Christ & Antichrist

 Christ & Antichrist Chart 


Question: How do we discern the spirit of Antichrist? 


Answer: We discern the spirit of Antichrist by understanding the Word of God; specifically the manner in which it describes Christ & Antichrist in 1 John. 



             Christ

         Antichrist 

God is light, and in him 

is no darkness 

at all.

 (1 John 1:5, ESV)




But if we walk 

in the light, as he is in 

the light, we have fellowship 

with one another, 

and the blood 

of Jesus his Son 

cleanses us from 

all sin (1 John 1:7, ESV) 

If we say we have fellowship with him 

while we walk in 

darkness, we lie 

and do not 

practice the 

truth. (1 John 1:6,

ESV)




If we say we 

have no sin, 

we deceive

 ourselves, and 

the truth is Z

not in us. 

1 John 1:8, ESV)



If we confess 

our sins, he is 

faithful and just a

to forgive us 

our sins and to 

cleanse us 

from all 

unrighteousness. 

(1 John 1:9, ESV) 

If we say we have

 not sinned, we 

make him a liar,

 and his word is 

not in us. 

1 John 1:10, ESV)



And by this 

we know that 

we have come 

to know him, 

if we keep his commandments.

 (1 John 2:3, ESV)

Whoever says 

“I know him” but 

does not keep his commandments is 

a liar, and the truth 

is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his 

word, in him truly 

the love of God is perfected.

 (1 John 2:4–5, ESV) 



Whoever loves his 

brother abides in 

the light, and in 

him there is no 

cause for 

stumbling. 

(1 John 2:10, ESV)

Whoever says he is 

in the light and hates 

his brother is still in darkness. (1 John 2:9, ESV).    But whoever hates his brother is 

in the darkness and walks in the 

darkness, and 

does not know 

where 

he is going, 

because the 

darkness has 

blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:11, ESV)



Do not love 

the world or 

the things in 

the world

 (1 John 2:15, 

ESV)

If anyone loves 

the world, the 

love of the Father

 is not in him.

 (1 John 2:15, ESV) 



Whoever confesses

 the Son has 

the Father also.

 (1 John 2:23, ESV)

Who is the liar 

but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father

 and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father (1 John2:22 -  2:23, ESV) 



No one who 

abides in him 

keeps on sinning; (1 John 3:6, ESV)

Everyone who 

makes a practice 

of sinning also practices lawlessness; 

sin is lawlessness. 

(1 John 3:4, ESV)



Little children,

 let no one 

deceive you. Whoever practices 

righteousness is 

righteous, as he 

is righteous. 

(1 John 3:7, ESV)

Whoever makes 

a practice of a

sinning is of the 

devil, for the devil 

has been sinning 

from the 

beginning. 

(1 John 3:8)



No one born of 

God makes a 

practice of sinning, 

for God’s seed 

abides in him; 

and he cannot 

keep on sinning,

 because he has 

been born of God. 

(1 John 3:9, ESV)

whoever does 

not practice righteousness is 

not of God, nor 

is the one who 

does not love 

his brother. 

1 John 3:10, 

ESV)



14 We know that

 we have passed 

out of death into life, because we love the brothers. 

(1 John 3:13–14, 

ESV)

Whoever does 

not love abides 

in death. 

15 Everyone who hates his brother

 is a murderer,

 and you know 

that no murderer

 has eternal life abiding in him. 

(1 John 3:14–15, 

ESV)



19 By this we 

shall know that 

we are of the 

truth and 

reassure our heart 

before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our 

heart, and he 

knows everything. 

21 Beloved, if our 

heart does not 

condemn us, we 

have confidence 

before God; 22 

and whatever we 

ask we receive 

from him, because

 we keep his commandments 

and do what 

pleases him. 

23 And this is his commandment, 

that we believe 

in the name of 

his Son Jesus 

Christ and love 

one another, just 

 as he has 

commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments 

abides in God, 

and God in him. 

And by this we 

know that he 

abides in us, 

by the Spirit whom 

he has given us. 

(1 John 3:19–24, 

ESV)




By this you know 

the Spirit of God: 

every spirit that 

confesses that  Jesus Christ has come

 in the flesh is 

from God, 3 and 

every spirit that 

does not confess 

Jesus is not 

from God.

 (1 John 4:2–3, ESV)

and every spirit 

that does not 

confess Jesus is 

not from God. 

This is the spirit

a of the antichrist, which you heard 

was coming and 

now is in the 

world already.

 (1 John 4:3, ESV)



We are from God. 

Whoever knows 

God listens to us;

 (1 John 4:6, ESV)

They are from 

the world; therefore they speak from 

the world, and 

the world listens 

to them…whoever

 is not from God 

does not listen 

to us. 

(1 John 4: 5 - 6)



Beloved, let us 

love one another, a

for love is from 

God, and whoever 

loves has been 

born of God and 

knows God. 

(1 John 4:7, ESV)

Anyone who 

does not love 

does not know 

God, because God 

is love. (1 John 4:8, ESV)



13 By this we know 

that we abide in him 

and he in us, because 

he has given us of 

his Spirit. 14 And we 

have seen and testify 

that the Father has 

sent his Son to be 

the Savior of the 

world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus 

is the Son of God, 

God abides in him, 

and he in God.

 16 So we have 

come to know 

and to believe 

the love that God 

has for us. 

God is love, 

and whoever abides 

in love abides in 

God, and God abides 

in him. 17 By this is 

love perfected with 

us, so that we 

may have confidence

 for the day of 

judgment, because 

as he is so also are 

we in this world. 

18 There is no fear 

in love, but perfect 

love casts out fear. 

For fear has to do 

with punishment, 

and whoever fears 

has not been 

perfected in love. Z

19 We love because 

he first loved us. 

(1 John 4:13–19, ESV)




And this 

commandment we 

have from him: 

whoever loves God 

must also love 

his brother. 

(1 John 4:21)

If anyone says, 

“I love God,” and hates his brother, 

he is a liar; for he who does not 

love his brother whom he has 

seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 

(1 John 4:20,

 ESV)



5 Everyone who 

believes that Jesus 

is the Christ has 

been born of God, 

and everyone who 

loves the Father 

loves whoever has 

been born of him. 

2 By this we know 

that we love the 

children of God, 

when we love God 

and obey his commandments. 

3 For this is the 

love of God, that we keep his commandments. 

And his 

commandments 

are not 

burdensome. 

4 For everyone 

who has been 

born of God 

overcomes the 

world. And this 

is the victory 

that has 

overcome the 

world—our faith.

 5 Who is it that overcomes the 

world except the 

one who believes 

that Jesus is 

the Son of God? 

(1 John 5:1–5, 

ESV)




For there are 

three that testify: 

8 the Spirit and 

the water and 

the blood; and 

these three 

agree. 9 If we 

receive the 

testimony of 

men, the 

testimony of 

God is greater, 

for this is the testimony of 

God that he 

has borne 

concerning his Son. 10 Whoever 

believes in the 

Son of God 

has the 

testimony 

in himself. 

(1 John 5:7–10, 

ESV)

Whoever does 

not believe God 

has made him 

a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. (1 John 5:10, ESV)



Whoever has 

the Son has life; 

(1 John 5:12, 

ESV)

whoever does not have the 

Son of God 

does not have life. 

(1 John 5:12, ESV)



We know that everyone who 

has been born 

of God does 

not keep on 

sinning, but he 

who was born 

of God protects 

him, and the 

evil one does 

not touch him. 

I John 5:18,

ESV)


19 We know 

that we are 

from God, and 

the whole world 

lies in the power 

of the evil one. 

(I John 5:19,

ESV)


20 And we 

know that the 

Son of God  

has come and 

has given us understanding, 

so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 

(1 John 5:20 -21, ESV)


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