1 John 2:20-29
"This is the promise that he hath promised us eternal life" (v. 25). John refers to that statement of the good Shepherd: "My sheep hear my voice . . . and I give unto them eternal life" (John 10:27-28). Reader, have you received eternal life? Are you a child of God? Another promise from the Lord is the gift of the Holy Spirit (John 16:13). That "unction from the Holy One" today rests not only on the "fathers" but also on the "little children" in Christ to lead them into all the truth. "I am the way, the truth, and the life," said the Lord Jesus, "no man cometh unto the Father but by me" (John 14:6). The apostle confirms here that whoever denies the Son does not have the Father (v. 23; read John 8:19). The Father cannot be known apart from the Lord Jesus (Matthew 11:27). That is why the Enemy makes so many attacks against the person of the Holy Son of God, especially casting doubt on His eternal existence and His divinity. May we know how to recognise the voice of the Liar (v. 22). That which is "from the beginning" is good until "the last time" (vv. 24, 18). With so many "new truths" around us, our safety depends on our keeping to what has been taught from the beginning (Galatians 1:8-9).