For years, there have been countless questions and ideas surrounding the coming of the antichrist, the new order he will establish, the kingdom he will set up and ultimately, his own claim to being god. We have tried to prepare for the coming deception, but are also aware that the spirit of antichrist has been alive in every generation. In 1 John 2:18, we read, "Little Children, it is the last time, and as you have heard that antichrist will come, even now there are many antichrists; this is how we know we are in the last days."

John encourages the early church to BE AWARE of those among you NOW, who claim to KNOW Christ but deny Him by the way they live, establishing their order, their own kingdom and themselves as their personal god. He tells them HOW they will know the true from the false and how THEY can live in HONOR to what is TRUTH.

Today's Moment teaches us that to acknowledge Christ is not to just say we know Him, but to live in covenant with Him by Word and Deed.