and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
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Look at verses two and three of first John four. By this, you know, the spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God this is the spirit of the antichrist of what you've heard that it is coming and it's now already in the world there are many religions that profess to believe in Jesus you talk to Muslims oh I talk to them in the cab all the time back when I was traveling talking to Muslims, and I would talk to them about Christ. Oh, yes, we believe in Jesus, great prophet of God. They believe he was a great prophet of God. They will even say he was a son of God, one of many sons of God. Yes, he died on the cross, but he was miraculously delivered before he actually died on the cross, so he didn't have to experience death. That's not the Jesus of the Bible. That's the Jesus of Muhammad's imagination. You talk to Mormons. Oh yes, we believe in Jesus. …
… The Bible says that belief system is of the Antichrist, and they are walking as Antichrists in this world. 1 John 4, verse 3, and every spirit, that's what is being spoken out of someone, anyone, any one of us, and every spirit. So are you speaking by the Holy Spirit or by some other spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. Well, that just puts a big kibosh on the Gnostics and those who say that Jesus was an aberration, that Jesus was a ghost or a phantom. You know, that's a very popular theology. Isn't it beautiful? 2,000 years ago, the Bible said, if anybody says that Jesus did not come in the flesh, is of the antichrist spirit, which we have heard was coming and is now already in the world. 2 John 1, verse 7 says, for many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. …
… Next verse, 1 John 4, 3. And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming and is now already in the world. John said that 2,000 years ago. How much more now? Because we're deeper. Next verse. 2 John 1, verse 7. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. I'm not going to name some of the cults that say that, but they are antichrist. I want you to run through this list. We don't have much time. I can't believe this. We're just going to go fast. so the antichrist by titles and names watch this everybody and you know what for time's sake this is this is not even all of them this is not all of them this is the old testament names and allusions to antichrist he's known as the adversary that doesn't surprise anybody but he's known as the adversary interestingly enough he's known as the assyrian uh and nimrod nimrod typology, allusion. Belial, the bloody deceitful man. This is a reference in scripture. By the way, you can take a picture of this or look at it in your notes. You can do a Bible search on these names and you'll find the scriptural references. I just didn't have the room to write all that. …
… because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the spirit of God. Every spirit that acknowledged that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, But every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and even now is already in the world. But you, dear friends, you've overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world, and they talk from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them, but we are from God. and everyone who knows God listens to us. Everyone who's not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. a revival man is going to consume this. A revival man is going to be a prayer walker, a disciple maker, an evangelist. …
… Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming and is already now in the world. You are of God, little children, dear loved children, and have overcome them. Because are you ready for some great news? He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Anybody thankful for that promise? He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore, they speak as of the world. And the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. …