1st John 2:18-25
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. The promise which He Himself made to us: is eternal life.
The ultimate lie it to deny Jesus is the Christ; so when someone is talking about the bible or about God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit to find out who they really are ask this question. Who is Jesus Christ? if they cannot say Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God, just walk away, don’t try and sift out the truth in what they are saying to justify listening to them just walk away for the lie (the twist on God’s word they will spew out of their mouth will be sly and put a foot in the door for you to latter dough the truth of God’s word.
Remember that which you heard in the beginning when you heard, and dive in to His word so you will know when someone is trying to deceive you and lead you astray. Are you afraid to tell others about Jesus and what He has done for you, afraid of what they will think or say about you to others?
Ashamed or embarrassed to let others know you know Jesus?
In Matthew 10:32-33 Jesus said.
“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.”
So what do you have to say when the subject of church, Christ or God comes up?
Have you listened to the lies of the antichrists in your life and become afraid to speak the truth of Jesus the Christ, the son of the living God?
Open your mouth and speak of Jesus and His love, or forever wish you had. Be in the word of God so you will know the truth and know when you are being lied to, know when someone is trying to deceive you.