1 John 2:18-27

ETERNAL LIFE

• 1 John 2:25 “And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.”
• What’s a stake in letting people believe whatever they want? Eternal life
• What is eternal life? ““And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3).
• (1 John 5:20) “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

LIARS & THEIR LIES

• Last Hour – in the redemptive story of God throughout history – we are in the final chapter.
• Anti-Christ | Term used only by John to mean both a singular individual and mostly a principle. In this case, 1 John 2:22 defines the anti-christ as “Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.”
• Matthew 16:15 “Jesus asked his disciples, ‘But who do you say that I am?”
• John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”