John 14: 22- 26
"22 Judas (not iscariot) said to him, master, how is it you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?

23 Messiah answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

24 He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

25 These things have I spoken to you, being yet present with you.

26 But the comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your rememberance, whatsoever I have said to you."

If we look again at the letter of 1st John, this is the entire subject of his letter! He's talking all through it about Messiah abiding in us, and we abiding in the Messiah, through the Holy Spirit. Those who say "we can't be like him until we actually see him at his second coming," are completely ignoring the context of the letter. Just before John says this, he says "the anointing which you have received of him abides in you," (chapter 2 verse 27) then he says, "abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be ashamed," (verse 28) then he says, "everyone that does righteousness is born of him," (verse 29). After this, (chapter 3 verses 1 and 2) he says we are the sons of God and our immortality has not yet appeared to us, but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him (already) for we shall see him as he is. Then in verse 3 he says:

"And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure"

Then, in verses 4 through 10 he says clearly that anyone who has "seen" Messiah in the Spirit, and "knows Messiah, through the Spirit does not commit sin!

"4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

5 And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

6 Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him neither known him."

We can "see him," right now, through the Spirit, and this is how he "manifests himself to us but not to the world." This is all done through the Holy Spirit.

"7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous

8 He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the very beginning. For this purpose the son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother."

How will the angels know the "wheat from the tares?" How will the "sheep and the goats" be separated? According to verse 10, you can tell the differences between the children of the devil and the children of God because the children of God do not commit sin! They keep his commandments.

1 John 3: 23-24
"23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe on the name of his Son Yahshua Messiah, and love one another as he gave commandment.

24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwells in him, and he in him, and hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us."

Most people stop at "believe on the name of his Son" and teach that is all we have to do to satisfy His commandment. It says "and love one another as he gave commandment." Believing on his Son means that we love one another. If we don't learn to love one another by the time of the second coming, it means we are "none of his."

We have already discussed that love is the fulfillment of the law. If we love one another we won't sin against one another.

Then, in verse 24 he says that if we believe on his Son and keep his love commandment then Messiah dwells in us, and we in him, by the Spirit.

Then, in chapter 4, the very next verses, he tells us that anyone who denies the Messiah has come to abide in you, "in the flesh" is that Spirit of antimessiah.

1 John 4: 1-5
"1 Beloved believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Yahshua Messiah is come in the flesh is of God:

3 And every spirit that confesses not that Yahshua Messiah is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antimessiah, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world,

4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them."

As you can see, those who truly believe, follow Messiah, who have the Holy Spirit, see Messiah as he is long before the world sees Messiah at his second coming. When the world speaks of "seeing Messiah," they are speaking of a physical appearance. When we speak of "seeing Messiah," we speak first of a Spiritual appearing, within us, to transform us into his image, at first in our behavior and doings, and then, at the last trumpet, we shall be translated into his glory through the physical resurrection.

We are commanded, one and all, to press into and "hasten" this day of redemption, by mortifying the deeds of the body through the Spirit. May God have mercy on the soul of the one who scoffs at this, and turns their back on the clear light of truth, and walks in the flesh, and sees these things only as the world sees them. For such an one, Messiah comes as a thief, and will appear to them only when he appears to the world, and Messiah comes to judge the world!

Friends and brethren, the time is short. Repent, for the day of the master is at hand.