Welcome to episode 130 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of 1 John, covering chapter 2:15-28. The series is called “Unshakeable.”  Today, we will cover: 

• Our sinful society (vv. 15-17) 
• The schism in the church (vv. 18-28) 

Key takeaways: 

• In light of eternity, all the world has to offer is temporary at best and in rebellion against God at worst. Only a life motivated by obedience to God and his eternal values will survive the passing of the world and all its desires. 
• Those who love God must not love “the world,” for by John’s definition, the world is all that is in rebellion against God. 
• When John prohibits believers from loving the world, he means not participating in its ways and values. 
• The antichrists are those who have and teach a distorted understanding of Jesus Christ. 
• Theologically speaking, both the objective, external Word of God and the inward, effectual call of the Holy Spirit are needed for genuine spiritual rebirth.   
• There could be no antichrists until the Messiah had come and there was a Christ. That is why the appearance of Jesus marks the start of an era, “the last hour”. 
• Spiritual security cannot be found in the latest theological trends that move beyond the need for the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, Son of God. 

Quotable: 

• All human values, ethics, and morality that are defined by fallen people are fatally flawed because they are built on false premises about reality. 

Application: 

• Even if not an atheist at the philosophical level, anyone who rejects God’s rule of life in some aspect of their behavior is to that extent an atheist in practice. 
• Not everything one might hear about Jesus Christ is true, in the first century or in ours. 
• Spiritual security cannot be found in the latest theological trends that move beyond the need for the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, Son of God. 
• Not unlike the ancient world in which John wrote, our world today is also full of voices claiming spiritual truth as a way to know God. 
• The idea of truth by majority opinion leads to the idea that all personal opinions about God are of equal value. 

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