THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST IS NOW PRESENT AMONG US
So, What is Next?
(Part 2)
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.”, 1 John4:2-3.
(note: The foregoing was written in or around A.D. 85 to A.D. 95., and is still true to this day).
There are many people calling themselves Christians (and Catholics) who SAY that Jesus is from heaven, but deny that He is the ONLY way to the Father and into heaven. And even if they MOUTH the words more correctly, their lives deny that Jesus is from God. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST (which means anti-Christian).
Why is this significant?
It is significant for several important reasons. First, we find in 2 Peter 2:1, that “False prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Verse 2. Many will follow their indecent behavior, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; verse3, and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.”
It is also significant, because according to Second Thessalonians 2:1, “Regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, verse 2, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit, or a message, or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Verse 3. No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the apostasy (a falling away from the faith in belief and practice) comes first, and the man of lawlessness (that is the antichrist) is revealed, the son of destruction, verse 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.”
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Additionally, Matthew 24:21 warns “For then (once the apostasy has begun, and it has already begun, and when the man of lawlessness, the anti-Christ is finally revealed) there will begin a Great Tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again. Verse 22. And if those days had not been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Verse 23. Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘He is over here,’ do not believe him. Verse 24. For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Verse 25. Behold, I have told you in advance. Verse 26. So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. Verse 27. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west,(in other words, suddenly and without warning, taking everyone off guard) so will the coming of the Son of Man be.”
Galatians 5:17 also warns and instructs that “The desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another (creating chaos in the world, and inner conflict within one’s mind), in order to keep you from doing whatever you want. Verse 18. But if you are led by the Spirit (you will be directed by the Spirit), you are not under the Law. Verse 19. Now the deeds of the flesh (which will create inner turmoil, deceit and doubt) are (self) evident, which are:
sexual immorality,
impurity,
indecent behavior,
idolatry,
witchcraft,
hostilities,
strife,
jealousy,
outbursts of anger,
selfish ambition,
dissensions,
factions,
envy,
drunkenness,
carousing,
and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
(Romans 1:26 says that for those who insist and persist and practice these deeds of the flesh, “God gave (and will give) them over to degrading passions; for their women exchange natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, verse 27, and likewise the men, too, abandon natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error (which is alienation and separation from God and spiritual death).”
1 Corinthians 6:9, also warns, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, verse 10, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Verse 11. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Verse 28. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, verse 29, people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips, verse 30, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, verse 31, without understanding, untrustworthy, unfeeling, and unmerciful; verse 32, and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
Understand that Deuteronomy 22:5 firmly instructs that “A woman shall not wear a man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing (claiming to be the opposite sex from their birth, or ‘transgender’ as some call it today); for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.”
So, listen to what the Word of God says in First Timothy 2:8 as He instructs, “Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute. Verse 9. Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, (not dressed in tight-fitting clothing that reveals the body parts in sexually provocative and seductive ways or that reveals bareness), not with (excessively) braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel (which distracts from other’s attention on the Lord or that draws others attention to their sexuality), verse 10, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. Verse 11. A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.
Verse 12. And I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man (as they are doing in most Pentecostal and Charismatic and wayward and rebellious churches), but to remain quiet.
Not of this world system or ways.
John 17:14, (Jesus praying to the Father), “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Verse 15. I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. Verse 16. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Verse 17. Sanctify them (set them apart as holy, and purified for your use) in the truth; Your word is truth. Verse 18. Just as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world. Verse 19. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Verse 20. “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, verse 21, that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Verse 22. The glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; verse 23. I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and You loved them, just as You loved Me.
Time has grown short. If you are not ready now, then it is time to spring to action. Pray and seek the mind of Christ on these matters. Find your spiritual gifting and gird yourself up, as Ephesians 6 instructs.
Your Brother and Friend,
Mike Young.
PREVIOUSLY – Part 1: THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST IS NOW AMONG US – Where is he?
Additional Resources:
The Antichrist and the Mark of The Beast
The Signs of The 5th Tribulation Seal
The Rise of The Spirit of Antichrist and the Response of and Toward a Compromised Church
The Spirit of Antichrist – Part 2
Resist and Gird Up For War – Confronting the Spirit of Antichrist
The Spirit of Antichrist – Woke – Pagan – Emerging
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