Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
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that'll wake people up. And it is true. He wants you destroyed. And so he's always plotting and planning. And we remember this in first John chapter two, verse 18, John says, little children, it is the last hour. And as you've heard that the antichrist is coming, even now, many antichrists have come by which we know it is the last hour. So there is the Antichrist. He's still yet future. We'll be talking about him tonight. But anyone who is Antichrist, anti-Jesus, is an Antichrist as well, but not the Antichrist. So there's a Antichrist. Maybe you're here tonight, you're watching, and you hate everything about Jesus, or you resist him, or you can't. Whatever it is, you are of the spirit of Antichrist. There is a day coming when the spirit of Antichrist with Satan's working power will produce the Antichrist. And that is an actual real person, as we shall see. 1 John chapter 2 verse 22 says, who is a liar? But he who denies that Jesus is the Christ or Messiah, he is Antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Wow, that's heavy. …
… unusually use that name or that title when he's called by so many other things. But I'm going to give you these verses very quick. First John chapter 2, verse 18. And it's interesting, John, John is the only author in the New Testament that uses the title, the name Antichrist. He's the only one. Isn't that interesting? I was reminded of that today. I actually forgot that. John's the only one, and you're going to see them right here, right now. 1 John 2.18, little children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, that's the person, even now many Antichrists, plural, have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. The more false teaching you hear, the more false churches, false prophets, spiritual activity that says there's some other way? There you go. John said, that just proves that you're in the last hours. Wow. Next verse. 1 John 2, 22. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? …
… Don't be duped into chasing deeper truths. Verse 18, little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. Then they went out from us, but were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar except he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father also, either. He who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Therefore, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning, translation, what saved you as a little kid that made you a baby in Christ, if that abides in you, if you stay there, if you don't get past Jesus, if you don't upgrade past Jesus, if you can become a father who still is only talking about, I know him who's from the beginning, let that abide in you. …
… John describes them, these deconstructionists, as antichrists. In 1 John 2, verse 18, John writes, "'Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, the final Antichrist, even now many Antichrists have appeared.'" Even now, John says, this is back in the first century. How do you know who is an Antichrist? Verse 22, 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. You deny God, Christ, the truth concerning the triune God and the gospel, you are an Antichrist. But maybe that's the next hashtag, hashtag Antichrist. And by the way, apostasy like this is not new, it's just trendy. It's just popular, but it's not new. It was also trendy back in Isaiah's day. Listen to what Isaiah said in Isaiah 1, 4 through 6, alas, speaking to Israel, alas, sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who act corruptly. …