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Explore insights on recognizing Jesus as our Advocate, propitiator of sins, and guide for keeping faith through love and obedience. Discover how to combat false teachings and find confidence in abiding in Him.
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BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM 2:1-2: JESUS IS OUR ADVOCATE The Propitiation For the Whole World 2:3-6: WE “KNOW” … IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS 1 Jn.5:3; John 14:15; 15:14 2:7-11: BUT IF ONE HATES HIS BROTHER …IS IN DARKNESS He who loves his brother abides in the light 1 Jn. 3:11-18; 4:11, 20-21; 5:1-2 2:12-14: BE ASSURED YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE EVIL ONE “Little Children, Fathers, Young Men” 2:15-17: LOVE NOT THE WORLD Because of what the world is, Jn. 12:31 Because of what the world does to us, Gal.5:19-21 Because of where the world is going, 1 Jn. 2:17
HOW TO DEAL WITH FALSE TEACHING 1 John 2:18-29 v.18 – “IT IS THE LAST HOUR” This is different from “last days” Acts 2:17; Heb. 1:2 Different from “last day” John 6:39,40,44,54, 11:24; 12:48 Could he mean “the last hour” of unity and consistent fellowship as foretold in Acts 20:28-30; 1 Tim. 4:1? What caused this division? Antichrists 2 John7; 1 John 4:2-3; 1 Jn. 2:22-23 (John 5:23) v.19 –”THEY WENT OUT FROM US … WERE NOT OF US” “They went out” necessitates they had been part of us “They would have continued” infers they had begun Heb. 3:12-14; 4:1, 11; 2 Pet. 2:20-22
HOW TO DEAL WITH FALSE TEACHING 1 John 2:18-29 v.20 – “YOU HAVE AN ANOINTING … YOU KNOW ALL THINGS” v.21 – Not written because you don’t know, because you do know v.24 – Let that abide which you heard from the beginning v.27 – You do not need that anyone teach you (John 16:13) Eph. 3:3-5; 1 Cor. 2:10-13; 2 Tim.3:16-17; Jude 3 vv.28-29 – ABIDE IN HIM … HAVE CONFIDENCE Are Those who “Have an Anointing” the same as the “Spiritual” in 1 Cor. 2:14-16 ? Calvinism – “only the elect can really understand …” “Natural” man – “foolishness” 1 Cor. 1:18, 21 “Spiritual” – judges all things, 1 Cor. 2:6 Rom. 8:5-8