Those who are of us

 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. – 1 John 2.18-19

 

In these last times we need to be aware that the spirit of Antichrist will be active and many antichrists will come. James and Jude warn us that they are going to quietly creep in among us.

 

Eventually they are found out and people wonder what happened. They seemed so good but turned out so bad. God’s true saints stick. Obviously we can’t judge each case because there are some like Lot longer away from God.

 

But the truth is that this passage does teach that our eternity is secure. Those who are of Jesus will not go from Him or us.

 

We are not in charge though. We don’t how God is working. We can’t know those who are gone out from us from those who linger and being vexed by the world. It is not my call to make.

 

One thing is certain – eternity is secure. Those who are of us will be of us to the end