ that denieth the Father the Son and man, would to God that more of Christianity in general could read with understanding here because there is a love of a religion that denies Christ and exalts that religion and in some cases worships that religion or people of that religion by people who call themselves Christians a lot of you probably know what I'm talking about right now it's a type of people like one that lives not too far from me that has the American flag and then the Israeli flag flying up at their homes and I've never met those people but I can almost guarantee you they're not from Israel like physically they're this Christian that is exalting the nation of Israel and the Jews and when I'm talking about Jews I'm talking about religious Jews because that's what they are anyways I don't even think there is an ethnic Jew they've been so intermixed and spread abroad in general just throughout the history as a people that how could you even determine who is an ethnic Jew anyways and look God's not racist I'm not racist it doesn't matter to me who your ancestors were that means nothing but you know your religion matters a lot and the Bible says here who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ he is anti-Christ that denieth the Father and the Son now what's the religion that denies that Jesus is the Christ Judaism because they actually believe there is a Christ but it's not Jesus now there's other religions too that will deny that Jesus is the Christ and you know what they're anti-Christ too but as we keep reading you're going to see there's a high pressure and push on this wicked religion of Judaism that John is exposing and getting people to understand like look this is anti-Christ there have been many anti-Christ and look they were with us but they were not of us if they would have been with us they would have continued they're not of the Father and they're not of the truth verse 23 says whosoever denieth the Son the same hath not the Father because a lot of people will say in verse 22 he is anti-Christ that denieth the Father and the Son well they don't deny the Father they just deny the Son they'll claim to believe in the same God that we believe in the Lord Jehovah the God of the Bible but they don't they don't that's not the God they believe in it doesn't matter what they say just like a Jehovah's witness will tell you they believe in Jesus but they don't it's a different Jesus it's a Jesus that's not deity it's a Jesus that's really like Michael the Archangel okay it's not Jesus Christ so in similar fashion the Jews they don't worship the Father they don't worship Jehovah they have a different God that they've made up they have a whole different set of understanding about who God even is than what the Bible says they didn't believe him Jesus says Jesus even told them look you claim to believe Moses but he said they don't even believe Moses because if you'd believe his writings they'd also believe Jesus' words he says look Moses spake of me Moses wrote of me Moses prophesied of Jesus if you really believed Moses then you'd have to believe me you'd have to accept me because Moses spake of me he wrote of me it's that evident in verse 23 who's ever denied the son the same as not the father so you can't have the father without the son and as we continue on as we get into chapter 5 we'll see clearly the trinity being taught here the father the son the holy ghost these three are one you can't separate God out and separate well no I believe in this in the father but like the son he's not part of no you can't do that because God exists and you can't start cutting up God and taking out part of God and then be left with the same God you can't do that it says who's ever denied the son the same as not the father but he that acknowledged that the son had the father also you can't split up you've got the son you've got the father you deny the son you deny the father it's clear second John I looked at it real quick in the second epistle of John there's a few pages to the right verse number 7 Bible reads for many deceivers are entered into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a deceiver and an antichrist so again teaching the same thing now why would we have exaltation and love and support for people who are antichrist for anyone anyone that's gonna be antichrist why as a Christian are you gonna say I need to support an antichrist that doesn't make sense yeah it doesn't make sense and I don't know anyone who would say yeah I support an antichrist which is why you need to put the label appropriately and people need to get in the Bible and read the Bible and pastors need to be exposing this and be saying look the people that reject the son are antichrist they are antichrist so let's not support antichrists amen even in the book of Revelation they're referred to as the synagogue of Satan Revelation 2 9 says I know that works and tribulation and poverty but thou are rich and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews but are not but are the synagogue of Satan the Bible teaches that he's not a Jew which is one outwardly in the flesh but he's a Jew which is one inwardly and it's a circumcision is that of the heart and not of the flesh so that's what God sees and that's what matters to the Lord just like John the Baptist said think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father cause God is able of these stones to raise up seed unto Abraham it doesn't matter your physical doesn't matter the Bible says avoid genealogies the physical Jew means nothing to God but we still want them to get saved just like anyone of any other religion anyone else who doesn't have Christ we're gonna love them and teach and preach the gospel to them but you know what they're still the enemies of the cross as long as they subscribe to their antichrist religion but hey they're welcome to receive Christ and then they can be graphed back into that olive tree that they were broken out of John chapter 8 turn there real quick man this is going a little bit longer than I wanted it to but this is an important point and again this isn't the anti-Semitic Jew of the Apostle John right say well that's anti-Semitic the Apostle John was a Jew he wrote this I didn't write this he's the one that said to watch out for the antichrist he's the one that was a Jew but he understood the truth and how about just from the mouth of Jesus Christ himself was Jesus Christ anti-Semitic another physical Jew I mean is that even possible it's funny it just reminds me of like the world is so crazy these days I wish I could remember all the context I don't know I kind of saw it in passing it wasn't a big deal but I saw this video and they were saying that like there was there was a black gentleman that was I don't even remember what he was saying I don't know if he was like endorsing Trump or something like that and then people were saying that like people literally were saying that like he was like a white supremacist or something and I'm going like are we in the twilight zone like this is stupid the level of propaganda out there and how much people have lost their minds like are you really you're going to say that like you think you get away with saying stuff like that people are just going to eat that up and believe that and think that like I don't know it was it was bizarre it's totally bizarre but that would be the same thing like calling Jesus anti-Semitic he's not against the race of people or whatever right like it's that's not it the the people that descended from Shem which is what Semitic is John 8 41 the Bible reads you do the deeds of your father then said they to him we be not born of fornication we have one father even God and here in the context he's talking to Pharisees he's talking to these religious Jews that rejected Christ that rejected him and he's calling them out and he says you know what you do the deeds of your father Jesus said unto them verse 42 if God were your father you would love me for I proceeded forth and came from God neither came I of myself but he sent me why do you not understand my speech even because you cannot hear my word ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father you will do he was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it and what does the Bible say about who is a liar he that denied that Jesus is the Christ so when you have a whole religion of people that deny that Jesus is the Christ you know who that religion the father of that religion is Satan because he's the father of all lies it's a satanic religion Judaism is a satanic religion because they are not of the heavenly father they are of their father the devil just like Jesus Christ said you know modern day Judaism is the religion of the Pharisees it is the continuation of the pharisaical religion and that's pretty easy to see all the similarities anyways between what Jesus was teaching what we see in the Bible and what you still see today in that religion it's the group of people right within Judaism if you want to call it that you had those who were saved and those who were unsaved you had those that believed on the lord that believed Moses that believed the father and then there's those that didn't and they were mixing the lord and the right religion with other beliefs with other false doctrines just as we have today that are called Christians but they're not really following Christ entire denominations of people that are just completely screwed up and teaching false things and have made up false gods well the Pharisees were doing the same thing this whole group of people who were you know what we today might call Judaism right they're in that religion but it wasn't because the Judaism just continued the religion of the Pharisees the way that we know it today the religion of Judaism whereas believers who have existed before Christ and then existed after Christ now we know them as Christians but Jesus said hey you're of your father the devil he's a liar and the father of it and because I tell you the truth you believe me not which of you convinces me of sin and if I say the truth why do you not believe me he that is of God heareth God's words you therefore hear them not because you're not of God and that's another test of just being saved in general if you're of God you're going to hear God's words here meaning you're going to receive them and understand let's go back to first john chapter two we'll close out here verse number 24 let that therefore abide in you which you have heard from the beginning if that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye also shall continue in the son and in the father and this is the promise that he had promised us even eternal life and that and it boils down to just believing that believe that truth to be a child of God these things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you but the anointing which you have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you all of all things and his truth and his no lie and even as it hath taught you you shall abide in him now people will also like to to run away with this passage as well when it says the anointing which you have received of him abideth in you okay we've received an anointing we've received the indwelling of the holy ghost right that abides with us that will lead us and guide us into all truth and that absolutely is true and we don't need that any man teach you you know anything that is true should come from the scripture and the holy ghost can lead anyone into that truth but this doesn't mean that now well see since I don't need any man to teach me then I just don't have to go to church that's a logical fallacy a logical leap there that you take that goes too far because if that were the case then why did God give teachers and pastors like Ephesians chapter 4 says and why does Hebrews chapter 10 say that we're not like you know the manner of some is they forsake the assembling of of themselves together right that we shouldn't be forsaking the assembly and that we need to come to church so much the more you see the day approaching so no you don't need any man to teach you in the sense that the truth is the truth and the whole and God gave us the holy spirit to help guide us into all truth but it's still very beneficial to have someone to teach and to help you along the way and help you to grow through the truth of God's word but you don't have to what this is teaching you don't have to rely on like the Catholic church would do of saying well you just need to have this man or else you can't understand the truth that's not true that is not true you're not required to just have to have this man to tell you you don't have to have this God man here to tell you what you have to believe and what this really says cause you all would never be able to get it otherwise that is not true it's like you don't need to have a math teacher for you to ever understand that one plus one is two right that's a truth you can come up to that truth many ways but if you have a teacher they can help you get to that point faster right makes sense so you don't need to have that that's and that's what this is saying you don't need any man teach you but as the same anointing teaches you of all things and his truth and his no lie and even as it had taught you shall abide in him verse 28 now little children abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming we want to abide in him we want to have good fellowship with him we want to be close to him we want to know him all these things that have been taught and just like john chapter 15 was teaching about biding in him and bringing forth fruit we don't want to be ashamed we don't want to be these servants when he shows up and be like okay I'm here what have you been doing being like uh nothing I don't know but like when I go to my kids room I tell them okay kids clean your room and I go and do work and I'm busy for a few hours and then I come back and I'm like what have you been doing uh playing a video game like whatever come on we don't want to be ashamed like that when you know when Jesus Christ he's like I'm coming back so we don't want to be ashamed before him at his coming and it doesn't mean you're not saved it just means hey dude listen to him abide with him you know be close to him do what he has you do obey his commandments have a good fellowship be in good communion with the Lord that when he shall appear we have confidence and not be ashamed before man's coming if you know that he is righteous you know that everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him and we'll get more into that in chapter 3 because that ties perfectly into chapter 3 let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer dear heavenly father thank you so much for the great truths found here in this epistle from the apostle John I pray that you please help us to understand these truths and apply them in our own lives dear Lord I pray that you please help us to become better Christians and that you would teach us and guide us into all truth and understanding and that Lord that we would be mindful to serve you throughout the whole week throughout our life and that we wouldn't be ashamed at your coming but that we could really get to know you and be close to you and abide in you dear Lord we love you in Jesus name we pray amen alright we're going to sing one last song before we are dismissed brother Austin will you please lead us alright church you guys can grab your credentials and turn to song 4-11 again then to song 4-11 hold the port song 4-11 alright church let's sing with all our hearts oh my comrades see the signal waving in the sky reinforcements now appearing victory is nigh hold the port for I am coming Jesus signal still wave the answer back to heaven by thy grace we will see the mighty host advancing days in leading on mighty men around us calling her is almost gone hold the port for I am coming Jesus signal still wave the answer back to heaven by thy grace we will see the glorious bear waiting near the trumpet low hold the port for I am coming Jesus signal still wave the answer back to heaven by thy grace we will years and long the battle ranges but our help is near onward comes our faith remember cheer by congress cheer hold the port for I am coming Jesus signal still wave the answer back to heaven by thy grace we will see the glorious bear waiting for I am coming Jesus signal for I am coming Jesus signal still wave the answer thank you