When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.

 Good morning. John told them that he did not write to them because they did not know the truth, but because they did know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar, but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; The one who confesses the Son has the Father also. There are billions of people that say there is more than one way to God. The problem is – they do not go through the Son. In fact you're getting more and more people who have been Christians for many years that are now saying there is more than one way to God. Perhaps they have been listening to preachers who have been misled. Another possible reason is that some friend or relative of theirs believes that, and they want to believe that that friend or relative is going to heaven. So they are making accommodations in their own beliefs to be comforted that the friend or relative is also going to heaven. We dare not compromise. That will make us unpopular and called all kinds of things. Sadly too many Christians in the past have shoved it into the faces of nonbelievers. Of course that turns others off, and makes them say that we are elitists. There is even a group going around promoting "Chrislam", a mixture of Christianity and Islam. The number one tenet of Christianity is "for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Islam says that Allah did not have a son. We cannot be serving the same God. Father thank You that the reader does not deny the Son. He/she confesses Him to all those around him/her.