Abiding in the Son and Father (1 John 2: 22-27)

 ABIDING IN THE SON AND FATHER (1 JOHN 2: 22-27):

After writing about the Antichrists and truth, Apostle John explains who is an antichrist and about abiding in the Son and the Father. Apostle John writes that he who denies that Jesus is the Christ is the liar, which is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Antichrist denies the divine nature of Jesus Christ through any means, such as not agreeing with the purpose or teaching of Jesus. Because they had not agreed to the teachings of Jesus, they had even denied the prophecies from God and thereby the true God. Apostle John further writes that no one who denies the Son has the Father and whoever confesses the Son has Father also. A person who denies Jesus Christ as the Messiah and Son of God could not have the Father God truly, as Jesus and Father Commune and coexist with one another. The person who confesses the Son has the Father God also as they knew the eternal purpose of God.

The believers would have surely heard about many things about God and Jesus Christ from the Scriptures. So Apostle John reminds them that those things that they heard from the beginning shall abide in them. If what they heard abides in them, then they too will abide in the Son and in the Father. The truth will never change, and the people who laid the foundations in it by reaffirming it often will never deviate. When the doctrine and understanding of God are rightly caught and inherited, a person abides in Son and the Father, living his life for God and not for anything or anyone else. Because the person is clear about the purpose of the short life on the earth by being aware of the promise that God had made with every believer, which is eternal life.

Apostle John once again reminds the believers that he write those things to them to help them know those people who are trying to deceive them. When a person is strengthened in the true teachings, there is no one who could deceive and the person could easily identify the deceiver. But those who are not strong in the teachings should be always cautious and aware of the people who may deceive. Apostle John continues to tell the believers that the anointing that they received from God abides in them and they have no need for anyone to teach them. But as the anointing of the Holy Spirit teaches them about everything which is true without any lie, just as it was taught to them from the beginning, they ought to abide in God. Every true believer with complete Faith, irrespective of knowledge about many things has received the Spirit of God who strengthens and guides in the truth by teaching them what they need personally and generally. But it’s undeniably true that abiding in God as well as heeding to the Holy Spirit helps us to love one another and learn from one another.   

Stimulations for Self-Reflection:

1.      Who are the Liar and Antichrist? Why?

2.      Who doesn’t have God the Father? Why?

3.      How those who confess Son, has the Father?

4.      What shall abide in believers according to Apostle John? Why?

5.      How the teachings at the beginning help to abide in Son and Father?

6.      What is the promise that God made to believers? How is that possible?

7.      About whom does Apostle John write? Why?

8.      What abides in the believers?

9.      What is not needed for the believers? What they should do?

10.  How we can we abide in God?