Knowing The Time

SERIES: CONFIDENT FAITH
MESSAGE: Knowing The Time
TEXT: 1 John 2:18–27
MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim Lewis

1. Signs of the times. (V. 18)
   (Heb. 1:2; Rom. 13:11–12)

   • Disobedience
     (2 Thes. 2:3–4, 7–12; Matt. 24:4–5)

   • Desertion (V. 19)
     (Matt. 24:10–13)

   • Denial (Vv. 22–23)
     (1 John 4:1–3)

   • Deception (V. 26)
     (2 John 1:7–8; Mark 13:21–23)

2. Strength for last days.

   • Belong to a community of faith (V. 19)
     (Heb. 10:25)

   • Confess Jesus is the Christ (Vv. 22–23)
     (Matt. 10:32–33)

   • Remain in the truth (Vv. 20–21, 24–25)

   • Rest in your anointing (Vv. 20, 27)
     (John 14:26)

   • Abide in Christ (V. 27)
     (1 John 3:21–24; 4:13–16)