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"Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God."

Text: 1 John 4:3

DENIAL OF THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST

There were many who challenged the doctrine that the Apostle John proclaimed concerning the Deity and the Humanity of Christ. John took great pains in his Gospel to declare his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!

“And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist,
which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
1 John 4:3

1. “And every spirit that does not confess”

a) They deny

b) They resist

c) They reject

2. “That Jesus Christ has come in the flesh”

a) The humanity of Christ Jesus is denied.

b) Some separate the two.

i) Jesus is not Christ.

ii) Christ is not Jesus.

c) John affirms that the Logos, the Christ has indeed come in the flesh (John 1:14).

3. “Is not of God”

a) This is a simple declaration.

b) The incarnation is a cardinal doctrine.

c) The spirit that does not confess this truth is not of God!

4. “And this is the spirit of the Antichrist”

a) John made a very clear-cut and bold statement.

b) The spirit of the Antichrist was the one behind those who deny the Incarnation of Christ.

5. “Which you have heard was coming”

a) The apostles of Christ warned about the coming of the Antichrist.

b) He may not have come personally yet.

6. “And is now already in the world”

a) This word of warning must go out.

b) The spirit of the Antichrist will resist any true Biblical teaching of the Incarnation of Christ.