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Truth (from the Spirit) affirms the incarnation of God in Jesus, agrees with the apostles teaching (the Word) and can be discerned by those in-dwelt by the Spirit.
(Lies (from the devil) do not do these things and are believed by the world)
delusion (from the devil/world) are discerned through their confession of Jesus and the Christ and agreement with
Test what you hear: truth (from the Spirit) affirms the incarnation of God in Jesus, agrees with the apostles teaching (the Word) and can be discerned by those in-dwelt by the Spirit.
(Lies (from the devil) do not do these and are believed by the world)
Focus - We should test all teaching that claims to be from God by it’s confession of the incarnation and it’s alignment to the bible.
Function - To embolden us to stand firm against false teaching and embrace learning from the bible.
To heighten our vigilance against false teaching and provide a framework to test all teaching.
Function - To heighten our vigilance against false teaching and provide a framework to test all teaching by.
As you read the book of 1 John,
it becomes clear that John was writing to a church that had 2 problems.
1 that leads to another.
1 - There are people from within the church that are teaching falsely about who Jesus was and what he did.
You’ll remember in Ch 2, John calls then anti-christs.
And that false teaching about Jesus was clearly affecting how the application of being a Jesus Follower was being taught.
2 - The second problem then,
2 - The second problem then, is that the church was getting confused about the truth, they are beginnig to question what they thought.
To the extent that they are now not sure if they have eternal life with God, or if they have it all wrong!
is that the church was getting confused about the truth,
they are beginning to question what they once believed.
To the extent that they are now not sure if they have eternal life with God,
or if they have it all wrong!
John’s aim in writing is to give the church confidence in their faith in Jesus, that in turn gives them confidence that they have a wonderful eternity with God.
You can be sure says John, by looking at your life:
Do you live in Light or Darkness,
Life or Death
Love or hate
Obedience or Disobedience
Jesus is Christ or are you anti-christ
child of God or child of the devil
Confessing sin or denying sin
Alot has been said in 1 John.
John counters the false teaching, the deception, each and every time with truth.
The world deceives says John but God is truth!
John counters the false teaching, the deception, each and every time with truth.
So, how can we be sure we are in the light or not.
That is all great, but, what do we do when we come across a situation not mentioned here in 1 John?
How do we know who to believe and who to avoid.
How do we know, what is truth and what is deception?
Well,
But how do we know what is truth
Entre, todays passage…
and what is deceptive in our lives, as we move forward.
What tests can we apply?
John’s going to help us again.
Firstly, we’ll look at what John means by the word ‘spirit’s’ in this passage, and why we should be testing those spirits?
We will then look at the 2 tests John gives us for the spirits.
Secondly, Who is listening to them, and what are they listening to?
1 - What are the spirits?
This is pretty straight forward, but I think the language John uses is important.
2 words to deal with - test and spirits.
How we should test?
At a basic level John is using the word ‘spirit’ to mean ‘message’
You could replace the word spirit with the word message.
Dear friends, do not believe every message, but test the meassages to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
But it is a little more involved than that, which is why he uses the word ‘spirit’.
Tied up into the message are 2 things, both who is delivering the message (the person) and who the message is ultimately from (the source).
It’s not dissimilar to us today saying
What does John mean, why does he use the word spirits, and why should we test?
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