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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 023 – Will the Real Antichrist(s) Please Stand Up?

A Short History of Antichrist

A closeup of the entry for the word 'antichrist' in Strong's ConcordanceThe entry for antichrist in Strong’s Concordance. These five entries–four verses–are the only places where the word ever occurs in the entire Bible. Note the plural in 1 John 2:18. Click on the image for a larger view.

Intro: In the old TV game show, To Tell the Truth, several panelists asked questions of three mystery guests.  One guest had a unique story or occupation or claim to fame; but the other guests were decoys, whose presence and answers were meant to deceive the panelists.  The panelists were allowed to ask questions of all three guests, and in the end had to guess which one had told the truth.  After they had guessed, the moderator would say, “Will the real [mystery guest] please stand up?” and the truth would be revealed.  Seeing the truth “stand up” in 1 John is our goal, with the help of the Holy Spirit.  In this episode, we will be looking for history and the Scriptures “To Tell the Truth” about what has — and should be — taught about the subject of antichrists.  “Will the real antichrists please stand up?”

Review of 1 John 2:18-29

  • Anointing
  • Abiding
  • Antichrist (this episode and next)

Speculation Started with the Early Church Fathers (a sampling)

  1. Polycarp (A.D. 69-155); bishop of Smyrna; knew the Apostle John and Irenæus.
    1. …being zealous as touching that which is good, abstaining from offenses and from the false brethren and from them that bear the name of the Lord in hypocrisy, who lead foolish men astray. For every one who shall not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is [click to continue…]
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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 020 - Do You Have Indoor Plumbing?

Water Pump and Bucket

Is this your experience of the Christian life, or do you have indoor plumbing?

Review of last week’s episode, What We Don’t Know About the ‘Anointing, the second installment in our study of 1 John 2:18-29.

Abiding

  • What is the significance of what we learned about ‘the anointing’ last week?
  • Do you have indoor plumbing?
  • Most Christians don’t have indoor plumbing, and find it hard to believe or even conceive that other people do!
  • Living water (John 4:1-42)
    • What does “living” mean?
    • The water becomes a “well springing up to eternal life” (v. 14)
    • An insignificant fact?
    • Left her waterpot (v. 28) — why is this small fact important?
    • (Side note: Another example of [click to continue…]
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    Jim Kerwin’s Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
    Episode 015 – Walking into Maturity

    The feet of a walking toddler are shown.

    Walking into Maturity

    Review and Tie-Up of Last Week: 1 John 2:8-11

    Three Levels of Maturity: 1 John 2:12-14

    • Little children (vv. 12,13)
    • “Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake”
    • “Because you have known the Father”
  • Fathers (vv. 13,14)
    • “Because you have known Him Who is from the beginning” (twice)
  • Young men (vv. 13,14)
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    Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
    Episode 013—The Love Meter

    Review

    The Love Meter

    How do you rate on God's Love Meter?

    • God’s desire: “That you also may have fellowship with us” (1 John 1:3) — intimate communion with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
    • The reason the Holy Spirit comes within — to draw us into that fellowship and to make us godly, Christlike
    • Abiding in that fellowship is the foundation of freedom from sin and sinning
    • “I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.” (1 John 2:1)

    1 John 2:1-2

    • If anyone sins,” not when.  For a Christian who is walking in the Light, living in the profferred communion with God, sin is a rarity, rather than a perpetual inevitability.
    • Jesus is presented as:
    • Our Parakletos, that is, our legal Advocate for when we offend.
    • Same word used of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7
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    Jim Kerwin’s Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
    Episode 010 – That Uncomfortable Word – Part 2

    Rubber stamp showing a 'guilty' verdict.

    Reviewing the Article So Far

    Most of the “notes” for this week can be found in the online article entitled That Uncomfortable Word–Conviction!

    • What is sin?  Sin is anomia–lawlessness, to be outside of God’s revealed Law (1 John 3:4).
    • The Questions We Seek to Answer:
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    Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
    Episode 008 – Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! (1 John 1:6-2:6)

    "Liar, Liar," recycled tin artwork by Jenny Fillius

    Recycled-Tin Artwork by Jenny Fillius at jennyfillius.com. (Click on image for full link.) Website image used by permission. Original is currently being used by the Seattle City Department of Cultural Affairs.

    To get the most out of this ongoing Bible study:

    Read through 1 John once a week.

    National Prayer Chapel

    I mentioned work on the National Prayer Chapel’s site.  Visit NationalPrayerChapel.com to see what they’re doing there. (And don’t be surprised if you see the Kernels of Wheat podcast start appearing there soon.)

    Review and Context:

    • Walking with or before God = being pleasing to God
    • “I write these things to you that you may not sin.” (1 John 2:1)
    • The blood of Jesus Christ continually cleanses us from inward sin IF [click to continue…]
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    Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Episode 007 – Walking in Freedom (1 John 1:6-7)

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    The Kernels of Wheat podcast

    Teaching and Bible study notes by Jim Kerwin

    Verse: 1 John 1:6

    If we say that we have fellowship with Him
    and yet walk in the darkness,
    we lie and do not practice the truth;

    • Lying about fellowship with God; poor excuses for Christians.
    • If we say (or imply) that we are Christians – that is, that we live in close fellowship with God – but our lives and hearts say otherwise, that is a serious form of hypocrisy or lying.
    • Walking in darkness is a description of the opposite of living in close communion with God.
    • Walking in darkness is characterized by [click to continue…]
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    Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Episode 006: When Is Walking More Than Walking?

    Combination of walker (pedestrian)-related traffic signsTeaching and Bible Study notes by Jim Kerwin.  Passage for this episode: 1 John 1:52:2, focusing on “walking” in 1:6-7.

    The Bible Concept of Walking

    • How are we to understand “walk in darkness” and “walk in the light” in vv. 6-7?
    • God’s original depiction of fellowship: Genesis 3:8-9: “…they heard the qol  [click to continue…]
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    Jim Kerwin’s Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
    Episode 004 – God Is Light (1 John 1:5)

    The revelations of God’s nature in John’s writings:

    "God is... I AM..."

    • The “I am…” passages
    • The “God is…” passages

    The “I Am” passages:

    • Exodus 3:14–”I AM THAT I AM.”
    • Jehovah/Yahweh as a derivative of the verb to be
    • I AM the Bread of Life (John 6:35, 41, 48, 51)
    • I AM [click to continue…]
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    Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat with Jim Kerwin
    Episode 003: No “God Bag Needed” (1 John 1:3-5)

    Photo of a "God bag" given as a gag gift.

    The “God Bag”—a poor substitute for fellowship with the living God. (But thanks to Mark Sinclair anyhow!)

    Ongoing study suggestion: Read 1 John each week (the letter has only five chapters) and the Gospel of John each month.

    Review from last week:

    • Fellowship
    • “What is man…?”
    • A “God Bag”?!

    My misconception of a “God Bag”

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    002 Kernels of Wheat – Asking the Right Question

    August 25, 2011

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Episode 002: 1 John 1:1-4 Teaching and Bible study notes by Jim Kerwin Review from last week: Fellowship and koinonia. How would your life be different if you lived in unbroken, moment-by-moment fellowship with the living God? What was God’s original intention?  What [...]

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    001 Kernels of Wheat – Words We Think We Know

    August 17, 2011

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Episode 001: 1 John 1:1-3 Teaching and Bible study notes by Jim Kerwin Author: Anonymous, but confirmed to be the Apostle John based on historical testimony of the early church and internal evidence (uses of words like Logos, beginning, “eternal life,” style [...]

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