Reply #19: 1 John 4 is one you may like: Test the Spirits (Read it considering the Shrubb) [View All]

[BeHereNow]

Test the Spirits

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit,
but test the spirits to see whether they are from God,
because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus
is not from God.
This is the spirit of the antichrist,
which you have heard is coming and
even now is already in the world.

4 You, dear children, are from God and have
overcome them, because the one who
is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

(As your prayer for others proves)

5 They are from the world and therefore speak
from the viewpoint of the world,
and the world listens to them.

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us;
but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

Do notice the "spirit of the anti-christ" reference...remind you of
anyone when combined with "by their fruits you shall know them?

BHN