1 John 4:2-3 says... "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every - TopicsExpress



          

1 John 4:2-3 says... "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..." In John’s day, pagan philosophies were creeping into the church. Local congregations were being poisoned from within by teachings that were not in line with the truth about Jesus. // One of those false teachings was called Do•ce•tism: "An opinion especially associated with the Gnostics that Jesus had no human body and only appeared to have died on the cross." {A.H. Dictionary} // Another false teaching was known as Cerinthianism: [se RIN the an i zem]. This doctrine taught that Jesus received the Divine Spirit at His baptism, and that it left Him before He died on the cross. [They taught Jesus Himself was not Divine. But John 1:1 clearly shows that Jesus is divine. [SO WHAT KIND OF SPIRITS ARE WE LISTENING TO, TODAY???] Do they confess... That Jesus "physically" died on the cross & shed His blood for our sins - That He arose from the dead the 3rd day - That He is the "Son" of God, seated at the right hand of the Father - That His wonderful gift of salvation is available to all who believe the truth about Jesus, & accept Him into their heart by faith - THAT HE CAN WASH AWAY YOUR SINS & MAKE A NEW CREATURE OUT OF YOU] [See 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Mark 16:19; Romans 10:9-10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:21 +0000

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