so if we've sinned Jesus is the full and perfect sacrifice for all of our sins
however many sins we've committed for the sins of the whole world and then
he's up there right now before the father as our advocate so he can forgive
our sins because of his sacrifice and it can apply his perfect life to us his
righteousness to us as our advocate in other words Jesus is all that we need
hallelujah he's everything that we need we don't need anybody else really as far
as as salvation goes other than the Lord Jesus Christ he's perfect he's
everything his death is sufficient for the whole world and that's that is the
truth of Jesus Christ that's the way John starts out this chapter now let's
go down to the 18th verse now that we know about Jesus Christ and there's of
course a whole lot more that could be said now we are prepared to talk about
Antichrist first John 2 verse 18 this is the first verse the first phrase where
that word is used the 18th verse John said little children it is the last hour
and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come then he said even now are
there and what's that next word there are many what many antichrists whereby
we know that it is the last hour and this is the first time the word
Antichrist is used and Paul or John uses it twice in this verse and he says
you've heard to the early church that Antichrist is coming and then he said
even now even now are there many antichrists when most people think of
that word Antichrist they only think of one but John said there's many when most
people think of Antichrist they think of one coming in the future at the end but
John said even now are there many antichrists and this is how we know
we're in the last time and John wrote this 2,000 years ago so so far based
upon our our Bibles we know there's not just one there are
many and they are here now right that's what our Bible says let's separate the
facts from the fiction and look at the scripture now go down to verse 19 verse
19 is shocking look at it carefully verse 19 John said they they now when he
said they who's he talking about who is the day they write reply applies to
these Manny Antichrist he said they went out from and what's that next word they
went out from us right they went out from us and who is the US who does us
apply to it applies to Christians right it applies to John is talking about
himself and the leadership in the early Christian church and so when John wrote
here that these many antichrists they went out from us he's revealing a
principle here that these many antichrists come out from within the
Christian Church if you were the devil or if you wanted to be Antichrist that
where would be the most deceptive place for you to go would you hang out in a
bar or would you try to get into the church you try to get into the church
and this verse here's the this is the second verse or the first verse right
above it second time the word Antichrist is used John is laying a foundation and
he says that they come out from within Christianity they look like Christians
but they're not there they're actually deceivers they put on a Christian face
but they are led by by the devil by Satan himself by the enemy now let's
keep going go down to verse 22 first John to 22 John continued who is a liar
but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ he is Antichrist who denies the
father and the son so here's something else about Antichrist whoever denies the
father and who's the father who's he talking about he's talking about God God
our Father and then he who denies the son
and Jesus is the only way to the Father he said I'm the way the truth and the
life no one comes to the Father but by me and John says that Antichrist is
going to deny the father and the son now he doesn't do it openly and obviously he
does it in a subtle way in fact if you go down to verse 26 John continued and
said these things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you
or seduce you some Bible say and this is talking about these many Antichrist that
they're they're subtle they're deceptive they're tricky they come from the inside
and they subtly try to lead people away from the Father and from the Sun who's
the only advocate and are an hour full sacrifice that's what John is saying
that's that's the context here now if you go to chapter 4 verse 3 here we have
the fourth reference to the word Antichrist first John 4 verse 3 John
said every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is not of God but this is that spirit of what this is that spirit of Antichrist
so Antichrist is not just applied to different people but this verse says
there is there's even a spirit of Antichrist Antichrist is big it's a big
subject and there's a spirit of Antichrist and when does the spirit come
if you look at the rest of the verse John said which you have heard was
coming just like he already said in the previous verse you've heard Antichrist
is coming and then he said and even now already is it in the world so according
to John Antichrist many Antichrist and the spirit of Antichrist it's here now
it's already in the world according to this verse now go down to verse 4 1st
John 44 who is supposed to deal with Antichrist who is supposed to overcome
Antichrist verse for John said to the church and to Christians he said you are
of God little children and you have overcome them and who is the van the
them is these these many antichrists you have overcome them because grey
is he that is in you than he that is in the world greater is he who is in you
than he that's in the world praise the Lord this verse is saying that no matter
how powerful or how subtle Antichrist and the spirit of Antichrist is God's
power is greater and if God's power is in us greater is the one who is in us
then he who's in the world and so based upon this verse who is it that's
supposed to to discern and do battle with and overcome many Antichrist and
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it's Christians it's you it's me now some people their theology today tells
tells them that Christians have nothing to do with Antichrist they say that it's
only after we're gone that Antichrist shows up because Antichrist can't show
up while the church is in the world that's what people say that's what some
people teach but this verse is telling us know this verse is telling us that
it's Christians here now we're the ones that have to deal with and we're the
ones by the grace of God and through the power of God that must overcome
Antichrist and who else could do it I mean who else can overcome Antichrist
but spirit failed Christians who have the power of Jesus Christ in their lives
nobody else except for true believers now let's look at one more verson in
John let's go to second Sean the little book of second John just turn the page
couple pages second Sean here's the fifth reference to the word Antichrist
it's in verse 7 second John 7 John wrote for Manny and what's that next word
deceivers many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh this is a deceiver and an anti-christ so
based upon this verse again is there only one antichrist is there only one
based upon this verse no there he says there's many that have gone out into the
world and what does he call them he calls them deceivers and that