Lesson 6: Abide in Him
1 John 2:18-27 (ESV) - www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.2

God’s Words:
”Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.

I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.”

My words:
Holy, Everlasting Father, I praise You as the Truth. Keep me true to You as the end of all things I know approaches. People who deny You, Father and Son – the Divine Christ, and are against You, are everywhere. My heart can slip into fear mode if I focus on what I see instead of on You, my unseen but very real God. Thank You I don’t have to worry about denying You – You’ve promised if I truly belong to Christ, You will enable me to stick it out to the end, remaining faithful to You. Because I have been anointed by You, the Holy One, I belong in Your family and am secure.

You have also promised me eternal, real life if I live deeply in the Truth (You). Lord, please keep Your Truth in my heart and mind! As I abide in You, Christ’s anointing teaches me the Truth – everything I need to know everything I need to avoid the lies the deceivers want me to believe, amen.