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"4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. The Lord said that there would come false teachers and prophets at the end times and this was restated in the second letter of Peter, chapter 2 . "1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Peter also mentions what will happen to them. There are many passages in the New Testament which also mention the coming of false teachers, the source being Satan, they are his mouthpieces No false prophet comes out of his or her own mind, they come out of the teaching that comes from Satan or one of his angels. All false prophets speak the same words, their manifestation may vary from each person but they are all mouthpieces for Satan. Satan and his followers spend much time corrupting the truth of God. "13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Satan and possibly his followers, are able to turn their appearance into angels of light, so covering their lack of truth. The first temptation was in the Garden of Eden, Eve was tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent, by putting doubt into the mind of Eve. Genesis 3:1-4"1 Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Ye shall not surely die: Satan was sort of right with that statement because Adam and Eve were now separated from God, however, they still lived as humans on the earth, it was many years before they physically died, but they were instantly dead from God. Satan continued, until Eve took the fruit and gave Adam a piece to eat. Satan uses this method to spread his message, to distort the Word of God. For example, 1 Timothy 4:1 "1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; The passage of 1 Timothy links false doctrine with demonic source. False teachers are not primarily to blame, they are however, secondarily to blame, but the blame rests totally with Satan and his Satanic angels, the false teacher is just the mouthpiece, the next time you here someone preaching against the Word of God, then that is a demonic source. IdolsPaul asks "is there any problems with making offerings to idols," many people think that if you want to worship something other than God, then that is your choice. Many still continue to worship idols, made of wood or rock, made by the hands of man for many years, why. Because the idols are controlled by demons and so become very attractive. 1 Corinthians 10:19-21."19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? What people think is an idol, is in fact one of Satan’s angelic beings, so you are actually worshipping Satan’s angels, a demon, so while an idol may be nothing, the angelic being connected is not. In Acts 20:30 we find Paul speaking to the Ephesians the following words,:- "29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Note verse 30, Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. of our own ranks, Today these demonic deception comes under names such as Jehovah’s Witness, Christian Science, Mormonism, Possibly Roman Catholicism, all are cults run by Satan. During the time of Apostle John there were a group called the Gnostics, they did not believe that Jesus was the Christ, they were very good at deceiving true believers, so John wrote 1 John under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Reason for testing the SpiritsIn 1 John 4:1-7 we find:-"1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. We are told to "test the spirits," Why? Note that there is a human agent which is connected to the Satanic power. In 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 we are told many things not to do but also verse 19 "Quench not the Spirit. " "19 Quench not the Spirit. In Mark 13:21-23, "21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: Jesus gave the disciples a warning about false messengers, They will not deceive the true elected, but they will try. There are many strange voices in todays world. We must always believe in God, but beware. How to test the spirits?1 John 4:1-3 gives us the clue, "1 Beloved, try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Questions you should ask,1) Do they confess the divine Jesus, our Lord, "confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:" A person confesses continually that Jesus was the Messiah and the Son of God 2) Are Jesus and God the same, verse 2 "Every spirit [that} confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:" There is no "That"in the original, This means that the person must be able to accept that Jesus is the Christ and the divine God as well, basically one Person, any words Jesus speaks are also coming from God. Anyone can believe in the creed of Christianity, but not the person of Christ, they must be demon controlled if not. Finally, In Mark 1:23-25, we find that the demons knew Jesus and who He was, would you make Him Lord of your life if He was not God? The act of salvation comes by confessing Jesus as Lord, the Holy Spirit always give honour to the Lord, in verse 3 of 1 John :1-3 we find "every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist" He is of "the spirit of the antichrist" against or in place of Christ, antichrist is a system of opposition against Christ How do we fight.With the power of the Holy Spirit, 1 John 4:4 "4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. " The Holy Spirit is far more powerful than any demons and Satan and we possess the Holy Spirit. God has given us the Holy Spirit as protection, "19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. We know the truth through the Holy Spirit, no true christian is ever going to be removed from Christ The Holy Spirit will never let them become trapped and seducing into false doctrine. The true teacher of God’s Word.This person will have declared that the Bible was the revelation from God In 1 John 4:4-8 "4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. The world enjoys listening to them, verse 5 "and the world heareth them." Each of the groups appeals to different parts of a person, so be very aware of their teaching. If anyone adds to the scripture, then reject their teaching, The Old and New Testaments are complete, no new "discovery" "24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father." The Bible tells us to stand upon God’s foundations. We must test the spirits to see whether they are of God. |
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