Thoughts From 1John 2 - Part 6

 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21 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. 22 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. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.24 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. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life. 1John 2:20-25

         John has just warned the readers that apostasy, deconversion, false prophets are out there and coming to their fellowship to try to confuse them. The Devil was angry that so many people were choosing to follow Christ so he was trying to confuse the truth and bring doubt in their mind. The way he attacked was to get people to question who Jesus was? Was He really God or just a good man or prophet?

       Satan uses the same tactics today. That's why C.S Lewis' Lord, Liar, Lunatic argument was made and is as relevant today as it was generations ago.

Key Aspects of the Argument:

• The Choice: Lewis argues you cannot claim Jesus was just a "great moral teacher" while denying his divinity, as his claims make that logically inconsistent.
• Alternative Option (Lunatic): If Jesus claimed to be God but was not, he might be a "madman".
• Alternative Option (Liar): If he knew his claims were false, he was a "liar" or "demon".
• The Conclusion (Lord): If he was neither, he must be Lord. 

John would say that having lived with Him for three years, touched Him, ate with Him, 

saw His miracles, saw the sinless way He lived, saw Him die and rise from the dead, that

 He was and is the Son of God - God in the flesh.

       And John would also say that since they believed and received Him, they received the

Holy Spirit and that anointing helps them to know the truth and not be deceived. As John

can't be with them forever, he is counting on them not to be deceived but trust the truth.

       Likewise, we need to know the truth, abide in the truth and be alert to the Devil's on-

slaughts who daily is seeking to destroy our faith. He's not going to get me. How about you?