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SAA Notes
Talk over with someone else what it means today to deny that Jesus is the Christ. Can you give examples from our society in Australia today? In John’s day these were people who were inside the perimeter of the Church.
SJA Notes
* Mighty God, giver of life and of all good things. Please bless us today with Your word written on our hearts.
“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. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”
John has a clear picture of the One True God in Three Persons – And he continues to point us to the reality of what this means.
No one who denies the Son has the Father.
Have you ever met someone who believes that Jesus might have been someone important, but that He is not God?
John is writing to God’s people to warn them of this false teaching, this deception.
It is a very confronting truth that John speaks here. Those who deny the Son do not have the Father, and are not in Him.
For those people who believe that Jesus is not God, then this word is for them. A hard word.
For us who trust in Jesus as God in the Person of the Son, we are to stand guard against this terrible lie, to point those who believe the lie back to Jesus.
Jesus is the answer. He always is.
* God Almighty,
Thank You for this letter from John.
Please help us to stand for Your truth each day, to be found rooted and steadfast in You.
Please help us today to confess You, to confess the Son and to abide in the Father.
Amen.