1 John 4:1-6

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

2 The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God,

3 and that no spirit is from God which does not acknowledge this about Jesus. Such is the spirit of the anti-Christ; of whose coming you have heard, and it is already in the world.

4 As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

5 They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.

6 The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.

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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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Beloved, Test the Spirits Part 1

Damian Kyle

Whether you’re sitting in church, driving around listening to the radio, or scrolling through your newsfeed on social media… it’s important to know not everything we’re being fed is true. So we need to put it to the test. Today According to the Scriptures pastor Damian Kyle shows us how to test what we hear to determine if it’s the spirit of truth or the spirit of error. We’re in First John chapter four.

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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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The Test for Truth Part 1

John Randall

Whether you’re sitting in church, driving around listening to the radio, or scrolling through your newsfeed on social media… it’s important to know not everything we’re being fed is true. So we need to put it to the test. Today on a Daily Walk pastor John Randall shows us how to test what we hear to determine if it’s the spirit of truth or the spirit of error.

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