Q1 Is Satan already succeeding as an anti-Christ? 1 John 2:18
A: Yes, there are many anti-christ who have already tried to take Christ’s place and by this we will know the end of time has come.
Q2 What did Jesus foresee would arise to try to deceive his people? Matthew 24:5 ,23, 24
A: He foresaw that there would be may anti-christs that would rise up and claim that they were indeed the Christ, but we are warned not to believe such people.
Q3 What is Satan’s great work? Revelation 20:8, 10
A: To deceive the nations and gather them to battle.
Q4 Read how ancient Israel was falsely deceived by a false Christ, who did they falsely worship Elijah’s day? 1 King 16: 30,32 1 Kings 18:18, 19
A: They falsely worshipped Baal.
Q5 Where did Baal worship and rear its head in Jeremiah’s day in Jerusalem? Jeremiah 7:9,10, 30
A: In the temple that was made to worship God.
Q6 It is obvious that a false Christ deceives people with a false teaching and long before he masquerades personally the counterfeit Christ. What tragic mistake did the Jews make without realizing it? John 8:42-44 , 47 1 Corinthians 10:20,21
A: By partaking of the cup of good and evil, the Israelites made the tragic mistake of worshipping the anti-Christ without even knowing it, for one cannot be of good and evil, and worship God.
Q7 What does the Bible really teach about the true Christ and the atonement? John 3:16, 17
A: God sent his only Son into the world not to condemn the world but to save the world, ad whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
Q8 A false Christ cannot be tempted truly as we are therefore he is represented to have a different kind of human nature than what we have. The false Christ cannot truly save us from our sins he can only condone or pardon them while we continue in them. In contrast what kind of human nature did the true Christ take? Romans 8:3,4
A: Christ took on the nature of our sinful flesh whoever He did not become sinful. He took on our nature so that by doing so, He condemned sin in the flesh that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but the Spirit.
Q9 How fully was Christ tempted like us? Hebrews 4 :15
A: He was tempted in all points, just like we have been.
Q10 If there was any sin that Christ was not tested upon, do you think He could help us overcome that temptation? Hebrews 2:17,18
A: No, because when he came to earth He became just like us, so that He could be tested just like us in all things so that He might be able to set an example before us and sympathize with us.
Q11 The idea that Christ could not sin is foreign to the Bible, If that were true how could He have been truly tempted. How terribly did Jesus suffer temptation? Hebrews 5:7-9
A: Christ was tested severely just like we have, and probably more because he had to bear the weight of all our sins but He did not succumb to the tempter but came out victorious, and through the things he suffered even though he was the Son he learned obedience.
Q12 What shows that our Savior suffered the conflict that we face yet was constantly victorious? John 5:30, John 6:38
A: Because he said that indeed “he can of himself do nothing” (just like we can’t without Christ), therefore he came to do the will of his Father who sent him.
Q13 What glorious good news did the gospel bring us? Hebrews 7:25
A: That whosoever comes unto God by Him, he will make intercessions for their sins.
Reading: Isaiah 14:12-14
Reflection: There has only been one true Christ but it has always been Satan’s great desire since the beginning to trick human beings into thinking that he was the Christ, yielding to him the devotion they would otherwise yield to Christ. There are many anti-Christ who walk about the earth claiming or assuming the role of being the true Christ. They are very cunning in their deceit and only those who are truly the children of God will be able to discern who these anti-Christ’s are. The false Christ cannot truly save us from our sins he can only condone or pardon them while we continue in them. Christ on the other hand saves us only when we give up our sins and live by faith. Jesus only can truly relate to us so it is our duty to go to him when we have our trials and temptations because He only can give us the strength and comfort that we need to conquer the tempter.
Blessings,
Ruthline
