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NASB | 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world. |
Bible Question: What do you mean he preaches another gospel? |
Bible Answer: Dear Liza7girl: The marks of these false prophets are: a) They do not believe "that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh" 1 John 4:3 In other words they do no believe that Christ is God manifest in the flesh. b) They love the world or the spirit of the age and the world heareth them V.5 In 1 John 2:15 those who love Christ are told "love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. In other words, Christ should always be first in our lives. What would their gospel be? It is not a gospel which brings about conviction and change in a person. Since they deny that Jesus is the enternal son of God, they are not enpowered by the holy spirit. Their preaching may be about a the wonderful example of Jesus, but they will never understand the power of his death and glorious resurrection. They preach a dead Christ. Today we see this in many versions, in which people will supposedly acknowledge a historical Christ and have many ways of explaining away the siginficance of our sin, our saviour, our life in him, his coming again, the resurrection of the dead and judgement to come. Their gospel never makes humankind accountable to God. It encourages them to become self-reliant. Their message however, is popular, they love the world, they speak of wordly things; things which other people of the world love to hear. Instead of telling people what God through Christ can do in their lives; their message is one of self promotion and living without God. They are religious in their ways and skilful, similar to the coming counterfeit Christ who will bring this world to ruin. The main test of a person according to John is based on that great question "What think you of Christ, whose son is he?" God bless Robert |