This morning we continue in our study through the first letter of John as we consider 1 John 2:18-27. John encourages his readers that in the last hour, when others are trying to deceive you, abide in the truth of Jesus Christ. The Christian life is not about graduating from the gospel. You’re not mastering the truth and then moving on to new and better truths. The Christian faith is about being mastered by the truth already revealed. We mature by moving more deeply into faith in the gospel that we received from the beginning. The Christian faith does not need an upgrade or an update because the truth that's been revealed to us is complete, final, and sufficient. In an ever changing world, while we might be allured to think there’s bigger and better things, our text in 1 John brings comfort and fortifies us in the ancient message of the gospel. We don't need new truths, we need those old truths reapplied and renewed in our hearts, our minds, and convictions. May God give us grace to remain in what we heard from the beginning, abiding in the truth of Jesus as we enjoy fellowship with God. May we rest, rejoice, delight in, and live out of the fellowship with have with God for His glory and our ever increasing joy.