2. Do Not Love the World

3. Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Do Not Love the World
Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness

4. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, 16 because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

5. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, 16 because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

6. Do Not Love the World
“It is the world’s ability to seduce believers, to draw them away from the love of the Father, that concerns John.”
–Frank E. Gaebelein

7. “The desire of the flesh” is undisciplined pleasure-seeking.
Do Not Love the World
“The desire of the flesh” is undisciplined pleasure-seeking.

8. Do Not Love the World
“The desire of the eyes” is greed.

9. Do Not Love the World
“The arrogance produced by material possessions” is literally “arrogance of life,” probably signifying a pretentious, showy pride.

10. Do Not Love the World
“The pride of life has to do with our possessions and accomplishments, those things we brag about, even if in our minds.”
–Quicknotes

11. Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Do Not Love the World
Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness

12. Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Do Not Love the World
Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Don’t believe the world’s lies about Jesus

13. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us. 20 Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

14. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
21 I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

15. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
25 Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

16. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

17. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
Antichrists are false teachers who departed from the church, proving they didn’t belong there in the first place.

18. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
20 Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

19. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
20 Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
You have the Holy Spirit inside of you who affirms the truths you were taught.

20. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
22 Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

21. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
22 Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
It is a lie to claim that Jesus is not the Christ or that he is not the Son of the Father.

22. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
24 As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

23. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
24 As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
Hold fast to the truths about Jesus you learned from the beginning, and eternal life is yours.

24. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

25. 1 John 2: (NET Bible)
26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
The Holy Spirit in you will affirm the truths about Jesus and reveal lies.

26. Do Not Love the World
“antichrists”

27. Do Not Love the World
“To understand the author’s use of the term Antichrist we must note that this is more than just someone who opposes Christ, but one who seeks to replace Christ, that is, a counterfeit Christ.”
–Hall Harris

28. Do Not Love the World
Many antichrists
One Antichrist

29. Do Not Love the World
“John examines the problem and rightly concludes that the proper understanding of the person and work of Jesus Christ is fundamental to Christianity and cannot be compromised.”
–NAC

30. Do Not Love the World
“When Jesus is acknowledged as the Son and as the eternal Christ, the Father has also truly been lifted up, known and honored, confessed and possessed.”
–Frank E. Gaebelein

31. Do Not Love the World
“They went out from us”

32. Do Not Love the World
“No one thought that ‘separation from the congregation’ was an option for anyone professing faith in Jesus.”
–Frank E. Gaebelein

33. Do Not Love the World
“The ‘anointing’ which believers have received refers to the indwelling Holy Spirit which has been given to them at their conversion.”
–NET note

34. John 16: (NET Bible)
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

35. Do Not Love the World
“John is confident that those who belong to God will remain with God and, by extension, with the community of faith.”
–NAC

36. Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Do Not Love the World
Don’t believe the world’s lies about happiness
Don’t believe the world’s lies about Jesus