Sue J Love said:

“Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 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. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.” (1 John 2:18-24 NASB’95)

Many Antichrists

What does it mean to be “antichrist”? Well, the prefix “anti” means “against” or “opposite” or “opposing.” And who are antichrist? All who deny that Jesus is the Christ, but not just with their lips, but with their actions, their attitudes, their sinful behaviors, and their refusal to bow to Jesus as King and Lord (Owner-Master) and to surrender to his will and purpose, and to forsake their sinful practices, and to now obey God and his commandments.

But do you realize that many who profess faith in Jesus Christ, in reality, are antichrist? Why? Because they deny him with their thoughts, their actions, their attitudes, and their behaviors and practices. They have not died with him to sin and they have not walked in obedience to his commands, in practice, but they have continued in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord Jesus. So they are living opposite of Christ and against his will.

But someone who is antichrist may be someone who is acting in place of Christ, taking his place in the hearts of the people to where they worship him and not God, or when their worship of the antichrist person supersedes the word of and the will of God for our lives. And usually this takes place because the people have been deceived by a master of manipulation who has convinced the people that he is their savior, when he is the opposite.

So, what is the main objective of a person who is antichrist, in truth? It may be merely to put on a performance of being a Christian and a believer in Jesus in order to be acceptable to certain people or to hide from others the sins he is committing in secret. Or it may be to gain the confidence of the Christian community in order to deceive them into believing and following after the lies and to reject the truth, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

They Went Out From Us

So, when this says that “they went out from us, but they were not really of us,” we have to be very careful that we do not interpret this in light of “church attendance” in an institutional church (business) incorporated (partnered with) the state which is marketing the church (their business) to the people of the world. If anything, going out from one of these is only fulfilling the command of the Lord that we not partner with the ungodly.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

In truth, anyone who goes out from the body of Christ, which is under the authority of Christ, is literally someone who is deserting the Lord. For if we are the people of God, who believe in Jesus Christ in righteousness and in truth, who have died with him to sin, and who are obeying his commands, in practice, we are the church. So to leave the church, the body, is to desert Christ and our faith in the Lord and to no longer be his by faith in him.

But please do not define the church as a building or as a gathering of people getting together to sing songs and listen to a sermon and then to go home and live their lives as normal until the next week when they “go to church” again. We who are following Jesus with our lives are the church. And to leave the church may not be physical at all. There are many charlatans and false professers of faith in Jesus Christ in these man-made “churches.”

Who is The Antichrist?

So, an antichrist person could actually be a church pastor or an elder, or he could be a person of prominence in the community or in a nation, or he may even be the head of a nation, and he may be professing faith in Jesus with his lips, but his goal is really to deceive and to trick the people into honoring him and following him so that he has their trust so that they will believe his lies and support his lies so that he can do the evil that he has planned.

Thus, just because someone verbally confesses that Jesus is the Christ, or he professes faith in the man Jesus who lived on this earth 2000+ years ago, and he claims to be a worshiper of Jesus, that doesn’t mean that he is not a wolf in sheep’s clothing and a con man and a “pied piper,” i.e. a person who is able to charm and manipulate others into trusting him and into following him where he leads them, but which will be to their detriment.

And if you read the Scriptures about these last days before the return of Christ, you will read about such men as this who presently are among us leading many people astray with their lies, who outwardly profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are plotting evil against us, the people. So, just because someone says, “I believe in Jesus,” it doesn’t mean that he is of genuine faith in the Lord, following in the ways of the Lord Jesus.

He could be a “thief and a robber” in disguise persuading the people to follow him. We have many of those among us serving as pastors of churches and as elders and deacons, and as Christian counselors and missionaries and evangelists, and as heads of nations who have persuaded the people to put their blind trust in them, and to not question their actions. This should not be! We need to be testing the spirits to see if they are of God or not.

But the only way in which we will be able to do that is if we are in genuine relationship with Jesus Christ (God), listening to him speak truth to our hearts via the written word of God and via the Holy Spirit living within us to guide us in the ways of the Lord and to teach us all about Christ. We must not blindly trust any human, no matter who he or she is. Don’t go by outward appearances or promises, which could be lies. Test them all!

For we are living in these last days, and antichrists are all over the place, and the beast is rising and is conquering people and nations all over the world, and there is a massive great deception going on globally, but perhaps especially here in America where I live. And one day the truth will come out. So be those who call on God for wisdom and who seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and who want to have eyes and ears open to the truth.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:1-51; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; 1 John 2:18-25; Jude 1:17-23; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 2 Peter 3:1-18; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

The Antichrist is Coming
An Original Work / March 26, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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Garee said:

I would agree antichrist another teaching authority other than that of Christ as it is written (sola scriptura)

Antichrist (singular) the spirit of lies teaching men antichrist's (plural legion) teaching a man must teach and not that of the promise Holy Spirit. Again, those who add to sola scriptura with the oral traditions of men. Like you offered it does not mean literally have went out from us but work from within as false apostles sent with false prophecy oral traditions. I heard it through the legion of father's grapevine

The cause of the fall in the garden. Lucifer rebuking God by adding to the word.

Peter the serial denier used to demonstrate one that did go out from the true apostles. Or called the man of sin.

Mathew 16:22-23Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Peter was forgiven of his blasphemy of the Son of man Jesus' blasphemy against the indivisible Holy Father no forgiveness.

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Johanabrahams said:

The anti christ entered in Adam as the "anti god" with his intellect and knowledge who created this human world and is ruling in it with his laws. What "is coming" is a greater manifestation of him and the Revelation on who he actually is.

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