Spirit-filled!

For Sunday, April 16, 2023:

1 John 2:27 NIV: “As for you, the anointing you received from Jesus remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.”

We are not alone in this life. Jesus anointed all believers. He filled us with the Holy Spirit. Under the New Covenant, God’s laws are written on our hearts, so that we instinctively know right from wrong. The default mode of a true believer is to do the right thing, to choose to do what Jesus would have done.

John is warning against the many false teachers trying to divide the believers. It seems that everybody wanted a piece of the spiritual pie, even if they were totally wrong! Counterfeit. Unfortunately, the number of false teachers has not decreased over the years.

Nowadays Bible teachers and church leaders are valuable, but we need to remain ever vigilant in avoiding the untruthful. Satan is a persistent and unrelenting liar.

John counsels believers to keep Jesus in our hearts and to remain filled with the Holy Spirit!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship