“Can’t Have One Without the Other!”

 “Can’t Have One Without the Other!”

 

Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either.  But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.   1 John 2:23

 

Knowing the difference between the TRUTH and the LIES, can be LIFE-ALTERING, and we can take this statement a step further, it will DETERMINE a person’s ETERNAL DESTINY.  TRUTH SHOULD NEVER be confused with LIES. There are some people who thrive on telling lies for whatever reason they deem NECESSARY. 

 

This letter was written to Christian Readers, by John, the Apostle of Jesus Christ.  And was a WARNING of the DANGERS of FALSE TEACHING and also to ENCOURAGE the BELIEVERS to LIVE in OBEDIENCE to God, and to LOVE each other, with an AGAPE type LOVE.  The THEME is FELLOWSHIP with God the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS cannot be based on LIES, and will GREATLY HINDER any FELLOWSHIP you may desire, ESPECIALLY if it is to be with the ALMIGHTY GOD and His Beloved Son, CHRIST JESUS.

 

The readers of this letter, were CHRISTIANS, and they had a problem with FALSE TEACHERS, which John calls:  “Antichrists” who denied that JESUS was/is the CHRIST.  Jesus MANY times, identified Himself as being ONE with GOD. He told Philip:  “Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father.” …”Don’t you BELIEVE that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?” (John 14:9&10)  Do YOU BELIEVE this?

 

There are some people who think that as long as they BELIEVE in God, they will be able to spend their ETERNITY in Heaven. Which is NOT TRUE. The demons BELIEVE and KNOW about God.  Jesus, also said:  “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE.  No one can come to the Father except through Me.  If you had REALLY KNOWN Me, you would KNOW who My Father is.  From NOW on, you do KNOW Him and have SEEN Him.”  You CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT the OTHER!!  

 

God wants you to KNOW that HE and JESUS are ONE, and when you KNOW and BELIEVE this you will KNOW the TRUTH. And you will be able to ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and have an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You can ONLY do this by coming to God, through His Son JESUS CHRIST, who DIED for YOUR SINS.  You MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS.  And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and REMEMBER: “YOU CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER!!  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!