First Baptist Church of Hoquiam
Sunday Worship, October 18, 2026

  • Who do people say that I am

    Matthew 16:13–17 ESV
    13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
    The Holy One of God
    John 6:68–69 ESV
    68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
    This is such a critical moment. This is the moment where Jesus went from rabbi, to the anointed one, the messiah in the mind of peter and possible the minds of the apostles. How did Peter come to this conclusion?
    It is revealed by the Father.
    Today, we are going to talk about the essential truth that Jesus is the Christ.
    Let’s read 1 John 2:18-27
    1 John 2:18–27 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 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 it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 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. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life. 26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

    What authority does John speak with?

    1 John 1:1–2 ESV
    1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

    Antichrist(s)

    1 John 2:18–19 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 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 it might become plain that they all are not of us.
    1 John 2:22 ESV
    22 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.
    1 John 2:26 ESV
    26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

    An antichrist is coming

    John’s antichrist

    1 John 2:22 ESV
    22 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.
    1 John 2:26 ESV
    26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
    1 John 4:1–3 ESV
    1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 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. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
    2 John 7 ESV
    7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
    These passages are what we can affirm without question about the antichrist. Everything else we look at requires careful examination and we must realize that the connections require some interpretation on our part. So we cannot emphatically claim that these refer to the same thing but there is good evidence that supports connecting some or all of them.

    Possible Connections from other biblical passages

    Presenting another Christ

    Matthew 24:4–5 ESV
    4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.
    Matthew 24:23–24 ESV
    23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

    A final person who is the Antichrist; the man of lawlessness

    1 John 2:18 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
    2 Thessalonians 2:3–10 ESV
    3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

    The beast of Revelation

    Revelation 13:1–8 ESV
    1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” 5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

    An enduring religious/political system opposed to Christ

    Daniel 7:8 ESV
    8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
    Daniel 7:20–25 ESV
    20 and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 “Thus he said: ‘As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. 24 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings. 25 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
    2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 ESV
    3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
    Revelation 17:1–6 ESV
    1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.” 6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

    Many antichrists have come

    1 John 2:18 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

    They are a sign of the last hour

    1 John 2:18 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

    What is the Last Hour

    Hebrews 1:1–2 ESV
    1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
    1 Peter 1:20 ESV
    20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
    Hebrews 9:26 ESV
    26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
    Acts 2:16–17 ESV
    16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: 17 “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
    1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV
    11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.
    1 John 2:18 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
    1 John 2:28 ESV
    28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
    2 Peter 3:8–9 ESV
    8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

    They went out from us

    1 John 2:18 ESV
    18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

    Antichrists spread false teaching

    1 John 2:19 ESV
    19 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 it might become plain that they all are not of us.

    They deny that Jesus is the Christ

    They deny the Father and the Son

    They try to deceive others

    You are anointed

    1 John 2:20–21 ESV
    20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    Who is the Holy One?

    Mark 1:24 ESV
    24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”
    John 6:68–69 ESV
    68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

    Anointing?

    2 Corinthians 1:21–22 ESV
    21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
    John 14:16–17 ESV
    16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
    John 14:26 ESV
    26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
    John 15:26 ESV
    26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

    The Truth

    1 John 2:21 ESV
    21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
    1 John 2:24 ESV
    24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
    1 John 2:26–27 ESV
    26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

    The Truth will set you free

    John 8:31–36 ESV
    31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
    John 14:6 ESV
    6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

      • Matthew 16:13–17ESV

      • John 6:68–69ESV

      • 1 John 2:18–27ESV

      • 1 John 1:1–2ESV

      • 1 John 2:18–19ESV

      • 1 John 2:22ESV

      • 1 John 2:26ESV

      • 1 John 2:22ESV

      • 1 John 2:26ESV

      • 1 John 4:1–3ESV

      • 2 John 7ESV

      • Matthew 24:4–5ESV

      • Matthew 24:23–24ESV

      • 1 John 2:18ESV

      • 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10ESV

      • Revelation 13:1–8ESV

      • Daniel 7:8ESV

      • Daniel 7:20–25ESV

      • 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4ESV

      • Revelation 17:1–6ESV

      • 1 John 2:18ESV

      • 1 John 2:18ESV

      • Hebrews 1:1–2ESV

      • 1 Peter 1:20ESV

      • Hebrews 9:26ESV

      • Acts 2:16–17ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 10:11ESV

      • 1 John 2:18ESV

      • 1 John 2:28ESV

      • 2 Peter 3:8–9ESV

      • 1 John 2:18ESV

      • 1 John 2:19ESV

      • 1 John 2:20–21ESV

      • Mark 1:24ESV

      • John 6:68–69ESV

      • 2 Corinthians 1:21–22ESV

      • John 14:16–17ESV

      • John 14:26ESV

      • John 15:26ESV

      • 1 John 2:21ESV

      • 1 John 2:24ESV

      • 1 John 2:26–27ESV

      • John 8:31–36ESV

      • John 14:6ESV

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