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1 John 2
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My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if
any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous: |
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And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also
for the sins of the whole world. |
"He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also
for the sins of the whole world."
Does hell exist?
Carlton Pearson:
No Hell below us
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| 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
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He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him. |
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But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:
hereby know we that we are in him. |
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He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he
walked. |
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye
have heard from the beginning. |
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Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and
in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. |
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| 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness
even until now. |
Those who love others are "in the light"; those who hate are "in darkness".
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He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him. |
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But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness,
and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his
eyes. |
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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for
his name's sake. |
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| 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked
one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. |
 (2:13-14) "I write unto you, fathers"
John writes to the men (fathers) only. Women (mothers?) are not important enough to address.
Is it OK to call someone father?
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| 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from
the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,
and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. |
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Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. |
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world."
But according to Jn.3:16, God loves the world. If
he does, then shouldn't we?
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. |
BOM: Alma 39:9
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And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever. |
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Little children, it
is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even
now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last
time. |
"It is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even
now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last
time."
It is the last time. Even now there are many antichrists.
(That's how you can be sure it's the last time.)
What the Bible says about the end of the world
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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they
might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. |
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I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye
know it, and that no lie is of the truth. |
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Who is a liar but he
that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the
Father and the Son. |
"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the
Father and the Son."
Non-Christians are liars and antichrists. (There are about four billion antichrists now living.)
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Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
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Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning.
If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also
shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. |
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And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. |
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These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. |
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But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of
all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye
shall abide in him. |
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And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
"And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."
John warns his followers to get ready because Jesus is coming soon.
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If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth
righteousness is born of him.
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