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LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK
I John 2:1-29
Now let’s get right back into our study in I John chapter 2.
I John 2:15
"Love not the world, (now the word world here is the Greek word ‘cosmos’ which means the whole world system. Don’t fall in love with this world system) neither the things that are in the world. (in other words, if that’s preeminent in our thinking and all we work for are these things of the world, then) If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
Just a blink of the eye." All right, so "Love not the world nor the things that are in the world because if the love of the world is preeminent, then ‘the love of the Father is not in him.’" I John 2:16
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, (now remember the lust of flesh isn’t just sexual, but rather anything can take our desires) and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
Genesis 3. Right at the beginning of the human experience. All right, remember what they are now. "The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life." All right, now let’s see how Eve had to deal with it. Dropping down to verse 5.
Genesis 3:5
"For God (Satan says) doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, (that is of the forbidden fruit) then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."Now verse 6.
‘A god.’ All right now, it’s interesting then that when you jump back up to the Gospel’s account in the temptations, Jesus faced the very same things. And you start right out with Matthew chapter 4 and verse 1. And so we have these two primary examples of what John calls ‘the things of the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life."
Matthew 4:1-3
Am I right? All right, now Satan knew that. Well now, could Jesus have done it? With a thought. It was temptation to fulfill the lust of the flesh, to satisfy His hunger. Matthew 4:4
All right, but now you go on:
Matthew 4:5-9
7. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt (or test) the Lord thy God. The eye. All right, then the third temptation is, same way with Eve, you could become as god, only here Satan tempts Him with having all the kingdoms of this world. The kingdoms of this world are under the control of the god of this world, and he could offer them.
How could Satan be naive enough to offer Him the kingdoms of this world, if he truly knows that one day Christ is going to have them anyway? Every one of us believers (or unbelievers alike, makes no difference), we’re all constantly beset with these temptations, which involve the lust of the eye, the pride of life and the lust of the flesh.
So on the way to I John again, stop at I Corinthians chapter 10 verse 13. It’ll either be the pride of life, the lust of the eye, or the lust of the flesh; but here’s our rescue.
We have all faced these same categories of temptation. Temptations are going to come. All right, now that’s Paul. Now come back to I John again, chapter 2 verse 17. I John 2:17a
"And the world passeth away,.…"
Now for the average individual, after how long a period of time? Eternity is forever, and forever. I John 2:17
"And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: (Naturally, dead people don’t have the desires of the flesh. Dead people can’t have any desire of the eye. Dead people no longer have any need for pride. Eternity is going to be glorious!
I John 2:18a
"Little children, (oh, he loves these Jewish believers. Remember? All right, so here he says it:
I John 2:18
All right, what’s the Anti-christ? The primary meaning of the word ‘anti-christ’ is a ‘counterfeit’ Christ. Now if I’m not mistaken, John is the only writer of Scripture that puts this name on this coming world ruler, the Anti-christ. Matthew 24:1
Matthew 24:2
"And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Now verse 3.
Matthew 24:3
What’s going to be the sign. Now remember what the Scripture tells us? Matthew 24:4
"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man (and I always tell people, underline that next word) deceive you." So what is one of the first signs of the end-time? The world is just getting taken with deception today. Matthew 24:5
Now, if you kept your finger in John, just flip back to it. What does John say? There will be many false Christs and what does Jesus say? Well what are they? False Christs. All right then, you come back to John’s little letter, and he says, "you have heard that there are many false Christs whereby we know it is the last time." I John 2:19

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