19/09/2016
Are you child of God? So Must Read This!!!
Last Week Home Bible Study: You have the TRUTH or the ERROR (1 John 4:1-6)
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By 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, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Words to Ponder:
1.) "every spirit" this phrase is pointing to the person who brings the message of truth or error.
2.) “Prophets”, this word is a Greek word that was existed as borrowed word applied to English. The real translation of this word is “to speak for” something. It is pointing to a person who speaks in behalf of other. Thus, therefore nowadays is refers to a man who is preaching. These are the pastor, preacher, minister, layman, evangelist, priest, bishop, pope. All of them are preaching the message of truth or error. So, you need to double check the message they bring. You might have “the truth or error from them.
3.) “the spirit of God”, it is pointing to the person who is preaching the message from God, and his message is not with an error but full of truth. This person is preaching that Jesus has come in a human form and Jesus is from God. It is the Truth-- the true message--Jesus has come in the flesh. Before His existence as human, He was in existence with the Father. He was called as "The Word" and "the Word was with God and the Word was God" John 1:1-2, and the “Word” become Flesh" (human), John 1:14.
4. “spirit of the antichrist” the person who is preaching against the truth - preaching that Jesus has not come in the flesh. If a person preaches that Jesus is just a prophet, is just man and not the “WORD” means the “God” with the Father then that person is antichrist. Beware of this teaching; it is not from God but from the enemy of God. The message of Error which is the FALSE message--is opposite to the true message of TRUTH.
5.”beloved-little children”- They are victorious! They have the TRUE Message about Jesus. This True message is from God and can be used to overcome the False Message of the World. The preachers of the World speak things on the world that will always oppose to the TRUTH about Jesus.
A preacher having the TRUTH is tend to worry about the people where to listen with.. No need to worry about, those who are of God are like to listen the TRUTH about Jesus, but those who are not belong to God obviously do not like to listen or search more the scriptures –the bible.
So, the Encouragement! The true children of God are always searching the scriptures, not just listening but studying with understanding. We are more noble if search the scriptures more and more as the people in Beria had received that words of encouragement during time of Paul who spoke to them , so they search the scriptures daily. Study the bible daily with understanding is to be sure that message to be heard from someone who preaches the message is truly from God. Likewise, also, we should do! We must study the scriptures daily! So, we can determine the true message and the message of error.
Warning!!! Be sure, you have the TRUE MESSAGE about Jesus and not FALSE Message from the Evil’s representative! Evil’s representative uses also the bible. Not all preachers are from God! Please double check the message you will hear!
Keep on this in your heart… people belongs to God are always find ways to study the bible and like to hear the True Message about Jesus-that is the TRUTH!
So the question is… Are you God’s belonging?
Peace is with you!
Love
JunPat