11月6日 敌基督的教导
11月6日，周四
敌基督的教导
你们可以这样认出神的灵：凡是承认耶稣基督是成了肉身来的，那灵就是出于神。凡是不承认耶稣基督是成了肉身来的，那灵就不是出于神，而是敌基督者的灵；你们听过牠要来，现在牠已经在世上了。（约翰壹书4:2-3）
敌基督的教导并非否认基督，而是歪曲基督——要么加添、要么删减。你还记得约翰是怎么说的吗：“他们从我们中间离去，这就表明他们是不属于我们的。其实他们并不属于我们，如果真的属于我们，就一定会留在我们中间。”（约壹2:19）这些人曾经就在教会中，敌基督者就是从基督教会中兴起的人。他们口称信基督，但约翰说：他们的教导证明了他们根本不信。
这是极重要的原则。仅仅说“我信耶稣基督，一直信祂”是不够的，还要进一步试验。保罗说，这些人“传讲另一位耶稣”。（参林后11:4）他们确实传讲耶稣，但那是另一位耶稣——不是保罗所传的耶稣。他们确实讲基督，但那是什么样的基督？这正是问题所在。
因此我们要问：我们如何判断某个关于耶稣基督的教导是真是假呢？答案非常明确：我们唯一的最高权威，是使徒的教导。这正是约翰壹书的核心要点。
默想主题：
敌基督的教导不是否认基督，而是歪曲基督。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：王下19章，来1章
个人灵修：何12章，诗135-136篇
November 6, Thursday
THE TEACHING OF THE ANTICHRIST
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. (1 JOHN 4:2-3)
What is the teaching of the antichrist? It is not a denial of Christ— it is a misrepresentation of Christ; it is a teaching that either does something to Him or detracts something from Him. You remember how John put it; he said these people “went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be manifest that they were not all of us” (1 John 2:19). They were in the church. The antichrists had arisen within the Christian church; they said they believed in Christ. And yet, says John, their teaching is such that we can prove that they do not truly believe in Him.
Now this is a very important principle to grasp. Merely for people to say, “Yes, I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ; I always have believed in Him” is not enough, until we have tested them further. The apostle Paul says that these people preached “another Jesus.” Ah, yes, they were preaching Jesus, but it was another Jesus; it was not the Jesus that Paul preached (2 Corinthians 11:4). They preached Christ, yes, but what sort of Christ, what kind of Jesus? That is the question.
Therefore we ask this question: How can we decide whether the teaching concerning Jesus Christ is true or false? And here the one answer is given perfectly clearly. Our ultimate authority, our only authority, is the apostolic teaching. That is the whole point of the first epistle of John.
A Thought to Ponder: The teaching of the antichrist is not a denial of Christ—it is a misrepresentation of Christ.