The Apostle John simplifies things as he points out that everyone is either Pro-Christ or Anti-Christ.
Anyone who rejects Jesus outright OR denies His divinity by denying that He is indeed the Christ is an antichrist. And John tells us that there are many who fall into this category.
1. The antichrists are those who depart from the fellowship - 1 John 2:18-21
2. The antichrists are those who deny that Jesus is the Christ - 1 John 2:22-25
3. The antichrists are those who would deceive the anointed - 1 John 2:26-27
John is reminding the church that we have received an anointing. Jesus sent the church the Holy Spirit so that we might be anointed (baptized) in Him – baptized (anointed) in the Holy Spirit.
This anointing is the very presence of a God moving in and through our lives. In Isaiah 10:27 it declares that, “The anointing breaks the yoke.” The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives breaks the yoke of slavery, of sin, of the world, and the anointing breaks the yoke of the antichrist.
Yes, we have the Assurance of the Antichrist, BUT we chose to live in the ASSURNACE OF THE ANOINTING!
