WHEN TRUTH IS TESTED
1 John 2:18–20

I. RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF THE LAST TIME
1 John 2:18 — “Little children, it is the last time…”

A. THE SEASON OF THE LAST TIME “Little children, it is the last time…”
B. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE LAST TIME “…and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come…”
C. THE SIGNS OF THE LAST TIME “…even now are there many antichrists…”

II. RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF FALSE PROFESSIONS
1 John 2:19 — “They went out from us, but they were not of us…”

A. THEIR DEPARTURE “They went out from us…”
B. THEIR DISCONNECTION “…but they were not of us…”
C. THEIR DEPARTURE REVEALED THEM “…that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”

III. REST IN THE REALITY OF THE HOLY ONE’S ANOINTING
1 John 2:20 — “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”

A. THE SOURCE OF THE UNCTION “…from the Holy One…”
B. THE STRENGTH OF THE UNCTION “…and ye know all things.”
C. THE SECURITY OF THE UNCTION