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1 John 2:26–29 NKJV
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. 27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. 28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Introduction: Where does confidence come from? Does it come from experience or knowledge? Some professional athletes suffer from anxiety, because they doubt themselves (like the basketball player at the free throw line or the golfer on the last hole of the match). They lack confidence despite the fact that they have the experience and the knowledge. As saints of God, we can also struggle with having confidence. After you have heard some of John’s statements from this epistle, you may be asking yourself the following: “If I die today, will I open my eyes in the presence of the Lord or will I find that Hell is my eternal dwelling.” You might be wondering whether or not you will hear the Lord say, “Servant, well done!” or “Depart from Me, you worker of iniquity!”
Don’t answer out loud but I have to ask.
This morning are you experiencing
Doubt or are you Confidence
Uncertainty or are you Certainty
Reservation or are you Secure
Skepticism or are you Sure
If you are doubting your eternal destination, or if you have uncertainty concerning your fate when the Lord returns? Let us listen to the message John gave the saints who had deceivers telling them that they needed more. They needed more knowledge and more understanding. These fake preachers disturbed the early saints with their “supernatural speech”

I. Outward Practice

1 John 2:29 NKJV
29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Matthew 7:16–18 NKJV
16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

II. Inward Presence

1 John 2:27 NKJV
27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

A. Saints Received Him

John 14:26 NKJV
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 14:16 NKJV
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
John 15:26 NKJV
26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

B. He Remains in Saints

Ezekiel 36:27 NKJV
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
John 14:17 NKJV
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
Romans 8:9 NKJV
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

C. He Taught and Teaches Saints

John 16:13 NKJV
13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
John 14:26 NKJV
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
1 Corinthians 2:13 NKJV
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
YOU WILL LEARNED
FAITH IS TO BELIEVE CHRIST
REST IS TO TRUST CHRIST
HOPE IS TO LOOK FOR CHRIST
REVIVAL IS TO RETURN TO CHRIST
SECURITY IS TO HIDE IN CHRIST
FREEDOM IS TO STAY IN CHRIST
DELIVERANCE IS TO YIELD TO CHRIST
EFFECTIVENESS IS TO BE USED BY CHRIST
CONTENTMENT IS TO FOLLOW CHRIST

D. Saints Remain in Him

1 John 2:27 NKJV
27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
Titus 2:11–12 NKJV
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
REMAIN OR CONTINUE IN HIM BY
REMAINING IN WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
KEEP ON BELIEVING IN CHRIST
KEEP ON RESTING IN CHRIST
KEEP ON HOPING IN CHRIST
KEEP ON HIDING IN CHRIST
KEEP ON STAYING IN CHRIST
KEEP ON YIELDING TO CHRIST
KEEP ON BEING USED BY CHRIST
KEEP ON BEING CONTENT IN FOLLOWING CHRIST
CHRIST CAN turn YOUR
burdens into blessings…
cares into comforts…
grief into glory…
defeats into delights.
troubles into triumphs…
heartaches into hallelujahs.
problems into praises…
sorrows into songs…
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