Discernment and Testing of the Spirits

[Child of Jesus Christ]

"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."  - 1 John 4: 1-3 KJV

I believe that these verses are talking about the 'gift of discernment.' Does anyone here hears from the spiritual realm and apply 1 John 4: 1-3 to test if what you communicate with is a legitimate spirit from Jesus Christ? 

[Starise]

For the Christian the gift of discernment comes from the Holy Spirit who resides within us. Our communication is to Jesus as our only mediator. No need to communicate with any other.

Any spirit who is attempting to impersonate the Spirit of God will do everything in it's power to appear legitimate and is obvious in any attempt to copy or mimic. Since this text deals with something subtractive instead of something additive, i.e. The deceptive spirits REMOVE, TAKE AWAY the admission Jesus Christ is the very son of God and has come IN THE FLESH and furthermore has DIED for ALL MEN'S SINS.

What does this still give the evil spirits permission to do?

- Say Jesus was a God sent Holy prophet

-Say they believe He was a good man

-Say it's ok to have a form of Christianity without actually having a sincere Christianity

-Perform miracles

-Walk, talk and act just like Christian pastors, healers and self described apostles

-Do good deeds

-They can be very expert in theology and able to quote scripture at will, skillful in twisting scripture to mean things it really doesn't mean.

A true prophet draws men to God. A false prophet deceives and draws men away from God while leading them to believe they are following God.

Probably more damage has been done by the enemy through counterfeit Christian false prophets leading anti-christ denominations than those who are openly and overtly Satanist. Make no mistake, they are all in cahoots together even if they aren't aware they are. The average person doesn't want anything to do with the dark religions and will instead, have no issue attending a church that looks christian while they themselves have never made a serious repentance of sin or commitment to the Lord. They want something that looks Christian while still allowing them to stay the same as they were. The devil is selling a product and he has buyers lined up for it. He is schmoozing millions into hell by the day with this ploy.

Do they say Christ is who He claimed to be? Part of the God head. The Son of God? Do they espouse salvation only through the blood of Christ? Do they say Christ is the ONLY way to the Father? Do they require this admission to join their organization? Or do they let anyone join? Do they back up what they say by their actions? Are the showing the fruits of the spirit? Do they believe Christ was crucified, died and was raised again the 3rd day? Do they preach against all sin as taught in the Bible? 

Anything less is not of God.

Edited October 26, 2021 by Starise

[Hopefully]

On 10/11/2021 at 12:19 PM, Child of Jesus Christ said:

Does anyone here hears from the spiritual realm and apply 1 John 4: 1-3 to test if what you communicate with is a legitimate spirit from Jesus Christ? 

“And the Spirit himself speaks to our spirits and makes us sure that we are God’s children.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:16‬ ‭

“That is why we never give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”
‭‭Philemon‬ ‭1:25‬ ‭

“My brothers and sisters, I pray that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ will be with your spirits. Amen.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭

We have spirits. The spirits we are to test are people. Why? To avoid false teachers. 
 

“My dear friends, many false prophets are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.

This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit. One spirit says, “I believe that Jesus is the Messiah who came to earth and became a man.” That Spirit is from God.

Another spirit refuses to say this about Jesus. That spirit is not from God. This is the spirit of the enemy of Christ.

You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now he is already in the world. My dear children, you belong to God, so you have already defeated these false prophets. That’s because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:1-4‬ ‭
 

I have tested the Spirits of false teachers and they did refuse to confess Christ. Instead of confessing Christ they said things like: why are you asking me that, first let me ask you this, and your rude. 

 

Edited November 3, 2021 by Hopefully

[TheBlade]

Its as I understand discerning of spirits .. a awareness or understanding in the spirit world.   Its good and bad spirits.. we tend to only take it as looking knowing EVIL SPIRITS!  John.. Rev saw into the spirit world. Its not discernment. That is not a gift. As one said it could be the gift of knowledge.   Oh its not finding faults , its not the discerning of people but spirits. ACTS 16 is a good example. 1st Cor 13 and the fruits of the spirit.. we do not go in looking for sins mistakes faults in others. Again its about spirits. And the lesson here is HE the sweet holy Spirits uses gives these though us. Its always in some way to HELP.