"These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 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. 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."
I John 2:26-28
The apostle makes it clear that there are many who seek to seduce the Christian; they try to turn him from the faith and try with all their might to prove the Christian stands on faulty ground. But for the Christian, those regenerated by the Holy Spirit and believers of the gospel given by Jesus Christ (that life comes only by His blood), he stands on the surest foundation. The Spirit indwells him and remains so that even at man's and Satan's best attack the believer in the hand of God shall not be removed nor destroyed. In fact, all who belong to Jesus will have confidence at His appearance because of His righteousness applied in their stead. They will not be ashamed and fearful as those who have refused Him will.
When the heathen rage at the Christian for displaying the righteousness of Christ we should not be appalled. We have the warnings from Christ Himself that if we love Jesus the world will hate and despise us because they have hated and despised Him. John reiterates that by warning that many will seduce us. We will be falsely accused. We will be laughed to scorn. Whatever they have done to our Lord they will do to us when given the opportunity. But on that faithful day when Jesus appears to us all as He truly is, the righteous Son of God, we will glory in His presence while the world trembles at His judgment.
Consider also: Luke 6:47-49; John 15
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