Test The Spirits!

Beloved, do not put faith in every spirit,

But prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God;

For many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God:

Every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact]

That Jesus Christ, the Messiah, [actually] has become man

And has come in the flesh is of God—has God for its source.

And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess

That Jesus Christ has come in the flesh

[But would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God--

Does not proceed from Him.

This [non-confession] is the [spirit] of antichrist,

[Of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world.

Little children, you are of God—you belong to Him—

And have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of antichrist],

Because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier)

Than he (Satan) who is in the world.

They proceed from the world and are of the world,

Therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered]

That they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them.

We are [children] of God.

Whoever is learning to know God—

Progressively to perceive, recognize and understand God

[By observation and experience]

And to get an ever clearer knowledge of Him—listens to us;

And he who is not of God does not listen or pay attention to us.

By this we know (recognize) the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.

(1 John 4:1-6 AMP)

The apostle John teaches us that every spirit

That does not acknowledge and confess

That Jesus is the Christ of God, The Messiah;

The One who fulfills all the Old Testament Scriptures that speak of Him;

The only begotten Son of God, does not belong to God:

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,

And the government will be on His shoulders.

And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end

He will reign on David's Throne and over His Kingdom,

Establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness

From that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

There is a lot included in acknowledging and confessing Christ Jesus.

It includes all that Christ is.

What is the Spirit of Christ Jesus like?

Christ Jesus said of Himself: 'I am gentle and humble in heart'

(Matthew 11:29)

God must esteem those who belong to Him. Who does God esteem?

'This is the one I esteem:

He who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My Word.

(Isaiah 66:2)

Those who belong to Christ Jesus;

Those who have the Spirit of Christ living in them,

Will be hated by the world,

Because the Spirit of Christ testifies that what the world does is evil.

(John 7:7)

Christ Jesus said:

If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first.

I you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.

As it is, you do not belong to the world,

But I have chosen you out of the world.

That is why the world hates you. (John 15:18-19)

Understand, that this reality excludes virtually every world leader

And every politician, from belonging to Christ.

The kingdom of this world, singular, belongs to the devil.

If you follow those who do not belong to Christ Jesus,

You are following a spirit other than that of Christ.

There are only two spirits in the world:

The Spirit of Christ Jesus and the spirit of the evil one.

Which spirit do you follow? To whom do you belong?

The Spirit of Christ Jesus cannot be segregated from any aspect of life.

You either follow Him in all aspects of your life, or non.

Understand, that there are not many who follow Christ Jesus,

The cost of doing so is too high; The WAY is too narrow.

However, the cost of not doing so is infinitely higher.

I pray that all who read this will take the Narrow WAY, the WAY of Christ;

That you will not follow those deceiving spirits

Who masquerade as angels of light, but are liars like their father, the devil.

Soon Christ's Kingdom will come and His will be done on earth as in Heaven.

The kingdom of this world will be no more!

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!