START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) 1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
TEST THE SPIRITS / 1 JOHN 4:1
The reason for testing, or evaluating, every spirit (a person motivated or inspired by a spirit, or the spirit behind a person’s motives and message) is that “many false prophets” will enter the church. This will be especially true as tolerance for spiritual error and unbiblical teaching increases in the end times (Matthew 24:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; 2 Peter 2:1-2). Christians are instructed to use Biblical standards to evaluate all professed Christian teachers, writers, preachers, prophets or any other individual who claims that his or her work or message comes from God. Believers should never assume that a ministry or spiritual experience is from God just because one claims it is. In the same way, no belief or teaching should be accepted as true only on the basis of apparent success, miracles or the display of spiritual power or authority (Matthew 7:22; 1 Corinthians 14:29; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10; 2 John 1:7; Revelation 13:4; 16:14; Revelation 19:20; Galatians 1:9).
- All teaching must be evaluated by how it measures up to the revelation of truth in God’s Word (Galatians 5:7).
- The spirit of the teaching (the spiritual motivation or inspiration behind it) must be tested as well as the content of the message. Does the teaching have the same kind of spirit and emphasis as Jesus’ message and the teaching throughout the New Testament? Beware of any teaching that a person claims to have received from the Holy Spirit or an angel that cannot be supported by sound Biblical interpretation (Galatians 5:7).
- Teachers’ lives must be evaluated as to their relation to the ungodly world (1 John 4:5).
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
- LOVE … WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH / 1 JOHN 3:18
- HIS BROTHER IN NEED / 1 JOHN 3:17
- WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES / 1 JOHN 3:16
- NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15
- CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10
- HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
- THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
- LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
- EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
- CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
- HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
- HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
- THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
- AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
- THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
- THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
- WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
- OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
- MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
- DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
- WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
- ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
- SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
- CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
- CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
- IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
- WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
- FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
- FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
- ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
- THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
- UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
- SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
- HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
- THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
- HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
- ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
- THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
- BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
- OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
- HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
- THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
- BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
- ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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