1 JOHN 2:21-23

 

. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    

     John reminds them that this letter is not written because they do not know the truth.  Right from the beginning it was the centerpiece of the gospel.  Jesus is the way, truth, and the life.  NO one comes to the Father but through Him.  This is the truth.

     They know this truth.  They no that eternal and abundant life only comes through Jesus Christ.  He is salvation and love with a face.  He destroyed the works of the devil.  That perfect love cats out all fear.

     John then points out that truth and lies cannot dwell together.   A lie needs lies to prop it up and truth can stand alone.  Truth is a fact and lie is a false hood.  Truth will always be truth no matter how many try to dispel it.  Lies even when repeated remain a lie.  Truth and lies are like darkness and light.  Truth dispels lies.

 

22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

 

     John points directly to who is a liar.  It is the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ.  The one who tells others that Jesus is not the Messiah.  Jesus is not the savior that his broken body and shed blood did not bring healing or forgiveness of sin.  It is the one who denies the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

     This person is operating in the spirit of the antichrist.  They deny the Father and the Son.  They deny the trinity.  They deny that the Son was sent by the Father.  They deny the deity of both.  This tells you what spirit those who deny the basics tenets of the faith are operating in.  This can also be found in the church as well.

 

23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

 

     This verse is so concise, precise and straight forward.  Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father.  You cannot have claim relationship with the Father of you deny the Son.  You deny the deity, humanity and authority of the Son you do not have the Father. 

     Whoever confesses the Son and accepts Him as Lord and Savior has the Father also.  They are inseparable.  Jesus does not waste words.  This was a direct statement to both the Gnostics and Judaizers about who Jesus Christ is and His relationship and connection to the Father,