True Believers: Anointed by Christ

“True Believers: Anointed by Christ”
1 John 2:20-21, 23b-28 (John 15:1-8)

Introduction

· Living in Perilous Times: Liberation Theology

· Religious Legalists (2 Corinthians 11:13-15)

I. An Anointing from the Holy One (vs. 20-21)

· Who is the “Holy One”? (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Acts 1:36, 38; 3:14)

· What Does it Mean to be Anointed? (Acts 10:38)

· Received the Holy Spirit and Power

· “Knows all Things (v. 20b; 1 Corinthians 2:12-14)

II. The Evidence of the Anointing from Christ
(vs. 23b-27)

· Acknowledge Jesus is the Christ in all the Attributes that Belong to Him in His Person and Work (v. 23b)

· Abide in the truth (vs. 24-26);

· The promise of Eternal Life (v. 25; Hebrews 3:14)

· Abide in Christ, because He Abides in Us (v. 27)

Conclusion and Application (v. 28)

· We Can Do Nothing Without Christ (John 15:5)

· Continually Refresh and Renew our Mind in the Word of God

· Hold Firm to that Which Has Been Taught from the Beginning, as it has Been Revealed in Scripture