1. Welcome! www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net
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2. Acts 12: Peter and Herod
Peter’s arrest and miraculous release The church’s response Peter’s departure Herod’s fate

3. Acts 13: Paul and Barnabbas
Sent out as apostles

4. Welcome! www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net
Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones
Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

5. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.
Psalm 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Hymns
Invitation
Red Songbook -
Supplemental

6. John’s Letter to the Chosen Lady 2 John

7. The Chosen Lady and Her Children
The Lady = the church
Her children = individual Christians
"I shall hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die.” Jeremiah 22:26

8. The New Commandment
“Love one another” Defined: Walk according to His commandments
Joh 13:4 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another”
New because this level of love had not existed before this time

9. The Antichrists
Anti-Christs – those who do not acknowledge Jesus as coming in the flesh
1Jo 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

10. The Antichrists
Anti-Christs – those who do not acknowledge Jesus as coming in the flesh 1 John 2:22 – Antichrists deny Jesus is Christ
1Jo 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

11. The Antichrists
Anti-Christs – those who do not acknowledge Jesus as coming in the flesh 1 John 2:22 – Antichrists deny Jesus is Christ 1 John 4:1-3 – Antichrists do not confess
1Jo 4:1 ¶ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

12. The Antichrists
Anti-Christs – those who do not acknowledge Jesus as coming in the flesh 1 John 2:22 – Antichrists deny Jesus is Christ 1 John 4:1-3 – Antichrists do not confess 2 Thessalonians 2:3 – Stands in God’s place
2Th 2:3 ¶ Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

13. The Antichrists
Anti-Christs – those who do not acknowledge Jesus as coming in the flesh
How does one not “confess” Jesus in the flesh?
Heb 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

14. Denying Christ
1. Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God (NASB) Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God (NKJV)

15. Denying Christ
2. The one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. (NASB) He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. (NKJV)

16. Do Not Receive an AntiChrist
If anyone (a false teacher) comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house (the church) nor greet him;. for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds

17. More to Say…..
John ends by saying he has more to say Implication: What he said here is of chief importance

18. Christians Must Promote Doctrinal Purity
More to Say…..
Christians Must Promote Doctrinal Purity
John ends by saying he has more to say Implication: What he said here is of chief importance