By "therefore", do you mean it in its First-Order Logical sense?You are either with and for God in Christ or you are against him; therefore making all outside of him antichrists.
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By "therefore", do you mean it in its First-Order Logical sense?You are either with and for God in Christ or you are against him; therefore making all outside of him antichrists.
You are either with and for God in Christ or you are against him therefore making all outside of him antichrists.
YOu are making a big fuss over a tiny issue.1 John 2:
There were many antichrists in John's time.
The word appears 5 times and only in John's epistles. This word is NOT found in the Book of Revelation, or Book of Daniel, or the Olivet discourse. Paul never used the term.
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Who is an antichrist?
An antichrist could be a human being. 1 John 2:
An antichrist could be a spirit. 1 John 4:
2 John 1:
An antichrist is a liar and deceiver who denies the Father and the Son and that Jesus came in the flesh. There are plenty of those around in John's time and in our times. That's the concept of the antichrist according to John and he did not use this word in the book of Revelation. There is no need to glorify one single individual as THE AntiChrist on the last day as if he is the opposite equal of Christ. There will be plenty of them.
It is not healthy for a Christian to be more interested in the Anti-Christ than Christ.
Is the word of God true and to be believed?What about people who never heard of Christ; therefore making them ignorant of Christ and ignorant of antichrists?
I am having trouble understanding the above logically. Can you explain your reasoning step by step?There is zero way to know who has heard the word nor how to judge if one received it gladly unto salvation. I still affirm those outside of God as defined by the word given are antichrists!
Nope.I am having trouble understanding the above logically. Can you explain your reasoning step by step?
Begin with Step #1:
You do not want to spell out your reasoning step by step clearly so that others can see how you arrive at your "therefore" conclusion?Nope.
Yes. The antichrist spirit manifests in various ways that qualify as denying Christ.
- 1 John 2:18
Warnings Against Denying the Son
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 1 John 2:22
Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.
- 1 John 4:3
but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
- 2 John 1:7
I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.