“They 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 made manifest that they were not all of us.” (I John 2:19)
Judas Iscariot was not the last person to betray Jesus and forsake all that our Savior stands for. As John says in the previous verse, “even now are there many antichrists.”
These people in this verse were not the Christians who stop coming to church a while and then come back and become involved again. This is speaking of the person who never really accepted Christ or His teaching. They are the ones who are totally in favor some false doctrine, some antichrist teaching.
Many years ago a lady dropped out of church. When I called on her she was fully involved in the false doctrine of the cult that teaches, “This man Jesus is dead, forever dead.” That religion says that hell is the grave, so there is no need of a Savior. They somehow make the 144,000, of the seventh chapter of Revelation, refer to them. She was never a true believer in and follower of Jesus. She liked her new found religion and totally forsook Jesus and those who follow Him.
Her actions revealed that she was never a part of Christ nor was she ever a true believer in the clear teaching of the Bible.
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