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June 17, 1990
The apostle John understood the need of every believer to be certain that authorities teach the truth of Christ and not a message distorted by the Evil One. Highlighting the contrast between the messages and audiences of both truth and falsehood, Alistair Begg helps us to understand the command in 1 John 4 to “test the spirits,” particularly within the context of false teaching.
1Beloved, tdo not believe every spirit, but utest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for vmany wfalse prophets xhave gone out into the world. 2By this you know the Spirit of God: yevery spirit that confesses that zJesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit athat does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and bnow is in the world already. 4Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for che who is in you is greater than dhe who is in the world. 5eThey are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and fthe world listens to them. 6We are from God. gWhoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know hthe Spirit of truth and ithe spirit of error.
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