Test the Spirits

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Test the Spirits 1John 4.1-6, CB NT, p. 423

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In this lesson we will learn the tests given by John to determine whether someone is a false prophet. They are whether they confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, are they of the world or of God, and do they listen to the Apostles.

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1John 4.1-6,CB NT, p. 423

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— False Prophets

— Antichrist

— Spirit of Error

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How Do We Test the Spirits?

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Not by Appearance

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Not by Appearance

When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.”

(1 Samuel 16:6, CB OT p. 497)

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But Jehovah said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For Jehovah sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the heart.”

(1 Samuel 16:7, CB OT p. 497)

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Not by Appearance

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

Test 1:

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

Test 1:

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21; CB NT p. 2

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14; CB NT p. 161

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

Test 1:

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:20; CB NT p. 2

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Matthew 1:23; CB NT p. 2

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Matthew 16:16; CB NT p. 32

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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the light has come into the world

John 3:19; CB NT p. 165

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Micah 5:2; CB OT p. 1488

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Ephesians 3:11; CB NT p. 339

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Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

Test 1:

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Are they of the World or of God?

Test 2:

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Are they of the World or of God?

Test 2:

following the course of this world ... lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind

Ephesians 2:2-3; CB NT p. 337

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Are they of the World or of God?

Test 2:

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:15; CB NT p. 420

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Are they of the World or of God?

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For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

1 John 2:16; CB NT p. 420

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Are they of the World or of God?

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And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 John 2:17; CB NT p. 420

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Are they of the World or of God?

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Do not be conformed to this world

Romans 12:2; CB NT p. 281

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Are they of the World or of God?

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You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

James 4:4; CB NT p. 404

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Do they listen to the Apostles?

Test 3:

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Do they listen to the Apostles?

Test 3:

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 16:13; CB NT p. 195

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Do they listen to the Apostles?

Test 3:

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:5; CB NT p. 338

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Do they listen to the Apostles?

Test 3:

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

Ephesians 2:20; CB NT p. 338

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Do they listen to the Apostles?

Are they of the World or of God?

Do they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

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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.

1 John 4:4; CB NT p. 423

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Will today be the day you decide

to go toheaven?

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Test the Spirits1 John 4.1-6

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart19 May, 2013

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Synopsis: In this lesson we will learn the tests given by John to determine whether someone is a false prophet. They are whether they confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, are they of the world or of God, and do they listen to the Apostles.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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