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.
For some reason, God’s people have always been credulous and gullible. There are many believers who fall victim to what Dr. A. T. Robertson called “the latest fads and spiritualistic humbuggery.” Therefore, John spends the time to give us this warning to beware that false teachers will deny the incarnation of Christ. Don’t tell me that the virgin birth is not important. Some people ask, “Can you be a Christian and deny the virgin birth?” You cannot—that is impossible because the mark of a false teacher is at that very point. When you destroy the virgin birth, you destroy His death upon the Cross for the sins of the world and His bodily resurrection—in other words, you wreck the Christian faith. This is the reason that the virgin birth is the place where there has been so much denial in our day, and that denial reveals a false teacher immediately. The objective way to identify them is that they deny the incarnation of Christ. 1
Loving Him
Deception is widespread today. Beyond the blatant denial of the deity of Christ is the reckless living by Christian Pastors and their followers. To promote carnal living as liberated option is destroying the testimony of the church. When the Body of Christ can behave like the world, and have no conviction towards personal holinesses, then the church is clearly deceived. Are you currently accommodating even the slightest behavior towards carnal living? Is it worth the cost of destroying your testimony?
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. 2 John 7
Loving Others
Your are either following the Spirit of Christ, or the spirit of the antichrist. – TWEET IT
Changing Me
Lord, thank You for being my Everything, all the time.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 John) (electronic ed., Vol. 56, p. 117). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
