Who Is The Liar?

 "Who is the liar?

The one who denies that JESUS is the CHRIST.

This is an antichrist who denies both the FATHER and the Son.  The one who denies the Son is without the FATHER, and those who acknowledge the Son also have the FATHER.

Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you.  If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you too will remain in the Son and in the FATHER.  And this is the promise HE, HIMSELF, gave us: eternal life.

I write this to you thinking of those who try to lead you astray.

You received from HIM an anointing, and it remains in you, so you do not need someone to teach you.  HIS anointing teaches you all things.  It speaks the truth and does not lie to you; so remain in HIM, and keep what HE has taught you.

And now, my children, live in HIM, so that when HE appears in HIS glory, we may be confident and not ashamed before HIM when HE comes." - 1 John 2:22-28 

(You received from HIM an anointing, and it remains in you.  John not only speaks of the anointing of oil in baptism and confirmation.  "CHRIST" signifies precisely, "he who is anointed," and this anointing was the presence in HIM of the Spirit of GOD, HIS FATHER.  John adds: "You cannot receive passively just any instruction in the Church, but you must discern whether the word of GOD is being faithfully transmitted."

HIS anointing [Spirit] teaches you all things.  In writing that, John had in mind the prophets who were the animators of the churches: through their inspired words the Spirit taught the community [see Acts 14:2 and 1 Thessalonians 5:19].  Today the Spirit also maintains us in the truth through the leaders of the community and those who teach but we are not dispensed from seeking by ourselves the meaning of the Word and discerning what others tell us.)

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