This week Brian continues our series on 1 John with a message aboit External and Internal Reference points

2. point of reference

3. First John 2:18-29

4. 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. 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.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the
truth. 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. 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. No one who denies the Son has the Father;
whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
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. And this is
what he promised us—eternal life.
I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you
astray. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and
you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you
about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has
taught you, remain in him.

5. 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. 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.

6. But you have an anointing from the Holy One,
and all of you know the truth. 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. 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.
No one who denies the Son has the Father;
whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father
also.

7. 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. And this
is what he promised us—eternal life.

8. I am writing these things to you about those who
are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the
anointing you received from him remains in you,
and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as
his anointing teaches you about all things and as
that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it
has taught you, remain in him.

9. WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE
DESTINATION?
John writing to believers somewhere

10. 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. 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.

11. BELONGING…OR NOT !
• People who used to belong don’t belong
anymore
• The reason they left is because
they dropped Jesus as the primary
reference point.

12. But you have an anointing from the Holy One,
and all of you know the truth. 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. 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.
No one who denies the Son has the Father;
whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father
also.

13. ANOINTING …OR NOT !
• The real reference point is what the Holy
Spirit bears testimony to
• What the Holy Spirit says about the
message concerning Jesus Christ the Son
of God

14. 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. And this
is what he promised us—eternal life.

15. BEGINNING …OR NOT !
• The message that started producing the
life of Jesus in you is the same message
that will bring the last portion of the work
of God in your life.
• What you want is more of what you had in
the beginning, not some fancy system that
sets aside what you had in the beginning

16. I am writing these things to you about those who
are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the
anointing you received from him remains in you,
and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as
his anointing teaches you about all things and as
that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it
has taught you, remain in him.

17. CURTAIN OPERATORS
….. NOT SUPERSTARS

18. HIS STORY …….becoming
YOUR STORY
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW WILL YOU CHECK IT OUT?
WHO WILL YOU TELL?