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WE ARE TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN WORKERS IN THEIR MINISTRY BECAUSE OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD AND TO ENABLE THEM TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT REACHING THE LOST FOR JESUS.WHEN WE ASSIST CHRISTIAN WORKERS, WE BECOME CO- WORKERS WHO NOW PARTAKE OF THE SAME REWARDS AS THEY DO.WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, THEY CANT GO ON THE MISSION FIELDS. WE ARE THE ONES TO SEND THEM BY HELPING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS OR ELSE THEY'D HAVE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT WHICH WOULD KEEP THEM AWAY FROM GOD'S CALLING FROM THEIR LIVES.

REFUSING HOSPITALITY TO FALSE TEACHERS IS A WAY OF PROTECTING THE SHEEP FROM WOLVES WHO ARE OUT TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN DOCTRINES AND DIVIDE AND SCATTER THE PEOPLE OF GOD.JOHN KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT CONTAMINATES YOUR FAITH IN GOD WHEN YOU CONTINUALLY HEAR UNTRUTHS ALL THE TIME.JUST AS WE DON'T LET CRIMINALS INTO OUR HOME FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE DON'T LET HERETICS INTO OUR HOME CHURCHES TO POLLUTE THE HOLY WORD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

RUNNING AHEAD OF CHRIST'S TEACHINGS TO DEEPER TRUTHS CAN LEAD TO DECEPTION BECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH TRYING TO LEAD INSTEAD OF FOLLOW.WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS OMNISCIENT, HE KNOWS THE PATHS AHEAD AND WE CAN SAFELY TRUST HIM TO LEAD US INTO ALL TRUTHS.WHEN I RUN AHEAD OF HIS GUIDANCE I'M SAYING THAT I KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR ME AND I'M IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE.I'M NOT TRUSTING HIM BUT MYSELF; SELF IS ON THE THRONE OF MY LIFE. THAT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE FUTURE BUT HE DOES.TO ABIDE OR CONTINUE IN CHRIST IS TO DWELL IN HIM, IN HIS WORD, IN HIS PRESENCE.IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.THE CHRIST LIFE IS ONE OF ABIDING IN HIS PRESENCE.

WE NEED TO KEEP OURSELVES FROM IDOLS BECAUSE THEY DISTRACT US FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD, JESUS CHRIST.ANYTHING WE PUT BEFORE GOD CAN BECOME AN IDOL IN OUR HEARTS, WHETHER IT'S MONEY, POSSESSIONS, FAMILY, JOB, ETC.IN MY OWN LIFE, I TEND TO SOMETIMES PUT PEOPLE FIRST RATHER THAN RUN TO THE LORD FOR HELP.I THINK I STRUGGLE WITH AN EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY ON OTHERS BECAUSE OF LACK OF LOVE AND AN ABUSIVE PAST, SO I HAVE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP ME TO GET MY PRIORITIES RIGHT. HE ALWAYS HELPS ME TO SEE MY ERRORS AND LEADS ME INTO ALL TRUTHS, PRAISE GOD!!

TWO CONDITIONS TO ANSWERED PRAYER ARE OUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND PRAYING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.WE CAN DETERMINE GOD'S WILL BY WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS WORD.ONCE WE KNOW HIS WILL, WE CAN COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE WITH OUR PETITIONS KNOWING HE WILL HEAR AND ANSWER US.I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR LOST FAMILY MEMBERS FOR YEARS NOW ACCORDING TO ACTS 16:31- WHICH SAYS BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.SO I KNOW THAT'S HIS WILL FOR MY LOVED ONES , BUT AT TIMES I HAVE GROWN DISCOURAGED AND HAVENT BEEN PRAYING BOLD PRAYERS LIKE I USED TO BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE GROWN WEARY.BUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HIS WILL, I CONTINUE TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR THEM.IF MY MAIN MOTIVE IN PRAYER IS TO ACHIEVE MY OWN WILL, GOD IS NOT OBLIGATED TO ANSWER MY PRAYER.

LIFE IS IN THE SON AND HIM ALONE.BEFORE I WAS BORN AGAIN, I WAS SPIRITUALLY DEAD,BUT ONCE I CAME TO CHRIST JESUS, I INHERITED ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIM.THE CHURCH IS JUST A BUILDING BUILT OF BRICKS AND WOOD AND STONE.LIFE IS NOT IN A BUILDING BUT IN HIM.TO TEACH A FAITH RELATIONSHIP, PEOPLE MUST SEE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR SAVIOUR VERSUS A DEAD RELIGION WHERE WE KEEP A BUNCH OF RULES AND ACT VERY LEGALISTIC. WE MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE.NOWADAYS , PEOPLE PUT THEIR FAITH IN THEIR PASTOR, THEIR CHURCH, THEIR GOOD WORKS, ETC, BUT TRUE FAITH IS TRUSTING IN JESUS IN EVERY AND ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES.

FAITH HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OVERCOMING BECAUSE WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. GOD'S KINGDOM OPERATE THROUGH FAITH IN HIM AND HIS ABILITY TO DO JUST WHAT HE SAID HE CAN AND WILL DO.A DEFEATIST MENTALITY IS ONE FILLED WITH DOUBT AND UNBELIEF, SO THAT EVERYTHING SEEMS HOPELESS AND IMPOSSIBLE.I THINK IN HEBREWS IT SAYS:" AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH". WE NEED FAITH TO SEE ANSWERS TO OUR CHALLENGES IN LIFE BECAUSE IT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE NOT SEEN AS YET.DOUBT AND UNBELIEF ARE LIKE THIEVES THAT THE ENEMY USES TO TRY AND ROB YOU OF YOUR FAITH SO YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THE VICTORY. BUT THE DEVIL IS A LIAR; WE HAVE ALREADY OVERCOME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.I'VE HAD TO REPENT OF UNBELIEF MANY TIMES AND THE LORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN FAITHFUL TO HELP ME.PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!!

WE SHOULD HAVE A DEEP RESPECT AND REVERENCE FOR GOD JUST BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS, THE ALMIGHTY GOD AND CREATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT.HIS LOVE PERFECTED IN US DRIVES OUT ALL UNGODLY, UNHOLY FEAR AND ALL BONDAGES THAT MAY EXIST IN OUR LIVES.WE DONT HAVE TO FEAR FUTURE JUDGEMENT BECAUSE JESUS WAS ALREADY JUDGED IN OUR PLACE, THEREFORE AS BELIEVERS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO HIS GLORIOUS RETURN WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF BEING PUNISHED BY HIM.

GOD'S NATURE IS LOVE. HE DOESNT HAVE LOVE, HE IS LOVE. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME, AND BEST OF ALL HIS LOVE IS AGAPPE LOVE OR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.THAT MEANS THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I FALL OR FAIL IN MY CHRISTIAN WALK, HE WILL NEVER CONDEMN ME BUT RATHER HELP ME TO STAND AS I RUN TO HIM AND NOT FROM HIM.OUR GOD IS A RESTORER, AND NO MATTER IF WE WERE HURT BY OTHERS OR WE BROUGHT PAIN INTO OUR OWN LIVES BY THE WRONG CHOICES WE MADE, HE STILL FORGIVES AND IS WILLING TO RESTORE US.OUR GOD STILL HEALS TODAY AS HE DID YESTERDAY. LOVE AND FORGIVENESS GO TOGETHER IN GOD'S KINGDOM.IF GOD DIDNT TRULY LOVE MANKIND, HE WOULDNT HAVE CHOSEN TO FORGIVE US BY SENDING HIS SON TO PAY THE PRICE FOR OUR SINS, THEREFORE WE HAVE TO DO LIKEWISE.IF WE TRULY LOVE LIKE HE DOES, WE HAVE TO FORGIVE AND NOT HATE.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ME IS GREATER THAN FALSE PROPHETS WHO DECEIVE, AND SATAN AS WELL, FOR HE IS THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND SHOWS US HOW TO OVERCOME THE LIES OF THE ENEMY.WE HAVE OVERCOME THEM IN THE SENSE THAT WE NOW KNOW TRUTH AND CAN OVERCOME NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.REV 12:11 SAYS WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY!!!WE HAVE ALL THE WEAPONS WE NEED TO OVERCOME ANY FEARS OR OBSTACLES THE ENEMY MAY BRING BECAUSE THE VICTORIOUS, TRIUMPHANT ONE LIVES INSIDES US..GLORY!!

SATAN WANTS US TO THINK THAT JESUS WAS NOT DIVINE SO HE QUESTIONS WHETHER JESUS REALLY CAME IN THE FLESH, OR DID HE JUST COME IN SPIRIT FORM? I PERSONALLY KNOW MOSLEMS WHO SAY JESUS WAS JUST A GOOD MAN, BUT HE NEVER DIED ON THE CROSS; THAT HE WAS JUST A PROPHET.BUT HE DID COME AS A HUMAN, BORN OF A VIRGIN, LIVED A PURE, PERFECT LIFE,DIED AT AGE THIRTY THREE BY CRUCIFIXION, AND ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY.AND HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US; IT WASNT TAKEN FROM HIM.IF THE DEVIL CAN GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIDNT COME IN THE FLESH, THEN THE CRUCIFIXION BECOMES A SYMBOLIC ONE AND NOT REAL.BUT THE DEVIL IS A LIAR, BECAUSE ELEVEN YEARS AGO, WHEN TWENTY SOMETHING DOCTORS GAVE UP ON ME AND ALL HUMAN HOPE WAS GONE, I SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO CHRIST, GAVE UP MY OLD RELIGION, AND HE GLORIOUSLY HEALED, SAVED AND DELIVERED ME. THAT'S HOW I PERSONALLY KNOW HE IS REAL; HE IS ALIVE AND WELL AND COMING BACK SOON. PRAISE GOD!!

OUR OBEDIENCE IS A SIGN OF OUR LOVE TO GOD. JESUS SAID IN THE WORD IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY ME.THE PROPHET SAMUEL TOLD KING SAUL AFTER HE HAD BEEN DISOBEDIENT THAT TO OBEY GOD IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.MY OBEDIENCE SHOWS HIM THAT I LOVE HIM AND AM WILLING TO DO THINGS HIS WAY, NOT MY WAY.OBEDIENCE COMES FROM A HEART THAT IS WILLING AND OPEN TO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT.WHEN I OBEY I PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE FROM GOD THE THING I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR. GOD BLESSES AND REWARDS OBEDIENCE. I DONT HAVE TO EARN GOD'S FAVOR BUT WHEN I OBEY I OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR HIM TO BLESS ME; DEUTERONOMY 28 SAYS OBEDIENCE BRINGS BLESSINGS BUT DISOBEDIENCE BRING CURSES.

LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR BROTHERS IS BASICALLY A SACRIFICIAL LOVE . IT'S HELPING THE HURTING, THE NEEDY, THE POOR, THE WIDOWS, THE ORPHANS AND MEETING THEIR NEEDS IN A PRACTICAL WAY , AS BEST AS YOU CAN.I'M BLESSED TO BE A PART OF A SMALL CONGREGATION WHERE THEY GIVE OUT FREE LOAVES OF BREAD ON SUNDAYS TO SHARE WITH NEIGHBORS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, ETC.SO I BLESS MY NEIGHBORS WITH BREAD ON SUNDAYS. I GIVE OF MY TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES TO HELP OTHERS. I LOVE MAILING CARDS WITH LOTS OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, ETC TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CHEER THEM UP, AND IT WORKS.THEY LOVE RECEIVING ENCOURAGING WORDS.I DO BELIEVE WE NEED MORE LOVE IN ACTION BEING DEMONSTRATED IN OUR CHURCHES.

I BELIEVE IF ANGER IS LEFT UNCHECKED, IT CAN TURN INTO HATE WHICH CAN EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MURDER.THE SAME SPIRIT THAT IS BEHIND HATRED IS ALSO BEHIND MURDER.WE ARE TOLD TO BE ANGRY BUT SIN NOT. ALSO NOT TO LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON OUR ANGER AND MAKE NO FRIENDS WITH AN ANGRY MAN.TO HATE IS THE OPPOSITE OF TO LOVE, SO IF OUR HEARTS ARE FILED WITH HATE AND UNFORGIVENESS TOWARD THOSE WHO HAVE DONE INJUSTICE TO US, THEN WE ARE NO LONGER WALKING IN LOVE BUT SEEKING REVENGE, LIKE CAIN WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER IN ANGER.GETTING RID OF ANGER FOR ME IS A DAILY SURRENDER TO GOD. I HAVE TO TOTALLY RELY ON HIM TO HELP ME WALK IN LOVE, ESPECIALLY TOWARD UNSAVED FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CONTINUE TO HURT ME AND I HAVE TO CONTINUALLY FORGIVE THEM.IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE A PART OF ME WANTS TO LASH OUT AT THEM AND HURT THEM ALSO, BUT THANK GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING ME TO LOVE MY ENEMIES, AND TO LOVE THE UNLOVEABLE.

CAIN RESENTED ABEL AND ENDED UP KILLING HIM BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY TOWARD HIS BROTHER.HE FELT REJECTED BY GOD WHILE HIS BROTHER'S OFFERING WAS ACCEPED BY GOD.JUST LIKE CAIN WAS JEALOUS OF HIS BROTHER AND RESENTED HIM FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING, SO TOO JESUS SAID THE WORLD WILL HATE AND RESENT US FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. I THINK SINNERS GET CONVICTED WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR LIVES. IT REMINDS THEM OF THEIR OWN CONDITION OF EMPTINESS WITHOUT CHRIST.THEY DONT WANT TO SACRIFICE AND LIVE A GODLY LIFE BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE THE SAME REWARDS AS US AND SOME OF THEM JUST DONT CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES.

JOHN'S TEACHING ON SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO WHAT THE FALSE TEACHERS WERE TEACHING.THEY DIDNT TEACH ON SIN.HOWEVER JOHN TAUGHT THAT WE NEED TO PURIFY OURSELVES FROM SIN BECAUSE IT IS NOT TRIVIAL; THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH AND SIN SEPARATES MAN FROM A HOLY GOD. SINNING IS BREAKING THE LAW AND WE NEED TO PURIFY OURSELVES FROM IT.

THE PRESENCE OF GOD'S SEED IN ME KEEPS ME FROM SIN AND LAWLESSNESS BECAUSE HE HELPS ME TO RECOGNISE SIN AND ITS PERILS.ONE AREA I STILL STRUGGLE WITH IS SPEAKING THE RIGHT WORDS AND NOT SPEAKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT OTHERS.I DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT BEING CRITICAL OF OTHERS ANY MORE.I LOVE THE ANSWER POSTED BY PAUL H. IT HELPED ME A LOT.THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKE US LIKE JESUS BY SHOWING US HOW TO LIVE RIGHT, REPENT, WALK THE WALK, NOT JUST TALK THE TALK.

LAWLESSNESS SHOWS UP IN REBELLION AGAINST GOD'S WAYS.LAWLESSNESS IS SEEN IN THOSE WHO REFUSE TO OBEY GOD, HATE HIS WORD, AND WHEN CORRECTED, THEY THINK YOU'RE JUDGING THEM.THIS ATTITUDE OF LAWLESSNESS LEADS TO SIN BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY STUBBORN, SELF WILLED PEOPLE.THEY LOVE THE DARKNESS MORE THAN THE LIGHT.

KNOWING THAT HIS SECOND COMING MAY BE SOON, IT MAKES ME EVEN MORE AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LIVE A GODLY, HOLY LIFE THAT IS PLEASING UNTO THE LORD.I DAILY ASK THE LORD TO SHOW BE WHAT IS IN MY HEART THAT IS NOT PLEASING TO HIM, SO THAT I CAN REPENT, AND WITH HIS HELP, AND BY HIS GRACE, TURN AWAY FROM THESE THINGS.I DONT WANT ANY SIN IN MY LFE, IT CONTAMINATES AND INTERFERES WITH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.

WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN, WE ARE NOW CHILDREN OF GOD IN THAT WE NOW HAVE A SPIRITUAL BIRTH, NOT JUST A PHYSICAL BIRTH. WE ARE NOW BORN AGAIN FROM ABOVE, NOT BELOW. BORN OF THE SPIRIT, NOT OF THE FLESH.THE HOLY SPIRIT BEARS WITNESS TO THIS NEW BIRTH BY BEARING WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE A SONS OF GOD, OR CHILDREN OF GOD, WHEREBY WE CAN NOW CRY, ABBA, FATHER.THE NEW BIRTH CHANGES US FROM THE INSIDE OUT. WE ARE NOW BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF GOD'S SON, GOING FROM FAITH TO FAITH AND GLORY TO GLORY.I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS.!!

WE STILL NEED TEACHERS IN THE CHURCH THOUGH WE HAVE THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US BECAUSE THEY HELP TO EQUIP THE CHURCH AND MATURE THE SAINTS.IN FACT, WHEN I FIRST GOT SAVED AND GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST , IT WAS THE TEACHING OF GOD'S WORD BY A VERY ANOINTED MAN OF GOD THAT BROUGHT BACK LIFE TO ME. I WAS DYING; LITERALLY ON A DEATHBED FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.TEACHERS HELP US TO PREPARE FOR OUR CALLING AND HELP US TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WORD.THE GIFT OF TEACHING IS WHERE THE PASTOR TEACHES US THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCES AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD.THE ANOINTING IS WITHIN ME TO LEAD AND GUIDE ME DAILY AS I LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR HIS WORDS OF GUIDANCE AND WISDOM TO ME PERSONALLY.

TO ABIDE OR CONTINUE IN THE LORD MEANS TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE VINE IN SPITE OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THIS LIFE. A PERSON WHO IS ABIDING IN CHRIST WILL LIVE THE LIFE OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN, EMBRACING GODLY PRINCIPLES, AND DOING THE WORD, NOT JUST HEARING IT.HIS DESIRE IS TO PLEASE GOD AND SURRENDER TOTALLY TO HIM.HE DESIRES TO LIVE A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE UNTO GOD AND IS QUICK TO REPENT WHEN HE FALLS SHORT BECAUSE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HIM.THOSE NOT ABIDING IN JESUS DONT CARE ABOUT BIBLE READING OR FELLOWSHIPPING WITH THE SAINTS. THEY ARE VERY CARNAL AND LIVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FLESH, TO PLEASE THEMSELVES, AND NOT AFTER THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS THE WORD TO REMEMBERANCE. HE IS THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WISDOM , REVELATION KNOWLEDGE AND POWER. HE IS MY PARACLETE, MY COMFORTER, HELPER AND GUIDES ME DAILY.HE TEACHES US THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD BY ENLIGHTENING THE EYES OR OUR UNDERSTANDING SO WE CAN SEE TRUTH AND HE REVEALS FALSEHOOD SO WE CAN REJECT IT.THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO MAGNIFY AND GLORIFY JESUS CHRIST. HE LEADS US INTO TRUTHS.I'LL NEVER FORGET AS A BABY CHRISTIAN, THE HOLY SPIRIT TOLD ME TO CALL MY NEIGHBOR AND PRAY FOR HER. FINALLY, I OBEYED AND BOY WAS I GLAD I DID. SHE HAD BEEN CRYING OUT TO GOD TO SEND SOME ENCOURAGEMENT TO HER BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT WELL. I PRAYED WITH HER AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY GOD HAD HEARD HER CRY AND I WAS BLEESED BECAUSE OBEDIENCE ALWAYS BRINGS THE BLESSINGS.PRAISE GOD.

THE ANOINTING IS THE PRESENCE AND POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD IN A BELIEVER'S LIFE, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.JESUS WAS ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER ; WHEN DAVID WAS ANOINTED BY SAMUEL , THE POWER OF GOD CAME UPON HIS LIFE.I THINK EVERY CHRISTIAN HAS THE ANOINTING OF GOD ABIDING ON THE INSIDE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. I ASK GOD TO FILL ME UP WITH HIS SWEET SPIRIT DAILY SO THAT I CAN DO THE WORKS HE DID.

THE ANTICHRIST THAT JOHN EXPECTS TO COME IS GOING TO BE A MAN USED BY SATAN TO SET HIMSELF UP IN GOD'S HOLY TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.HE IS GOING TO MAKE WAR WITH CHRISTIANS AND DEMAND THAT ALL PEOPLE WORSHIP HIM.THE ANTICHRISTS IN JOHN'S DAYS WERE THOSE WHO WERE OPPOSING TRUTH OR TWISTING THE WORD OF GOD AND CAUSING OTHERS TO STUMBLE.THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST IS CLEARLY AT WORK IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND IN THE NATION AS A WHOLE.I SEE IT IN MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF MINE WHO ARE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND.THEY BELIEVE JESUS WAS A GOOD MAN, BUT CERTAINLY NOT GOD. SOME DONT EVEN BELIEVE HE CAME IN THE FLESH PERIOD.