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1 John 4:1-6

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Put the Spirits to the Test

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit. Put the spirits to the test to see if they belong to God. Many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 How can you recognize the Spirit of God? Every spirit that agrees that Jesus Christ came in a human body belongs to God.

3 But every spirit that doesn't agree with this does not belong to God. It is the spirit of the great enemy of Christ. You have heard that the enemy is coming. Even now he is already in the world.

4 Dear children, you belong to God. You have not accepted the teachings of the false prophets. That's because the One who is in you is more powerful than the one who is in the world.

5 False prophets belong to the world. So they speak from the world's point of view. The world listens to them.

6 We belong to God. And those who know God listen to us. But those who don't belong to God don't listen to us. That's how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of lies.

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Beloved, Test the Spirits Part 2

Damian Kyle

Have you ever read something online, received a strange text or email, or even had someone you trust present to you some sort of truth claim! But it didn’t sit well with you. It seemed off! Not everything we hear or read is true. So it’s incumbent upon us to test what we hear with the truth of the Word of God. Pastor Damian Kyle will help us with that today on According to the Scriptures, as we go deeper into First John. The early part of chapter four gives us a marvelous test for truth.

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The Test for Truth Part 2

John Randall

Not everything we hear is true. So it’s incumbent upon us to test what we hear with the truth of the Word of God. Pastor John Randall will help us with that today on a Daily Walk, as we go deeper into First John.

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1 John 4:1-6, Part 3 of 3

Gideon Levytam

1 John 4=1-6 Yeshua the Messiah Came in the Flesh part 3

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The Rise of False Prophets in the Last Days Part 3

James Kaddis

What we’re seeing in the world today is exactly what the apostle John prophetically wrote about in First John chapter four. He couldn’t be more dead on, because the spirit of God was behind it. You’re about to hear a warning not to believe and receive every spirit, but to test them. We’ll learn why we’re to do that and how to do that right now!

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Warning: Danger, Danger, Danger! Part 2

Jeff Johnson

We’re warned in First Timothy chapter four that there will be false teaching in the last days, and some will turn away from the faith, being misled by it. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re there! So how can you best protect yourself? We’ll learn a simple quick test that if applied will save you a world of hurt.

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The Spirit of God or the Spirit of Error

Jeff Archey

As part of our “Are you Studying” series examining the book of 1 John verse-by-verse, we look at 1 Jn. 4:1-6 to see the great authoritative word of God that always overrides the doctrines of men.

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