Chapter Introduction
I bet John never forgot the day he first followed Jesus. Do you remember that day, that time, or season when your life changed? Think about what we know of John's life. Consider all that he saw and did. Imagine what we don't know. His whole life was marked with these sanctified moments, some with the Lord in person, others in spirit. Each was a mark on his life of growth, clarity, or direction. These were moments when the light of Jesus focused him on what was truly important. In John's life, there was that day in the boat, the transfiguration, crucifixion, resurrection, Pentecost and the list goes on and on.
The life of any believer is much the same way. The day we first followed him, leaving it all behind, was the day you were filled with the Holy Spirit. From that day on, your life has been marked by moments of personal growth and fellowship with Him. These come in the midst of grief, heartache, illness, grave threat, or spiritual war. These things become our testimony of walking in the Light. That's all these epistles of John are. They are John's testimony.
These are the words of a wise old man speaking his testimony and what he knew was true. It is given to those who didn't know but needed to, to those who knew but needed to be reminded, and even to those who didn't want to hear.
1 John 2:1-2
Purpose #2
John addresses his little children. The church leaders in Ephesus said John was like this wise old patriarch overseeing the believers in the church. This mature saint speaks of what he has learned over the course of his years following the Lord. John wanted to be clear to the believer that sin is a reality in our life. We don't like to talk about it, but it is a fact in everyone's life. Strangely enough, many churches never talk about sin. Yet, how can we appreciate or understand the gospel if we don't understand sin? How can we war with the flesh if we don't understand the inclination of our flesh is sin? Just like medicine is the cure for an illness, the gospel is the remedy for sin. We can't comprehend the full value of the remedy if we don't know how sick we are or the onset of another infection.
God's desire is that we don't sin. As a new creature in Christ with the power of the Holy Spirit, we have victory over sin. Sin no longer holds any power over our lives. Yet, when we take our eyes off of Jesus, we fall again. When we do, we don't have to carry the burden or the shame of it. Our life is not characterized by sin. Sin has no authority. The power of our life is found in Jesus. Our life is characterized by the grace of Jesus Christ.
Jesus stands before the Father on our behalf as an Advocate. The word translated to “advocate” is “parakletos.” It’s the one who comes alongside, who intercedes. It sounds very much like the Holy Spirit. When we sin, Satan is right there, constantly making accusations toward us. In the courtrooms of heaven, God is not surprised when we fall. He knows our hearts, and He loves us anyway. Yet, He is also just and will not let sin go unpunished. Satan makes his accusation before the just judge, and we are guilty as sin. What can our Advocate do but agree?
We would try to offer excuses or reasons: I was having a bad day. Or they treated me badly. My mom and dad whipped me when I was young. But our sin can't be justified. We have no excuse. Jesus, in His holiness, looks at the charges and says, "Yup, he did it, he fell short." The judge agrees, the gavel falls, guilty as charged. Our advocate approaches the bench as the judge pronounces that the penalty for sin is death.
Jesus says, "Father, I already died for that sin." And the gavel falls again. Guilty as charged, the penalty has been paid in full. Case dismissed. If we are in Christ, our case was dismissed. Every charge ever brought, every sentence I deserve, Jesus paid in full.
The word propitiation means to appease or allay. Jesus, our Advocate, is also our propitiation. He is our Atonement, the covering of our sins. Jesus stepped into our place and died where we deserved to die. He came between us and the just and deserving wrath of the Father. He took what we deserved. This plan was worked out before the foundations of time. We should feel free to ask Jesus to come to our defense. He is pleased to be our Advocate. He loves us enough to be our propitiation. We should honor and praise Him for doing so.
John uses the word propitiation twice as a noun (1 John 4:10). Paul uses another form of the word to speak as a place (Romans 3:25). The writer of Hebrews uses it as a verb (Hebrews 2:17).
1 John 2:3-6
The word “liar” is used ten times in the entire New Testament. John uses it five times right here in this little epistle. John is establishing light and dark, truth and liar, believer and unbeliever, and saved and unsaved.
How do we know that we know Him? How do we know we are saved? There exists in the believer a simple and loving desire to be obedient to the One who offered us so great a salvation. Our salvation assurance is our desire to be obedient. John presents to these believers and to us a way to know if we know Him.
This is an established truth that leads to a test for salvation.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:21-23
Many acknowledge God without ever coming to the knowledge of His saving grace or ever submitting To Him. These people spoken about in Matthew weren't spiritual couch potatoes; they were prophesying, casting out demons, and doing wonders. Yet, Jesus will cast them away. All the religious works in the world won't save you. Our meager attempt at obedience won't save us. We are saved by grace through faith, trusting in Jesus, and turning from our sins, and the evidence of that is obedience.
John makes it very clear: if you know Him, you obey his commands. Those who say they know him but don’t follow his commands are considered liars. There is no truth in them. John has a specific group of people in mind here. They are out there sounding like Christians, professing themselves to be Christian, maybe even teaching. They worship loudly, pray long, and maybe give lots of money. Yet, they had no desire to be obedient. They still had a heart problem.
How did Jesus walk? He walked in obedience to the Father. He walked in love and mercy and grace. To be a disciple of Jesus is to believe as he believed. We are following after Him, chasing after him, in constant pursuit of Him. We ought to do the things He did and walk the way He walked. We should be imitators of Christ.
Paul said a very similar thing in Ephesians 5:1.
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
1 John2:7-8
Okay, so is it old or is it new? The old command that is new is the love presented by Christ. Jesus is the personification of love. This isn't a new love. It's the love of God that has been from the beginning. Jesus is a new way of God presenting his age-old love. It's both old and new. John is declaring this unchanging love to the brethren. This love is the unifying force and the mark of a believer. Love is a mark of a disciple of Jesus. What is the commandment?
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34)
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12)
It’s not new at all, but Jesus is the new and ultimate example of the old.
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18)
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matthew 22:37-39)
The false teachers, on the other hand, offered new revelation that was really not new or a revelation at all. They called into doubt the old truths yet had no foundation of truth of their own. They had nothing new or old to stand on. They offered new, hip, relevant, understandings. They could tickle the ear of someone wanting temporary comfort. Men are easily drawn away from the light into the darkness, especially by someone offering something new.
If it's "New and Improved," we think we must have it because we've been told we deserve only the finest. No one markets the same old stuff. If a product is unchanged, they market it as retro, original recipe, or classic. The false teachers were offering new and improved religion. In spite of the marketing, it was just another counterfeit presentation from Satan of the same old lies. As time passes, false religions come and go. The teachings of men come and go. Philosophies ebb and tide in popularity. Through all those times, through the tide of the wisdom of men, the word of God has never changed. John presents the classic, original recipe of religion. It's Jesus, the New Covenant, that isn't really new at all.
John said the true light is shining, and the darkness is passing away. Jesus is the same light of the same God from eternity past, but He stepped into our world to save us.
1 John 2:9-11
John brings another examination. It is a self-examination of our love for others. If you walk with God, you will love your brother.
The one who says he walks in the light but hates his brother is really walking in the dark. His hatred reveals his hypocrisy and dark heart. If we don't love our brother, it becomes a stumbling block. If you hate your brother, John said you are blinded by darkness. You may think you can see fine, but in fact, you lack the spiritual knowledge to even recognize you are in the dark.
John is the man standing in the light. He's standing before those in the dark, telling them they are in the dark. They say, “Oh John, it's not dark at all.” All the while, they are attempting to lead others, and both are stumbling all over the place.
Just like our eyes adjust to the dark, the spiritual eyes of these men had adjusted to the darkness. They thought they were saved yet there was no obedience and no love. Their witness was powerless, and their testimony was harmed. They were fishing with holes in their nets.
Remember, John's tests are:
- Light and Fellowship (1:5-7)
- Obedience and a moral walk. (2:4-6)
- A love for God and fellow man. (2:9-11)
John will offer another examination later in the chapter.
As professed disciples we have to see how we are holding up. How is our obedience to the Lord in a culture that says what you want is all that's important? How is your moral walk in a world of moral filth? How is your love for God? Is it growing? Are you learning to love God more each day? Are you learning to love your fellow man? Can anyone argue that the love for God and fellow man has not declined in the last 20 years?
Jesus told us that in the end times, many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. How are you holding up in that kind of economy? As the world gets darker in its lawlessness and love grows cold, it will be that much harder on the true disciple of Jesus Christ. And their very existence will be a testimony to God.
John was talking to some who professed to be followers of Christ. Yet they stood in darkness as they called it light. They were caught up in the lies of the false teachers and the lies of Satan, and they were stumbling and bumbling.
John was a man who had had an encounter with Jesus Christ while in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee at about 26 years old. He spent the next 70 years walking in the light. There was evidence of that encounter all over his life. Jesus had taken that young man right in the middle of mending his nets and the Lord put him to work. In many ways, John was still mending nets as He wrote these words. Many in the church claimed to be disciples of Jesus Christ. But they were slipping away. There were holes they slipped through and were washed away in the tide. John offered the mending to the disciples.
If you've had an encounter with the Almighty, it's going to leave a mark on your life. The marks on a believer's life are obedience, love, and belief. If these things aren't evident, no one could or should believe you've had an encounter with the God of the universe.
1 John 2:12-14
And so, John wrote to the little children, fathers, and young men. In other places, he used the term “little children” to speak to all the disciples in the church. It is a term of endearment and not necessarily associated with age. I believe that’s how he used it here, as a reference to all the church - all levels of maturity - men, women, children, Jew, gentile, slave, free, etc. After all, when you are in your nineties, as John was, most would seem like little children. Scholars debate how these terms were used, and we can’t know for sure.
Little Children
John wrote to remind the little children that their sins were forgiven. This is something we can’t be reminded of often enough. It is the greatest miracle in every believer’s life, yet it can become old news if we allow it. This is why we take the Lord’s Supper together regularly. It’s a reminder of who we were before Christ and what He did for us so we never forget.
We can’t know for sure why John felt they needed to be reminded of this, but it stands as an anchor point in the life of a believer. It ties us to the reality of the cross: His humanity, sinless sacrifice, and purpose for dying, along with the resurrection, ascension, and coming day of judgment. This truth was the gospel that saved and remains the gospel that is still at work today.
John felt those folks needed to hear that in whatever situation they faced. We need to hear the same. The gospel didn’t expire or become outdated. It didn’t do its work and then get set on a shelf. That same gospel anchors the life of every believer, reminding us of what’s been done, what is being done, and what is coming. Nothing we face today can harm that. It is the good news that is still really good. John then spoke
Fathers
John then spoke to the Fathers. The word implies maturity and probably a spiritual leader, guiding the children through life, standing as an example, protector, and disciplinarian. They were spiritually little children themselves, but as fathers, they had a larger responsibility. John was writing specifically to them because they understood the eternality of Jesus. The fathers saw Jesus in Genesis 1 as John had written in his gospel account (John 1:1).
In dark and difficult times or challenges to orthodox belief, they were to be the stabilizing force, the anchor point of the family. The family, in turn, became an anchor for the culture.
Young Men
The young men ranged from twenty to forty years of age. These were the strong in the community, the workers, and the warriors. John wrote them because they were overcomers. These young men with strong wills and strong backs had repented of their sins and trusted Christ. They didn’t overcome by their flesh, but they believed in the One who overcame for them. They were sharing in the victory that Christ won on their behalf. There was no greater work, no greater victory than the conquering of sin and death. This was a spiritual fortification for these young men that the enemy would have loved to tear down.
Little Children
This is a different word from the first little children in verse twelve. Yet, it still speaks to the partially grown and immature. That’s all of us. We must all remain teachable, regardless of age, we are the little children to our Father in heaven.
The little children must continue to grow and soon carry the ball. The young men and women are to grow up. As they mature in the Lord, their value is found in their maturity. But they must grow to that so they can train up the next generation. The old men and women, those mature, become the stability of the church.
John then told the little children that he wrote to them because they had known the Father. This was a reminder of their spiritual adoption papers. In Christ, they were heirs to the kingdom and had a great inheritance laid up in heaven. It was important for them to remember these great promises and their association with the Father.
When our beliefs feel distant or ineffectual, we can remember our place with the Father. This includes access to boldly enter into the throne room. The enemy lost his ability to drag us to hell when we were saved in Christ. The best he can do now is confuse, discourage, and steal our peace and joy. He is like a lion prowling - but the Lord has removed his teeth. Remind the devil of that fact and remember the truths the Lord has bestowed upon you.
Fathers
John repeated the same message to the fathers in verse fourteen as he had in verse 13. It was important enough to be repeated to the patriarchs of our faith.
Young Men
He wrote to the young men because of their strength and possession of God’s word abiding in them. Paul then used the word “overcome” again. It was the spiritual strength of the young man that was found in Christ. It was God’s word abiding in them, doing its work, changing and maturing them. These young men were the next patriarchs in training. They were maturing and growing in the Lord.
We live in days where the younger generation is fleeing God’s word. The evidence of this is visible in every aspect of our culture. The culture is suffering because the word of God does not abide in them.
1 John 2:15-17
Loving the world is the same as loving sin. It's the number one thing that keeps men from God. They simply love their sin enough to overcome any fear of dying in their sin and standing before a holy God. A love of the world is a worldliness that opposes God. This worldliness manifests itself in 3 ways:
- The lust of the flesh is the craving of sinful man, physical desires.
- Eve stood in the garden and saw the forbidden fruit. She craved it. She felt it would satisfy her flesh. She told herself she needed it, had to have it. She didn't even really understand why. This is the lust of the flesh.
- The lust of the eyes is collecting things, materialism.
- As Eve then gazed upon this fruit, she saw that it was pleasing to her eyes. She liked the color and the shape. It appealed to her. She evaluated it strictly by the surface appearance. There was no love, no depth, and no evaluation of the consequences. This is the lust of the eyes.
- The pride of life is what we have and do, our status. It’s the arrogance of perceiving security from status, education, reputation, wealth, or possessions.
- Then Eve was deceived into thinking that the fruit would make her wise. She needed this wisdom and wouldn't be denied. She felt cheated in not having it and convinced herself she deserved it. This is the pride of life.
One can't love God yet hold fast to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. All that is in the world is not of the Father but is of the world. You can't love God and the world. You either hold onto the world with all you have with an attitude of eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we may die, he who dies with the most toys wins and grab for all the gusto you can, or you let go of the world and the things of the world and hold fast to Jesus Christ. It takes two hands and all your reach to hold either one.
Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are all a manifestation of a love for the world. These three things are alive and well in our world, if not just downright prevalent. This love for the world and its ways causes us to do strange things that ultimately destroy relationships, lives, families, and marriages. But most important of all, it moves you further from the things of God.
This is what John wrote in his gospel account:
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” (John 3:19-21)
We've talked a couple of times about this vertical contrast John creates. There are no gray areas. In the light of Jesus Christ, every man will move. When the light of Christ shines in life, you will either be drawn to the light because you agree with God that your deeds are evil, resulting in a broken heart and repentance and trust in the savior, or you will be repelled by the light because you love the darkness. You will run for cover, holding tight to your dark deeds. The one who is moved to the light is moved by the knowledge of sin and darkness and the desire to have a restored relationship with their God. The one who is moved to the darkness is moved also by their knowledge of sin. Yet they hide in the world among the darkness of the world. They retain lordship of their life though they may not realize that's what they are doing. They ignore God even while at times acknowledging that there is a just and holy God. The Bible says they suppress the truth in unrighteousness. The Proverbs label this person a fool.
John said the world is passing away, but those who abide in God live forever. That's quite a contrast. And it seems like a no-brainer. Of course, we want to abide in God, yet the opposition is great. In John 17, Jesus prayed for the disciples when He said this:
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:14)
Here's our problem. We begin to feel lonely as a Christian. We begin to think we are missing out on something in the world. At times each one of us is fooled into thinking we can hold onto Jesus and somehow reach out and grab onto the world also. Remember, John, is speaking this to those of all levels of spiritual maturity because we need to be reminded.
- John said, don't love something that is passing away.
- Love of the world indicates no love for the Lord.
- Don't love something that will disappoint.
- When this world passes away, the citizens of this earth will pass away with it and be separated from God for all eternity.
- Those who forsook the world will be found in the Lord. They will live with the Lord for all eternity because they trust in eternal things.
The contrast is stark: a dying world contrasted with a living God. Yet we constantly make more of the world than we do of Jesus.
One more point before we move on. In Romans 12, Paul wrote something very similar.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
John and Paul’s messages were both born of the Spirit and agree. When we are in Christ, we are changed from light to dark. We are a new creature in Christ. The new creature has a renewed mind. We don't conform to the world and its thinking. We are transformed in a supernatural way by the Holy Spirit. We no longer love darkness. We are instead drawn to the light.
1 John 2:18-19
The false teachers had convinced many that they were the true followers of Christ. They had brought their false teaching into the church and stumbled many. John wrote to remind the disciples of Christ that they were the true believers.
If John was speaking of the last hour back then, we should speak as though it were the last few minutes. You can hear the expectancy in John's words. He expected Jesus to come any second!! We can know the hour is late by the many antichrists that have come and continue to come. These antichrists are little previews by the spirit of antichrist. "Anti" means "instead of". That's important because we tend to think of antichrist as that person who will do everything the opposite of Jesus. That's not the case.
In fact, the Antichrist will be an "instead of.” This spirit will sound very right and very religious. This spirit makes us feel good about ourselves. This spirit of antichrist may even use the Christian lingo and spout off bible verses. The antichrist is the "Instead of"option. There's Jesus, and then there's everything else. The culmination of the "instead of” Jesus option will someday manifest itself as THE antichrist.
There will come a day when The antichrist will step onto the scene. He may even be alive today for all we know. Up until now, we've seen the spirit of the antichrist alive in the world. And we've had a few previews of the antichrist. These were men who were the personifications of evil: Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Nero, etc. But they don't have to be so well known. They can operate on a smaller scale. The common denominator in each case, though, is that some number of people are being fooled and led astray. Some of these personifications of the antichrist were popular among the people. Some were hailed as great leaders and visionaries. When the Antichrist comes on the scene, it will be even worse.
The antichrist will be disguised as an angel of light. He won't be menacing with a pitchfork, breathing fire and promising hell. Instead, he'll say peace, peace. He'll perform many signs and wonders. And many will be deceived. They will be in awe of his mighty power. They will fall at His feet and worship him. And he will lead them, and they will mock and despise the true disciples.
Our concern is dealing with the Spirit of antichrist now and even today. The spirit of antichrist has created many options in our world. These options all join together in darkness to work against Jesus and His church. The spirit of antichrist is alive and well today. Instead of Jesus, you can listen to those who say it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are sincere. Oprah made herself famous for her claim that it doesn’t matter what you call him. She claimed that some call him Jesus, some call him Allah, Buddha, and so forth. According to her and many like her, it doesn't matter. The instead of Jesus option can also be a Jesus of our own making which is no Jesus at all but a dumb idol that looks a lot like us. Instead of the Jesus of the Bible, you can find many who worship a phony Jesus. Those who create a new Jesus do it out of ignorance at the leading of others. That's why it's so important to know the Jesus of the bible. Christians, in general, are so enamored with anyone bold enough to say the name of Jesus, we don't even stop to figure out if it is the right Jesus. We automatically assume they are Christian, very wise, and very religious. This is the spirit of the antichrist leading you astray!
The antichrist John specifically spoke of are the false teachers among them. They were the spirit of the antichrists in John's time. They went out from among the faithful. They were among the faithful at one time, but they weren't faithful themselves. Because, John said, if they had been of the faith they would have continued. Their departure became proof they were never really there. They went out so it would be evident to all. They weren't ever really part of the faithful in Christ.
John is saying that some of the antichrist were among them and appeared to belong to them. That's important for us to know. We must be on our guard all the time. John wrote these words a few thousand years ago, yet here it is, as relevant as ever. We are in the final hour. John wrote this to us and for us. The "instead of" Jesus options are wide and varied. They are becoming more powerful and joining forces. And they are speaking out against Christianity. In many cases, they have found a home base in churches and denominations and on TV and the Internet. These spirits exist today, and someday soon, a man will rise to power. And He will step into the limelight and lead all these spirits.
1 John 2:20-21
This is just saying, you have the Holy Spirit with you. This is what makes you different from these antichrists. These false teachers and deceivers that may be among you sound holy and religious, but you have the anointing of the Holy Spirit that sets you apart for God's use. They don't have that. The Holy Spirit is our resource to know all things. John is reminding these folks to rely on the Spirit in them and not to yield to the spirit of antichrist present in these false teachers. Don't love the world. Don't be deceived by these antichrists. Stay true to the light that is in you.
1 John 2:22-23
The false teachers of John's time were beginning to distance themselves from Jesus. They were explaining away Jesus by saying He wasn't really a physical man. John's saying you can't just accept this. The Holy Spirit ought to be ringing bells and blowing whistles in your head. We need to pay attention to those things. You can't be in the Father without believing in Christ, and you can't be in Christ without the Father.
This is just one of the many heresies they were fighting against. All of those still exist today. Many churches are distancing themselves from Jesus in an effort to draw a crowd.
(Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witness’ and others are presented as part of Christianity. But, they believe in a different Jesus.)
1 John 2:24-25
Remember the false teacher's sales pitch, it's NEW and IMPROVED. We love new and improved, don't we? The spirit of antichrist was in the presentation from these false teachers -and it still is today. We are inherently drawn to it so we must be on guard. This spirit of antichrist will look very inviting, reasonable, and logical. It will appear loving on the surface. It can only be discerned by the Spirit of God and by His unchanging word.
John said to stay with that unchanging truth of God. Stay with that which abides in you and exists in you as the presence of the Holy Spirit. Stay true to the gospel that saved you. Don't let someone convince you they have something newer, better, improved, more valuable or anything else. If we abide in the Father and Son, we have His promise of eternal life. The inverse is also true. If those false teachers don’t hold to the saving work of Christ and abide in Him and the Father, He does not abide in them and they don’t have eternal life.
1 John 2:26-27
The basic truth of the Gospel was being abandoned by these counterfeit ministers. The Holy Spirit and the word will keep us in the truth if we allow it. The “anointing” is the endowment of the Holy Spirit in and over our life. The word means “to be smeared with” and gives us the picture of the covering of the Holy Spirit of God over our life. He is our guide and provides the one on one teaching we need to keep us abiding in the truth.
1 John 2:28-29
We will stand before Him, Jesus, the One and only. All the "Instead of" options will be judged. They will be proven powerless and hopeless. Jesus is coming soon. We must be sure we are in Him. If we are not sure, we mustn’t put it off any longer. We abide in Him as we walk in this world in the midst of all the substitutes that attempt to woo us away. Like barkers at a carnival trying to get your attention, they offer everything under the sun.
Why don’t the false teachers chase those of false religions? Why don’t they chase unbelievers? They don’t need to move those people, they are already deceived. Isn’t it interesting that the false teachers only work within Christian circles, trying to draw away true believers?
When you have the real thing, there is no reason to even consider the counterfeits. Walk bold and secure as a son or daughter of God. And don't be thrown off by these anti-Christ. Soon we will stand before Him without shame when He comes.
©2012 Doug Ford, Revised & edited 2020, 2024
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