Communism: The Spirit Of Antichrist In Our Age

COMMUNISM: THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST IN OUR AGE

TEXT: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.” (I JOHN 4:1-3 NKJV); with, “that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world…” (PHP. 2:15 NKJV).

For this message, I will use the term “Communism” for convenience, because it is generally known and understood by most people. True Communism, as conceived by Karl Marx, in his “Communist Manifesto,” has never been achieved in any country. The political systems of the former Soviet Union, and which is now in effect in China, North Korea, Cuba, Viet Nam, Laos, and Venezuela, are tyrannical, Socialist Dictatorships, which I will refer to as Communism throughout this message. I mean to show that World Communism is the current and primary expression and sign of the spirit of Antichrist and is the purest expression of evil that is in the world today.

INTRODUCTION:

The Apostle John wrote that in his day the spirit of Antichrist was already at work in the world. The Apostle Paul reminded the Philippian Church, that in his day, Christians, who were the children of God were also living amid a crooked and perverse generation, manifesting the Antichrist spirit. It has not changed. The spirit of Antichrist is still at work in our day too.

Pastor John MacArthur commented on I John 4:3. He said, “The same demonic deception that will work to produce the final world ruler who rules as the false Christ is always actively seeking to distort Jesus Christ’s true nature, perverting the gospel. The final Antichrist will not be something new but will be the ultimate embodiment of all the Antichrist spirits that have perverted truth and propagated satanic lies since the beginning.”

The spirit of Antichrist has been in the world since satan tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden and brought about mankind’s fall from the grace of God. In his book, “Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents,” Rod Dreher said of that spirit of Antichrist: “This spiritual power takes material form in government and private institution, in corporations, in academia and media, and in the changing practices of everyday American life…there is virtually nowhere to hide.” I would add that, in my opinion, this Antichrist spirit has almost completely taken over the leadership of one particular American Political party, that is intending to overthrow our Constitutionally-based form of government.

Although brewing since 2013 with the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO., but beginning in force in May 2020, the Lord allowed the spirit of Antichrist to be more fully unleashed. American cities burned, as lawlessness, rebellion, destruction of property, turmoil, mayhem, and murder ruled our streets.

There are only two masters that mankind can follow, either Christ or the devil. Jesus told the scribes, Pharisees, and Jews in John 8:44: “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” Who are these modern-day, knowing, or unknowing tools of their father, the devil, who, like him murder and lie, and who burned our cities in the summer of 2020?

Who are they? They are the “Deep State” – lifetime bureaucrats who can’t be fired. They are open-border advocates; they are international bankers; they are open Socialist/Marxists like BLM and Antifa. Others are the World Economic Forum, the U.N., and the individuals and groups allied with those organizations. These globalists have worked for decades toward the goal of a one-world government, ruled by elites. What they don’t understand is that the world they think THEY will rule over, will one day be taken over by THE Antichrist, who will strip their power and cast aside all those who no longer serve his purpose.

All these individuals and groups are conspiring to bring the world into such a state of despair, that people all over the world will agree to submit to the rule of the Antichrist. He will promise peace until the terror of the Great Tribulation begins. Jesus said this would be the most terrible time that mankind had ever seen -- when people would want to die but couldn’t. So, for a time, the Lord will allow the devil to rule the earth through the Antichrist.