'Test The Spirits!'
1 John 4:1-3.
a) 1 John 4:1. Apostle John is writing to his "spiritual children" whom he loves so much.
b) 1 John 4:1. He tells them not to believe every spirit or "spiritual" manifestation.
c) 1 John 4:1. He asks them to test the spirits.
d) 1 John 4:1. They (and we) can question if the spiritual manifestation is from God.
e) 1 John 4:1. Many false Prophets have gone out into the World. (They are still out there).
f) 1 John 4:2. By this we know the Spirit of God.
g) 1 John 4:2. Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.
h) 1 John 4:3. Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.
i) 1 John 4:3. This is the spirit of Antichrist.
j) 1 John 4:3. The Church had already been taught about the spirit of Antichrist. (We very much need this Teaching in the Church today)
k) 1 John 4:3. This spirit has come and is now already in the World.
(This QT encourages me to Test The Spirits)
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'No More A Mystery.'
Ephesians 1:9.
a) Christ has made known to us the Mystery of His Will.
b) He did and does this according to His good pleasure.
c) Which He purposed in Himself.
(This Second one reveals No More A Mystery)
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Chris.
Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. To me, this is very clear. We need to have a good and Biblical view regarding the life of the Church and Evangelism. Sometimes we are too radical about Church and too soft about Evangelism. Members of the Church do not need continual "healing" and "deliverance", they need to be made disciples. Non-Believers should not be treated as "seekers", that is non-Biblical. It is Jesus who is the Seeker. He Seeks and Saves the lost. Non-Believers need to hear a radical and life changing Gospel.
