FIRST READING* _Let what you hear from the beginning remain within you._*A Reading from the Book of First John 2:22-28*

_🌿Daily Reading for Saturday January 2, 2021_

*FIRST READING* 

_Let what you hear from the beginning remain within you._

*A Reading from the Book of First John 2:22-28*

Who is the liar, if not one who claims that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the Antichrist, who denies both the Father and the Son.

Whoever denies the Son cannot have the Father either; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father too.

Let what you heard in the beginning remain in you; as long as what you heard in the beginning remains in you, you will remain in the Son and in the Father.

And the promise he made you himself is eternal life.

So much have I written to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.

But as for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; since the anointing he gave you teaches you everything, and since it is true, not false, remain in him just as he has taught you.

Therefore remain in him now, children, so that when he appears we may be fearless, and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 

*The Word of the Lord*