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00:00:01 uh today's scripture reading is taken from 1 John 2: 18- 27 and after that we will go to chapter 4 with verses 1 to6 and I'll be using the N version dear children this is the last hour and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming even now many antichrists have come this is how we know it is the last hour they went out from us but they did not really belong to us for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belong to us but you have an anointing
00:00:40 from the Holy One and all of you know the truth I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth who is the liar it is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ such a person is the Antichrist denying the father and the son no one who denies the son son has the father whoever acknowledges the son has the father also as for you see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you if it does you also will remain in the
00:01:12 son and in the father and this is what he promised us eternal life I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray as for you the anointing you receive from him remains in you and you do not need anyone to teach you but as his anointing in teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real not counterfeit just as it has taught you remain in him chapter 4 dear friends do not believe every Spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God because many
00:01:48 false prophets have gone out into the world this is how you can recognize the spirit of God every spirit that acknowledges 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 in coming and even now is already in the world you dear children are from God and have 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
00:02:20 therefore speak from the Viewpoint of the world and the world listens to them we are from God and whoever knows God listens to us but whoever is not from God does not listen to us this is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood this is the word of the lord well good morning just to remind you our sermon series uh will continue in uh one John uh next week uh uh John will be speaking on the children of God part one uh and after that uh William me who is basically who will be
00:03:03 speaking on uh the character of job let's start with a word of prayer father Lord we ask that you um fill us with your spirit as the Spirit guides us to understand your word that it may change the way we live and think for your sake amen right so very appropriate title for the talk today right rise of the Antichrist Mother's Day well it is what it is because we follow we're going through the book and and and each chapter comes in sequence but we'll have something for the mothers don't worry um the whole issue here that we
00:03:43 want to discuss this morning bringing God's word the issue is about truth that is a central feature of this particular passage is that the truth is underchallenged there are three points that we need to take home quite obvious number one the greatest danger of our time today is deception the most dangerous deception revolves around the person of who Jesus is and our only defense is the truth empowered by the spirit so let's look at the danger of our time you look children this is the last hour now he's not
00:04:24 talking about only Sunday school children he's talking about the children of God which is all of us he's trying to alert us this the last hour as you have heard the Antichrist is coming so now many Antichrist have come therefore we know it is the last hour they came out from us and they were not of us they had been of us they would have continued with us but they went out that it might be plain that they are not of us the immediate thing that strikes us is the Antichrist and we think wow this whole
00:04:53 passage is about the Antichrist right and and again the Antichrist is a scary person coming the last day this is L uh Luca signorelli's sermon and the Deeds of the Antichrist painted in 1499 and you can see it's ominous the Antichrist is there goed on by Satan so it's a bit scary people like to talk about scary things at the end times uh then they've said these are the folk who may be the Antichrist Obama Trump or even the pope um and then we got books written uh that uh for example left behind about the
00:05:29 people who been taken up after uh gone up to the Rapture the people left behind going to face the Wrath of the Antichrist and there's a huge movie about that even the Cardinal Krill Patrick Krill of uh the Russian Nation says smartphone users be warned to be careful Antichrist is going to come up from your smartphone as it were but if you look at the passage very clearly it is not about the Antichrist all right children this is the last hour were now how do you know this the last hour well you heard the
00:06:04 Antichrist is coming and so now many Antichrist have come and because they're already here right therefore we know it is the last hour so the emphasis of John is the fact that it's the last hour the appearance of antichrist is the sign of the time not the other way around you see I mean so this the last hour last hour can either be the end times between the two coming of Christ first and second or the final stage of the end times and I think this is more likely to be the final stage of the end time a
00:06:37 similar concept is the Doomsday Clock how many of you heard of the Doomsday Clock anybody put your hands up and which each catastrophe or evil event in the world the clock moves closer and it tells you it's urgent that's why they put the Doomsday Clock and the latest move of the Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to 12 because of the Ukraine war that's what they're doing so here we actually have the coming of the Antichrist is here now he says the Antichrist a right many Antichrist sud so who bother it's already
00:07:26 there the point isn't about the Antichrist the point is said the last hour is already here so therefore the danger is not outside the church which the pope taught and they send Crusades to fight the Muslims in Jerusalem three Crusades in all countless lives being lost the danger is actually inside the church you see here therefore we know it is the last hour they went out from us they were not off us for if they had been off us they would have continued with us but they went out that is may be plain that the all not of us I like the
00:08:02 way John writes it's very simple you can't get it wrong especially if you look at it in the Greek now so the issue here is truth I write to you not because you do not know the truth because the truth will be challenged at the last days because you know it is H and because no lies of the truth who is the liar the one but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ So today we're going to talk about truth it's very very relevant because if you don't understand this issue this the most important issue that we face in the church and in the
00:08:34 world today our concept of what truth is sometimes you think you take Truth for granted but you can't in premodern times the concept of Truth was dependent on philosophers what the philosophers say and we look to the lens of these philosophers we respect them we obey them and for the church it was basically three things biblical Revelation ethical living a good life following what Biblical Revelation tells us and a life of piety or devotion now this change did you know this change about the 17th to 18th
00:09:12 century truth no longer comes from the Bible of of church tradition Church truth comes from two things reason and Science rationalism and pism so wherefore we can think better than the church we can think experiment with signs and with reason and SS we have evidence and therefore we derive the truth sounds great doesn't it right and and you can see from then how the church is affected we've got a chap called David Fredrick Strauss who said it's not reasonable to believe in miracles so therefore All
00:09:52 gospel Miracles are a myth the gospel is not right Jesus is really not God New Testament accounts are unreliable because all these errors and preconceptions of biblical writers Julius wellous and question the unity of the pentat then you got the father of modern Protestant Theology fedric schamer and he said that you know why why Jesus died on the cross Jesus died on the cross as a good moral influence that means he died to show you how much he loves you so that you should die for your brothers and live for other people
00:10:28 but he he his death is only an example so if you want to love someone you can jump off the bridge and show them how you love them that's all but it actually achieves nothing this is what happens when you've got uh postmodern modernism now the postmodernism era which we now live in okay where there is actually no truth everybody makes their own truth Oprah Winfrey receiving the golden go Awards in 2018 says what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have so the whole
00:11:05 idea is that everybody has their truth right the it's a phrase of empowerment which actually in the end deludes the meaning empower the truth and and nobody can criticize you you know why my truth but and you live in the bubble of your own truth and so you've got people even from Washington talking about alternative facts all right there's no truth just my truth so reason science and my opinion formed together the three Tools in order to gain power it's not about truth anymore Brothers and Sisters
00:11:37 in Christ it is about power look at whatsapp and all social media do you know they did a study the largest study on fake news ever published from MIT in 2018 showed 126,000 rumors and conspiracy theories and lies packaged as news retweeted by 3 million people over the last 10 years years and some of them sitting here yes some of them are sitting here um Fox News lies they've been recently found out that they were actually getting people on the program promoting the fact that Trump won and Biden lost
00:12:20 and that you found out why because they a law suit all right now 63% of Republicans still believe even now that Biden did not win until the lawsuit they paid out 8 7875 million because they were found out that they were lying so what is truth about it's about power when the Dominion lawyer questioned the head of Fox News and he said to Rupert Murdoch it's not about red or blue which is the Republican or the Democratic party it's green why is it green color of money isn't it yes and Rupert murd agreed the truth is about power anything
00:13:05 to gain power you don't believe you now have in social media free najib campaign he found guilty the truth is he is an ambz he is a criminal his address is now clang I think or kajang right and yet you've got people who want to free him and you know how this is the uh uh professor of uh uh uh Council Professor fellow janiri Amir he says the reality is that najib is still very influential and popular especially among the malays I would even go as far as to say that Naj is more popular than I'm know if the unity
00:13:41 government needs B support they cannot ignore the najib factor it's not about truth it's about support and political power so we live in a world where there's no regard for truth there only regard for power it's more Islamic to Grant najib royal power so therefore they use religion to gain some more power what about the opposition they are no better you know here is the Kong MP Lim liping he actually defamed a lady called Jesse lie claiming she was running an illegal business and cheated Chinese investors Jesse Li sued this
00:14:21 Chap and he was found guilty which mean he defamed her and you know what he did he Crow fun because all the idiots out there are not interested in truth they're interested in Party Loyalty you don't believe me look at these two your favorite MP Christian yo all right Antony P they actually defame MCA member Parliament Chum fund they said that she use her influence in the district uh uh Council to get a piece of land at Taman champaka they said that they went to court and they found out that both these people
00:15:05 from dapu never bothered to find out about the truth they didn't go to the land department they didn't check they just say oh MCA he influenced that's how he got the land below market price so they were found guilty and they find hundreds of thousands dos you know what they did they went to the public law you know Y is married to one of the richest men in the world in in the country you know right and she goes to the public and and the face to take your money and what about Tony pu who is also a millionaire himself brothers and
00:15:36 sisters we live in a world where it's not about truth anymore the truth is actually power so therefore it puts the church in the very dangerous position and the most dangerous deception involves the person of who Jesus is who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ this is the Antichrist he who denies the father and son he who denies the Father the the son has the father whoever confesses the son has the father also so the word is anti in Greek you can have anti means instead
00:16:13 of as a substitute or in place off okay right so only in John only John uses the word Antichrist You Don't See Jesus using the word Antichrist all right you don't see Paul using that as well only in John John he uses it 1 John 4:3 every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you've heard was coming and is now in the world already 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh such a one is the
00:16:49 deceiver of and the Antichrist right so Jesus predicts similar sort of people when he was around Jesus answered them see no one leave you astray many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and they will lead many astray that's Jesus casting of the Antichrist in his time so therefore the Antichrist can actually be a person persons or it could be a system of government or or Corporation as a personification of an entity that is against to try to replace uh Christ Paul doesn't use the word Antichrist he uses the word the man of
00:17:27 lawlessness in two Corin Thessalonians uh chapter 2 3 to 4 now all over the world you can see the Antichrist people this is this chap called 69y Old Gentleman called inry he calls himself Christ the last Christ and thankfully you only got 12 followers this is uh Moses hang and he called himself the Christ as well thankfully he only has 40 followers this is visarion in Siberia this chap has 6,000 followers and he's called himself the last Messiah and he's written 12 books called the last Testament not the New Testament
00:18:14 is the Old Testament New Testament the last Testament uh to replace even the Japanese also have one called Jesus matayoshi he actually managed to he goes run politically he managed to get about 6,000 votes for his campaign he lost so the nature of the deception the deception is who is a liar but who denies that Jesus is the Messiah this is the Antichrist he who denies the father and the son because if you deny that Jesus is the Messiah Jesus is the Christ the son of God then you deny the father
00:18:49 and the son no one who denies the F son has the father whoever confesses the son also has the Father which basically saying the same thing the son and the father are inextricably bound you cannot have one without the other If you deny Christ you deny the father all right and in John writes very uh clearly in one uh John chapter one in the beginning was the word Jesus and the Word was with God and the Word was God and he was in beginning with God John 5 truly I said to you the son can do nothing of his own
00:19:23 accord but only what he sees the father doing for whatever the father does the son does likewise you cannot differentiate the two in the sense of Revelation that's why God the Father sent the son now Hebrews 1 Jesus he's the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature he upholds the universe by the word of his power that's why Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me you know in Alexandria Center of great civilization in ad
00:20:00 318 a huge Riot broke out because somebody there suggested there was a time when Christ was not which actually translated means Christ is not Eternal there was a time that he wasn't around he was actually created and this is actually by a local popular priest called Alexandra called Aras before he was begotten or created or appointed he did not exist for he was not unbegotten right so therefore we got a huge controversy over that and and he's not illogical because the people of that time follow the thinking of the
00:20:42 philosophers and you you look at Plato Plato argue that God is Not comprised of Parts part one part two part three yeah since this would imply that God is subject to change if God is immutable does not change or Decay God is eternal unchanging therefore must be indivisible so if you have God in Christ then you God in the father then like Ser servings of uh you know mashed potatoes you two different serving is it so it doesn't make sense that Christ is God so therefore if you lived at that time it's
00:21:17 very logical right Pilgrims Progress by Jim uh uh the banan John buan paints our journey in life as a very narrow path on the right hand side Jesus is the man on the left hand side Jesus Is God and we can swing from either side of heresy forgetting and missing the truth that both Jesus is both man and God then you've got people like the nestorians who actually denied the Incarnation they want to protect Jesus deity so much so that says Jesus really two separate person and only human Jesus was in the
00:21:55 womb and the Divine Jesus came out of the womb and he was a god inspired man as it were then you've got uh uus of Constantinople he says like the prios car Jesus is hybrid human and nature hybrid together depending on which situation you pre electrical energy and which situation you put petrol energy now these are all basically heresies but if you can look in polls today this is polls the Americans love to take polls so I get that data Christianity Today Paul 2022 God accepts Faith outside of Christianity these are us evangelicals
00:22:38 just like us 48% 51% 42% and the latest 2022 uh is 56% they believe that you can have salvation other than Christ Jesus is a created being can you imagine that 78% of Christian evangelicals believe that Jesus a created being this is exactly what one John is speaking about Jesus was thus a teacher 2022 43% of us evangelicals actually voted that Jesus was just a teacher which explains the phenomenon of uh Donald Trump I think why are we so easily deceived question today why do we believe lies well here is Steven coar but before
00:23:33 I talk about him Roman says for although they knew God he did not honor him as God or give thanks to him but they became futile in their thinking and their foolish Hearts were darkened claiming to be wise they became fools so we need to understand that Paul tells us because of our Rebellion our minds have been transformed we don't think that straight we have some degree of logic and reason but we don't think completely in fact Steven Co calls this we actually believe in what truthiness truthiness comes
00:24:08 truth comes from the gut not the books if it feels right it must be right let me give you some example this is a study done some time ago where we've got three statements there which statement is true which statement is false let me put your hands up uh how many of you vote number one put your hands up the Malaysian never vote for anything except Mary how many vote for number two oh one because he comes from New Zealand how many vote for number three macademian nuts are the same evolutionary family as Peaches no one
00:24:53 the actually experiment showed that the the the font in darker color is always perceived as a truth the experiment actually showed that the font in lighter color is perceived as a lie you see we are that's how we perceive truth just by color the font data also shows the percep the factors that affect our perception of Truth is color of font whether you could pronounce or not if it's a very long name probably false frequency exposure to statements and even photos right and we're not totally unbiased this is a study done there
00:25:29 three groups of people they were asked to write a speech that is very convincing and to write the speech about fictitious man called Mark they were all given an assignment to write speech and they were paid for the assignment all right one group was supposed to cast him as a likable person you get a bonus you if you cast him effectively as a likable person another group you need to cast him as unlikable person and the third group as a neutral so what they did is they play the same video for all
00:25:59 three good parts he helped the old lady cross the road he give tithing in church he helps the poor bad parts he cheated in his taxes he beat his wife and other things so they all watch the videos the guys who were supposed to cast him is likable watch the good part of the video first by the time it come to the bad part they stop the video the guys who watch the video with about the bad parts about the supposed to cast him is unlikable watch the good part but watch the bad part all the way to the end because that's the assignment
00:26:35 right now and you'll find that the perception of Truth depends on your motive if you're paid to cast him as a good person you better watch the part of the video that you like and the part that you don't like you you just edit that out this is how we perceive truth and this is our greatest weakness in fact the largest study which I mentioned before on fake news published by the MIT tree scientists 2018 these are the conclusions they said they said that a false story reaches 1,500 people six times quicker than the true
00:27:12 story right research projects found that humans not Bots are responsible for spreading false news don't blame the Bots it's humans who are sinful not the Bots false news is more novel and people are more likely to share novel novel means new something new exciting I quickly share something old and boring ah I don't want to know about it that's human nature which is why Paul says I urge you when I was going to Macedonia in 1 Timothy chapter 1 to remain at Ephesus he tells Timothy so that you may
00:27:48 charge certain people not to teach any different Doctrine nor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogist which promote speculations rather than stewardship from God that is by faith so we like something new myths gen endless genealogies and speculations that's what we like uh but the and and the other one is uh verse five certain people swerving from these have wandered into vain discussion Desiring to be teachers of the law without understanding either what they're saying or things about which they make
00:28:23 confident assertions so we've got things like the davino the Lost gospels Jesus had a wife maybe he got children and some of them are here from France you know whatever is novel whatever stimulates speculation we seem to like it let me put out two pictures FBC Halls a miracle service healing Deliverance salvation and then FBC Halls prayer meeting how many will come for the prayer meeting oh you know the politically correct answer right how many will come for the miracle service you dare not put
00:29:01 your hands up what's wrong in the miracle service but in reality if you weren't so embarrassed we would turn up to Miracle service because something new something novel something exciting pray ha you know I can pray at home uh that you see the whole problem is that self-centeredness God on my terms is actual basis of following false Doctrine false FAL Doctrine isn't because we have been duped often it's because we choose to believe something that will benefit ourselves that's why Jesus said false
00:29:39 christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders to lead astray possible the elect be on God I've told you all these things before he's told you it is the miracle services that the false teachers will go out you think the false teacher will go to the prayer meeting no way they will be at the miracle mircal service um Jesus understood our nature here's the uh passage taken John 6 which is basically the feeding of the 5,000 after he fed the 5,000 then Jesus ran off to have his quiet time somewhere
00:30:11 else and the people actually found him on the other side of the sea they said to him Rabbi when did you come here Jesus make they're making small talk actually they hunting for him they're like depressed they're hunting for him and they found him instead of asking him for more Miracle they just yeah when did you come here makes a small talk and Jesus answered them truly I say to you you were seeking me not because you saw signs but because you ate your fill of the loaves you see why are we into false
00:30:43 teachings because we are seeking God's hands we're not seeking his face right in the middle of Exodus after they've been saved through 10 plagues crossing the Red Sea where God parted the oceans no generation has seen so many miracles ever and the moment Moses went away for a little while they got bored they got restless and they made a golden calf and this is ironic isn't it when Aaron spoke to them and he received the gold from that actually the gold comes from them it doesn't come from Heaven their own
00:31:21 gold fashioned with a graving tool made a golden calf and they said these are your gods oh Israel who brought you up out of the land of Egypt this must be the most stupid statement you ever hear in your life your own goal makes your own Idol and then you attribute all the 10 plagues and The Parting the Red Sea to this cow why do people do this why do we do this well because they understood it was the idol but most important thing you know what it is it is their Idol their goal their hands and their truth that's
00:31:58 what false teaching is about you don't want the real truth we only want what our hands have created because we can manipulate that you see 2 Timothy 4 says the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves to suit their own passion and turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into mid is our own passion whatever false teaching fits what we want fits our narrative we go for that 2 Peter 2:2 many will follow their sensuality and because of them the way
00:32:35 of truth will be blasphemed and they greed they will exploit you with false words you see they exploit you with lies but the only reason why they can exploit you with your lies because you want to follow what you feel sensuality is that the Greek word for sensuality means sexual sin debauchery total self-abandonment complete lack of self-control Lack of self restraint whatever you want and isn't that like a lot of the Prosperity Gospel because you believe them because they they bring Bible verses that give you what you want
00:33:10 in fact they said James 4:2 you do not have because you do not ask so what's the solution name and claim law you got no mercedesbenz okay you didn't ask so better ask you ask boom but if you read the passage properly you ask ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend on your own passion that part they didn't read oh what about Galatians six do not be deceived God is Not mocked for whoever SWS that also he will reap so therefore the more you give into the offering bag outside there the more you
00:33:45 will get isn't that great but all you have to do is read the passage read the passage do not be deceived God is Not mock whatever one SWS that will he will also reap let us not grow weary of doing good for indued season will reap if we do not give up so then we have opportunity let us do good to everyone so giving more is what doing good it is not about money see that's the problem we've got this famous pastor of Hill song called uh Brian Houston who was recently um Let Go by Hill song church because of sexual impropriety of some
00:34:24 fuzzy nature he was actually uh in court this is a picture taken from his deposition because his father was a pedophile and he actually uh did not report him which is actually a crime and uh his father Frank Houston way before he came to Australia was in New Zealand and in New Zealand he actually had committed crimes against children there and one of the children's name was David cowry and he was actually interviewed by seven Spotlight news who told of all the things that went on and then what happened was uh he said
00:35:01 they weren't allowed to share to tell anyone because they say they quote Ephesians 5:12 for it is shameful even to speak of the things which they do in secret so told don't tell anybody I molested you because Bible say it's very shameful to speak things in secret right but if David cry bother to read the Bible it says take no part in unfruitful works of darkness instead expose them you you see it's not difficult to work it out isn't it all he had to do was to read the one line before isn't it you see you can and and you know what
00:35:41 David said David said in the end because of this experience because with Frank Houston he said you can back up any Behavior with the Bible you take the Bible any Behavior you like you can just map it out and therefore you look at the the Monica for this particular program by seven news is actually called in Hill song they put Hell Song and many will follow their sensuality and because of them the way of the truth will be blaspheme in their greed they will exploit you with their false words you see what's a good church but the way you
00:36:13 carry on the people who are stumbled the truth will be blasphemed frank Houston uh Brian Houston ran away to America and here's a picture of him preaching in a church called the Unleashed church somewhere in Texas and you know what he said he said the Bible teaches that you cannot touch God's anointed one that's him in other words they are a protected species the devil can't touch my anointing the devil can't touch what God has put into my life you see and people believe this I don't understand how
00:36:49 people can believe this people can also be ignorant because one pet 2 Peter 316 says there are some things in them that they're hard to understand which is ignorant and unstable and they twist to their own destruction as they do to other scriptures so there are people even in our church who are ignorant you know I find it very incredulous I've got many of you who've got medical reports okay and you can't understand what the medical report does it says because it involves your life so you ring me up or
00:37:25 you catch me in church and you show me and ask me me to help interpret and guide you to read it right but as far as your spiritual life is concerned you don't give a damn whether you read you don't read you don't work it out die die never mind but if it was my PSA and my prostate I will ask Peter but my spiritual life I don't give a damn after all that do probably doesn't count so being ignorant is disingenuous it is no excuse the parable of so tells you the seeds doesn't get inside you you know
00:38:01 you got no root he endures for a while when tribulation comes he falls away or the cares of the world and deceitfulness of riches choke the word and it proves Unfaithful lastly why do we follow false teachers because we are burdened with sin those who creep into households and capture weak women burdened by sin and led astray by various passions and you can see this in the Korean Cults jmss Christian Gospel Mission sounds like a good Evangelical Church right run by J Ming this chap has got lots of women
00:38:37 he's had sex with apparently 10,000 women and the women love him so much I don't know why he's ugly I don't understand I think you know a lot of you look better than him especially Jeremy and all the all the muscles and they you know they actually banned him from Korea he ran away to Thailand and the women actually go to Thailand to worship him and have sex with him there in fact recently he went to Australia also the women all there go for him why why because they have their own passions in fact
00:39:13 Timothy Paul says just as Jans and jambres oppose Moses you know historically Jan and jambres were The Magicians which is also turn the stick into snakes right they were trying to stop the people uh Israelite from leaving Egypt to go to Freedom they wanted to keep people in slavery and that's what false teaching does it keeps you In Perpetual FL slavery here are four techniques of false teachers you can see in Cults love bomb why first you come in they will love you to death give you chicken rice every day free food tample
00:39:54 you until you need them then they manipulate your beliefs stop critical thinking give you a sense of identity and purpose and then if that doesn't work in the end there's fear and intimidation so this is the deception and we are all vulnerable our only defense is the truth empowered by the spirit you know in 1986 there was a horrible dictator in Philippines his name was Ferdinand Marcos and through some divine intervention the people rose up and they toppled him it was a horrific time in the life of the
00:40:37 nation even opposition leaders like benino Aquino were actually shot dead right outside on on the the steps of a of an airplane recently one of his relatives I think his son his son feral Marcos Jr amazingly came into Power voted by the people and this is what he said we have been calling for that for years Marcos junor said in the Forum hosted by national Press Club as he accused those in power since his father's demise of teaching children lies he's saying that there was no people's Power Revolution his father was
00:41:16 an angel and he's going to change the history books you know what people did straight away they bought books all the history books to preserve the truth about the Marcos regime because this man was going to distort the truth and that's exactly what John is saying you have been anointed by the Holy One you have you all have knowledge you see the truth is not new not novel it came with the Holy Spirit I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you know it and there's no lie in the truth it's
00:41:54 something you you knew when you were converted right right it's not something new it's it's something old let what you have heard from the beginning it abide in you what you've heard from the beginning abide in you then you will abide in the son and in the father and this is the promise that he made to us eternal life and it's not new 1 John 2:7 I'm writing to you no new commandment but the old Commandment that you had from the beginning the old commandment is the word that you have heard so he's telling them the the way to
00:42:30 fight against false teaching is go back to the gospel with which you were converted with not something new once you the one you heard from the beginning is actually the gospel if you abide and believe that then you will abide in the Son and the father one John 2 John 1:9 everyone who goes ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Jesus which word of God does not have God whoever abides in the teaching has both the father and the son so chapter four do not believe every Spirit but test the spirits to see whether they're from God
00:43:03 and many false prophets that have come out into the World by this you know that the spirit of God every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ is come in this flesh is from God and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you've heard was coming and is now in the world today you know when I was growing up uh test the spirits used to be this idea of someone after we watch the movie exist wow you see Exorcist and then you would have someone go into a trance and in the trance we
00:43:41 were taught in those days in junior scripture Union you question the spirit are you is Jesus the Christ now if the spirit is from the devil then the fellow Will choke the evil spirit will never say Jesus is Christ have allergic reaction and get vomited out all right if the spirit says Jesus is the Christ then maybe you can consider I don't know but that's not how you read this passage it is not actual spiritual demonic spirits if you actually have someone demon possessed it'll be quite obvious you
00:44:14 cannot don't have to ask him whether Jesus is Christ you know uh that's not this passage is about the inner spiritual character and I'll show you why if you look here at the passage do not believe every Spirit but test the spirit to see and from God for many false prophets has come out the world it's not about demon possession it's about false prophets look down this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you heard was coming is now in the world today so he's talking about Antichrist the people who
00:44:40 spread false religion to replace Christ or antagonize against Christ are the ones they're never going to say that Jesus is the Messiah and that's a problem you know here is Joseph Smith from the church last time he said when he was young he had a special Revelation he he had he had a vision from God and and the the the the spirit told him God the father was once a man and after that he progressed to godhood and Joseph Smith therefore replaced the Bible and started the Mormon Church the Church of
00:45:11 the Latter-Day Saints and he said Jesus Christ is the firstborn Spirit child of the heavenly father and he then progressed to deity in the spirit world Christ's death atones for every person in the world and humans too can become gods how did he get all this extra Revelation what you heard in the Bible old news this is new news and many people today follow that what about Sun Min moon when he 15 years old he met Jesus who appeared to him and he prayed in the hills and asked and Jesus asked him to build God's Kingdom in fact moon
00:45:49 was so like China man know need I cannot do Jesus had asked him three times you know and finally he agreed and he started his religion the universal church today there are 7 million adherence in 180 Nations and he believes Jesus because he died on the cross failed in his mission on Earth and must be supplanted by the second Messiah to be born in Korea guess whom yeah doesn't take a lot to guess I write these things to you and to those who are trying to deceive you the anointing that you received from him AB
00:46:27 in you anointing the Holy Spirit you don't need anyone to teach you his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and no lie just as has taught you to abide in him this passage goes back to Jeremiah Jeremiah says this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days declares the Lord I will put my law in within them and write it in their hearts I will be their God and they shall be my people and no longer shall Each one teach his neighbor and each his brother saying know the Lord for they all will
00:47:01 know me from the least of them to the greatest declares the Lord you know what he's saying he's saying you no longer have special teachers like JMS David koresh and all these people to tell you that I only have special Revelation I only have the truth every single Christian will have his Spirit every Christian will know the the truth here is Li Mani very famous cult in Korea sji Church which is new heavens and new earth in fact it's so exclusive you have to attend six months of Bible study before you even can attend CH service
00:47:43 our entry level here very low six months of Bible study after six months of Bible study then you can attend church all right and there there 317,000 registered members and he teaches s John CH is the only path to God there's only one Shepherd who is with Jesus and God and sends the words of Jesus and Heaven you see you don't need that all of us as said by Jeremiah will know the truth all of us have the anointing you don't have anybody to teach you in terms of special Revelation that doesn't mean
00:48:20 that you don't have Bible study leaders and people who are theologians they can give you information to guide you but they can never tell you only I have the truth the moment you see an elder in a church who says only I have the truth better take up your Fu and kick him out because that's how false teaching comes right so little children you are from God and have overcome them he who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world they are from the world therefore they speak from the world and the world
00:48:53 listens to them you see if you got fall teachers they will be in sync with the world you know and and you can see this today an 800 year old church started in 1534 the Anglican Church the Church of England 2 months ago signed a statement saying that we will bless same seex Union which means God's word is not true it is not a sin and in fact it's not just the Archbishop of canary which is here it is the entire house of Bishops Bishops voted 36 to4 House of kery voted 11 to 85 House of Ley voted 103 to 98 so you
00:49:42 cannot say he a full-time workers H it's everybody everybody because truth is defined by power democracy in action you see we are from God whoever knows God listens to us whoever is not from God does not listen to us by this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error and two months ago in Africa the rest of the Anglican communion met together Archbishop Steven Samuel kazim bah mugali said he recognized the era and he said we had polygamy as a normal way of marriage every man had three or
00:50:24 four five wives women they cease having that number of wives because of the gospel and now we hear a message that a man can have another man's wife or same seex marriage is also marriage and he said we are we get disappointed that those who brought the gospel to us are turning away from what they brought to us K kazimba so we call upon the Archbishop of Justin to repent they should reverse the decision which is destroying the the Anglican communion you see false teaching always follows the way of society Society takes
00:51:06 the role and it can happen to any church even First Baptist Church because it happened to a church that is 800 years old and they lost their way the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience in sincere faith I want to end with this word 2 Timothy 1:4 as I remember your tears I long to see you he's talking about Timothy Paul's writing Timothy that may be filled with joy I am reminded of your sincere Faith a sincere faith that dwelt first in your grandmother lest and your
00:51:52 mother Unice and now I'm sure dwells in you as well Eunice was a Jew Eunice was married to a Greek which is not a Christian mixed marriage as it were but she was faithful her faith was handed to her by her grandmother Lois and this is a challenge Timothy became a great Pastor a great disciple why because Timothy stood on the shoulders of his grandmother and the shoulders of his mother you see mothers and grandmothers your children will see the world to the lens of your influence for the first 20 years of their lives at
00:52:40 least and even Beyond and the greatest challenge against falsehood and heresy today is when you bring them to Sunday school you bring them to church and you bring them up in the way of the world so that when they see the world they will see Through Your Eyes they have no other eyes than your eyes when they are young and so therefore that's a challenge and that's why Paul says for this reason I remind you to Fan into Flame the gift of God which is in you to the laying of my hands that God gave us
00:53:14 a spirit of not fear but Power love and self-control because these women did their work Paul says for this reason you have a gift you stand on the shoulders of your grandmother you stand on the shoulders of your mother and you will do the work of the gospel and Timothy fought false creatures Timothy preserved the church but it all began with the grandmother and the mother and he said no it's a sincere Faith you know what a sincere faith is a faith that's held true without hypocracy you can argue all
00:53:52 you like with your husband and then the car stop in front of the Bap stop very nice your children can see the hypocrisy the children can see whether your faith is real how you deal with your husband how you deal with people but mothers this morning let yours be a one a faith that is real that's sincere that's from your first love your first love is Jesus Christ not your husband you had have fallen Love With Jesus Jesus Christ and that's the love that you need to pass on you know Revelation chapter 3 tells of the
00:54:33 Ephesian Church they were outstanding you know why they kick out all the false prophets totally intellectual very clever but Jesus said to them you lost your first love it is the love of the mother that first love for Jesus that you could pass on to his children so let us uh end with word of prayer father Lord we we understand the challenge that this world brings to us today we do not take the risk likely because we can see an 800 year old church fall down to betray your words saying things which are sinful which are
00:55:19 not sinful so Lord we ask this morning that you protect your church just as Jesus you prayed for Peter before he even fell that you preserve him we ask oh Lord that you lead us not into temptation that you protect us and father Lord this morning I pray a special prayer for the mothers and the grandmothers in our church that you fill them with your spirit that they have a sincere faith and that sincere faith will the kind of lens through which their children will view this world world and ensure their salvation we ask
00:56:00 this for jesus' sake amen church let us rise as we respond with [Music] song Let's sing oh Lord my rock and my redeem greatest Treasure of my longing soul my God like you there is no try life is found in you alone your prise to to your love heav reach your truth found of perfect wisdom my highest good and I am ending me oh Lord sing Oh Lord oh Lord my rock and my redeemer strong defend of my very heart my SW to find the good is and my sh against his head F my soul enemies around me my hope my hope
00:58:21 when TI of Sorrow rise my joy When Trials are abounding my faithfulness my refuge in [Music] the oh Lord my rock and my [Music] gracious savior of my Ru life my and cross on your shoulders in my place you suffer BL and die you Rose you R death upon you my B you Ro you R the grave and never you br my b s and shame oh Lord Rock and my redeemer [Music] all my days bring glory to your name may all my days may all days bring glory to your name yes Lord may all our days bring glory to your name now may the God of Peace who
01:00:20 brought again from the dead our lord Jesus the great Shepherd of the Sheep by the blood of the Eternal Covenant equip you with everything good that you may do his will working in us that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever and God's people said amen anyone would like to have uh prayer can just come forward where the pastors and Elders will be praying for you
