1 John 2
18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. 19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth. 21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. 22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. 23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
American culture is certainly filled with antichrists. For those of us who follow Christ, who know the Truth, it is up to us to take a stand against such foolishness and lies. We who know Jesus know that anyone who denies His Lordship should be immediately dismissed as having anything valid to say to us. Now, there is a difference between the lost who need Christ, and those who deliberately teach in opposition to Him. We need to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but we also need to guard against allowing the antichrist teachings of our culture penetrate our thought processes, too!
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