Deceivers

Spirit of Antichrist

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The Antichrist Spirit works to destroy the church from within, especially through deception propagated by false teachers and other deceivers – 1 John 2:18-22.

In popular preaching, the Antichrist is a political tyrant bent on world domination. However, Jesus and his Apostles expressed more concerns about the deceivers who would spread false teachings in the Church than world leaders. The New Testament applies ‘Antichrist’ and related terms to false teachers infiltrating the Body of Christ to distort apostolic teachings.

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The Danger from Within

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The greatest threat to Christ’s disciples comes from the deceivers inside the Church who spread false teachings and generate false expectations.

It is not the surrounding society, its culture, or the political system that will destroy the Body of Christ, but the satanic forces working feverishly inside the Church to mislead believers, especially false teachers and false prophets driven by the “Spirit of Antichrist you heard was coming, and even now it is in the world” – (1 John 4:1-3).

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An Overwhelming Flood

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The New Testament warns of a future apostasy caused by deceivers, false prophets, and the Lawless One before the return of Jesus.

The New Testament warns us that before Jesus returns his Church will be under assault from within by deceivers, “false anointed ones,” and “false prophets,” and it does so repeatedly. Before the “Day of the Lord” begins, his disciples will be confronted by the “Man of Lawlessness,” a figure linked to the final “Apostasy,” the final great “falling away” from the true faith.

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Famine in the Land

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The contemporary church is plagued by a famine for hearing the words of God, but one that is a self-inflicted wound.

Many credible men of God have warned that the Church of Jesus Christ will experience a “famine for the word of God.” I initially took this as a prediction that the Bible itself would be suppressed even in Western-style democracies as governmental authorities persecuted the Church. The present reality is rather different.

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Day of the Lord

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Paul refuted claims that the “Day of the Lord” was already underway in his second letter to the Thessalonians. That day would not come until the “Apostasy” occurred and the “Man of Lawlessness” was unveiled in the House of God. When Jesus “arrives” on that final day, he will gather his elect to himself and destroy the “Lawless One.”

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