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As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
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Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.
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If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
I really like these verses because they speak of the "anointing" of the Holy Spirit we receive when we accept Christ and when we remain in obedience to him in our lives. We are prone to forget sometimes about this anointing by Christ; we understand we are responsible for our part in the Great Commission and we can forget it our job to bring people to Christ but that Christ himself does the actually salvation part, and that salvation is not only the acceptance of Jesus as Lord of our lives but also the lifelong process of Jesus helping us to let go of sinful behaviors and form new habits and ways of living that honor and obey him.
Once we are saved we have to do our part by studying the words of Jesus Christ in the Gospels and living our lives in obedience to them; this is what the writer means by "abide in Him", as Christ tells us in the Gospels, "remain in me" (John 15:4). The writer warns us that we have to live our lives in obedience to the words of Jesus so that when we are face to face with him in his second coming we can meet him with calm and not shame at having failed in our obligation to live our lives in obedience to his teachings.
If you want to accept Salvation from Christ here are some resources:
A Prayer for Salvation from Christ:
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer.
A more detailed step by step process:
https://www.wikihow.com/Accept-Jesus-Into-Your-Life
A Prayer for Salvation from Christ:
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer.
A more detailed step by step process:
https://www.wikihow.com/Accept-Jesus-Into-Your-Life
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