The Anointing of the Spirit

Text: I John 2:18-29   I.         The other day, one of my boys needed help with a math problem, so I asked him to show me the problem. He brought in his paper on which he was working.             A.        “No,” I said, “I need to see the original problem in the book.”             B.        “But I copied just as…

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The Man of Sin

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ManOfSin.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Thessalonians 2:1-12   I.         Have you noticed that when little is said on a particular topic that it generates more discussion than when much is said?             A.        Of course, when little is said the range of possibilities is wide open.             B.        It generates strong opinions (not truths, just opinions) which cannot…

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You don’t understand. The antichrist is coming!

Question: My Friend, I think you better do some further research on your position. The son of perdition is the coming antichrist. You seem to be a little uneducated on current world affairs. This is but a taste of what you need to look into- The EU, Tony Blair, Javier Solona, The AOC, etc. You…

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Do you think there is anything to this New World Order idea?

Question: What’s all this talk about a one-world government called the New World Order that has supposedly been taking place and that has been in the works for years? I don’t know if you’ve heard of this. I was watching a video on the Internet the other day that talked about a North American union…

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Are all prominent theologians saying Obama is the antichrist?

Question: I was just talking to a friend of mine (who also happens to believe in UFO’s) saying that Obama is the antichrist and going on and on with all these flimsy arguments. He claims that all these prominent theologians are all saying the same thing. Is this true? What do you think? Answer: “For…

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The Antichrist

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Antichrist.mp3 Text: I John 2:18-29   I.         A good mystery thrills many people. It stirs the imagination. It gives puzzles to work on.             A.        Mysteries within the Bible are popular with false teachers because they can use them as the launching point of all sorts of fanciful ideas.             B.        “Scripture teaches Antichrist to be a political, religious individual,…

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He Is Antichrist

by Kent Heaton Few words bring to mind such fear as those who look for an “Antichrist” to lead the forces of Satan against the Son of God in a great apocalyptic conflagration in the final days. The dramatists of the left behind religions of our day predict the terrible end of the world in…

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Origin and Meaning of Antichrist

by Garreth L. Clair The English word Antichrist is taken from the Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos), which literally means “instead of Christ”. The words “Antichrist” and “Antichrists” appear only five times in the Bible – in two of the Apostle John’s three letters in the New Testament, I John and II John: Who is the liar but he…

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