Test the Spirits

Friday, April 17, 2015
1John 4:1-6 KJV 

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. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 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. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Apostle John tell followers of Christ to do? What are we to do instead and why? (v.1)
2) How will we know whether the Spirits are of God or the antichrist? (v.2-3)
3) What does John write about the children of God? (v.4)
4) What does he write about the children of world? (v.5)
5) How will we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error? (v.6)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) Are you a child of God, or a child of the world? How do you know?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth) indwells, leads, guides, and directs every child of God.