Real Money

"Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith..."
-Hebrews 12:2
      For those of you that don't know, I recently got a new job at my college. I work at the technology store, where I sell computers and computer accessories. Recently, a customer bought a Macbook Pro, paying for it in cash. This reminded me of the first week of the job, where I learned about a marker that we have, which we use to check for counterfeit money. If you write on the money and a black marking comes up, the cash is fake. If you cannot see a black marking, the money is good.
        This reminded me of two sermons I have heard that talk about the antichrist. Many people, when they hear about an antichrist, immediately being to look for them. This is not how it should be. When a person is determining whether money is fake or not, without the aid of any tool (like the marker), they compare it to real money. A person has to study real money in order to determine if the money is real or not. Similarly, a student doesn't study wrong answers on a test, but the answers that are correct. Studying false answers wold be highly impractical.
      In the same way, we should not be looking for the antichirst. Doing that would be impractical and a waste of time. In the verse at the beginning, we are told to fix our eyes on Jesus. The only way we will be able to test an antichrist is if we know who the Christ really is. If we spend time reading the Bible, praying, and obeying God's word, we will know who Christ is. When an antichrist comes around, we will know that they are not the Christ, because we know who Christ really is. So don't spend your time looking for antichrists; look for Jesus.
-Smart