Who will teach us??

StormyOne said:

Woobad, I have not given my understanding yet lol, I am asking you questions based on the premise of the text...Here is more of the context of the text though... what do you make of it?(emphasis mine)

1John 2:18-28 Children, it's the end of time. You've heard that an antichrist is coming. Certainly, many antichrists are already here. That's how we know it's the end of time. (19) They left us. However, they were never really part of us. If they had been, they would have stayed with us. But by leaving they made it clear that none of them were part of us. (20) The Holy One has anointed you, so all of you have knowledge. (21) I'm writing to you because you know the truth, not because you don't know the truth. You know that no lie ever comes from the truth. (22) Who is a liar? Who else but the person who rejects Jesus as the Messiah? The person who rejects the Father and the Son is an antichrist. (23) Everyone who rejects the Son doesn't have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father. (24) Make sure that the message you heard from the beginning lives in you. If that message lives in you, you will also live in the Son and in the Father. (25) Christ has given us the promise of eternal life. (26) I'm writing to you about those who are trying to deceive you. (27) The anointing you received from Christ lives in you. You don't need anyone to teach you something else. Instead, Christ's anointing teaches you about everything. His anointing is true and contains no lie. So live in Christ as he taught you to do. (28) Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won't turn from him in shame.

The additional texts shed light on something that was being addressed.... Verse 26...

Click to expand...

StormyOne said:

Yes I agree from this standpoint... it seems what John was addressing was the fact that the believers were being approached by some "teachers" who were trying to enlighten them. But the teachers were not geniune because they did not believe Christ was the Messiah, they had rejected Christ and John called them the antichrist. So he wrote the believers and told them you don't need those teachers, you have God's spirit in you, He has taught you and will continue to do so.... then he concludes by saying, "Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won't turn from him in shame."

What do you think?

Click to expand...

woobadooba said:

You gave me an either or situation, thereby demonstrating that you did not understand what I meant. And for the simple fact that you are now thanking me for giving a clearer understanding of what I meant, this also tells me that you misunderstood me.

Now, let's put this behind us and stop making mountains out of ant hills.

Click to expand...

Seraph1m said:

It would be wise for you to read what is said rather than reading INTO what is said. No conclussions were made that was the point.

Click to expand...

Also bear in mind that I am not your wife or girlfried so you need to get out of the habit of being hostile and calling yourself telling any woman who is not when they need to stop talking.

Click to expand...