Test the Spirits

Beloved, 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. Bu this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming , and now it is already in the world. You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. Bu this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 

1 John 4:1-6

This blog page is made up of Godly men that are pastors, youth pastors, and students of the Bible. That being said, we are still human. We are full of error. Although I believe that the Holy Spirit leads us to write these posts. But in order to write without error, I believe that God has to be present. It is like Salvation. In order to do good, God has to give us a new heart. In order to write things without error, God has to change our motives, attitude, and minds. 

In this passage we see where John is telling us to always check what people say with scripture. It says to "test the spirits to see whether they are from God." The reasoning to do this is: "because many false prophets have gone out into the world." Unfortunately, there are many who claim to be Christians that are not. We have to test the spriits, we have to test everything somebody says, to see if it is scriptural. 

In verses 2 and 3, John tells us how to tell if a spirit is from God or not. A christian will believe that "Jesus Christ has come in the flesh." A nonchristian will believe the opposite, John calls it "the spirit of the antichrist." In verse 4 John tells us that "we have oversome" those nonchristians. Why? "Becuase greater is He (God) who is in you than he who is in the world." The Holy Spirit lives inside of us. I have been listening to an evangelist on youtube for a while. He says that there should be an overflowing of God's love to a lost and dying world. He also says that a aChristian should not focus on the darkness in the world. That is because we are light, and when a ligt is shown in darkness, there is no longer dark space. We, as Christians, are a light to the world. When the Spirit is in you, then the world should botice a difference. 

On the contrary, in verse 5, John says "they (nonbelievers)are from the world, and the world listens to them." The nonbelievers don't know or understand the Holy Spirit. 

In verse 6, John says that "we are from God." John also tells us how we can know wether or not a spirit is of God or not. John says, "By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." What does by this mean?  The answer is by verses 4 and 5. 

I am just going to tell anybody reading this post, and the posts to come, to always look what we say up for yourselves in Scripture. That is how you can grow. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us. 

I am really excited to be starting this blog up again. It worked well the first time we did it, but we are coming back bigger and better than before. Share the word that we are back.