I John 2:18-27: Beware of False Teachers

I) We are living in the last hour.

A) John uses the term our last _________ to describe the time period between Christ’s 1st and 2nd coming.

1) John ________ about current and future antichrists.

2) Jesus uses the language of __________ to describe the inauguration of this new age.

3) God’s view of time is ____________ than ours (2 Peter 3:8).


B) Peter quotes the prophet Joel in Acts 2:17 and says Christ fulfilled this prophecy and we live in the final ___________.


C) Paul uses similar time language in Galatians 4:4.


II) False teachers will claim to be Christians in order to deceive believers

A) Antichrists (false teachers) are anyone who denies that _________ is the Christ.

1) Jesus was a __________ being who lived 2000 years ago.


2) The term “Christ” makes it clear that Jesus was the Jewish __________ who came to save the world.


B) John insinuates that a major antichrist may gain prominence in the ____________. (Man of lawlessness in 2 Thessalonians.)


C) John’s primary focus is to warn believers about the ___________ false teachers (antichrists).


III) The Holy Spirit is at work in believers' lives.

A) The “anointing of the Spirit” John refers to is God’s ___________ in the life of believers.


B) The Spirit teaches believers the ________ about Jesus and their sin.


C) The Holy Spirit __________________ faith throughout a believer’s life so that they can spend eternity with Jesus.

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