Two Believers ~

Passage: 1 John 4:1-3 “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.” (KJV)

There are millions upon millions of people living and breathing today segmented by nationalities, languages, and…beliefs.

There are many excuses to segregate from others; however, there is only one true segregating factor and that factor has eternal consequences – Belief.

~ “Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God”

~ “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”

God says in 1 John 4:2 “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God” and 1:John 4:1 “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 to know the Spirit of God and to diligently guard our heart. We are to “try the spirits,” that is, any teaching, preaching, reading, audio, acquaintances, “friends,” – all things using the Holy Bible (the 66 Canonical Books) as to whether those things are in line with God’s Word.

There are only two groups of believers ~

1. Those who confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh – they are of God

2. Those who deny that Jesus Christ came in the flesh – they are of the antichrist