Q62: ARE WE TO TAKE THE WORD OF EVERY PERSON WHO CLAIMS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES HIM? HOW DO WE DISCERN? My Experience Tells Me That Most Who Say This Are Illusioned.

ARE WE TO TAKE THE WORD OF EVERY PERSON WHO CLAIMS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES HIM? HOW DO WE DISCERN? My Experience Tells Me that Most Who Say This are Illusioned.

-- RONALD M. CRISS
   MA in Theology, Xavier University

Ron, the Bible advises us not to believe every spirit, or not to believe every person that claims to be led by the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1). We are commanded by the Bible to check or test every spirit whether they are from God or not. The reason why most religious leaders are illusioned is because they lack God's Messianic Kabbalah Wisdom. Because of this Messianic Kabbalah ignorance, they became the lying false prophets!

• Dear friends, DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT, BUT TEST THE SPIRITS to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.  (1John 4:1 HCSB)

• To the angel of the church in Ephesus write... I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. YOU HAVE TESTED THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES APOSTLES AND ARE NOT, AND YOU HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE LIARS. (Rev 2:1-2 HCSB)

WHAT DOES IT MEAN, "EVERY SPIRIT"?

From John Hill's Exposition of the Entire Bible:
...By "every spirit" he means, either every doctrine that is pretended to come from the Spirit of God, or every teacher, who professes to be qualified and sent by him, and to have his light, knowledge, and doctrine from him. Every true minister of the Gospel has the Spirit, and the gifts of the Spirit, more or less, to qualify him for his work; he is separated, and called to it by him, and receives his spiritual light find knowledge from him; it is he that teaches him sound doctrine, and leads him into all truth, as it is in Jesus, and brings every necessary truth to his remembrance; and who succeeds his ministrations to the good of souls.

But there are some who call themselves the ministers of the Gospel, who, though they may have some natural abilities, and a share of human learning, and a notional knowledge of things, yet have never received either grace or gifts from the Spirit; nor have they been ever called by him; nor are their ministrations according to that divine word which is inspired by him, nor attended with his demonstration and power; wherefore, though some professing to have the Spirit of Christ are to be believed, yet not everyone. -- GILL

WHAT DOES IT MEAN, "TEST OR TRY THE SPIRITS"? EXAMINE THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO SEE IF THESE THINGS WERE IN THE BIBLE.

• The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. The people here were MORE OPEN-MINDED than those in Thessalonica, since THEY WELCOMED THE MESSAGE WITH EAGERNESS and EXAMINED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO SEE IF THESE THINGS WERE SO.  (Act 17:10-11 HCSB)

• Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.  (Act 17:12 HCSB)

From John Hill's Exposition of the Entire Bible:
...And so to do is very commendable, as appears from the instance of the Bereans, who on this account are said to be more noble than those of Thessalonica, Act_17:11; and from the commendation of the church at Ephesus, Rev_2:2. And this is what every believer, every private Christian should do; to them it belongs to read and search the Scriptures, and prove all things, and judge for themselves of the truth of doctrine; and to such a probation or trial of the spirits, spiritual light, knowledge, judgment, sense, experience, and divine guidance are necessary, which should be asked of God, and an increase thereof; and all such diligent searchers, and humble inquirers, are capable of making judgment of persons and doctrines, whether they are from the Spirit of God or not, for the Spirit of God never speaks contrary to his word. -- GILL 

The MORE PURE AND HOLY ANY DOCTRINE IS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO BE OF GOD

From Mathhew Henry's Concise Commentary (MHCC):
The false teachers spake of the world according to its maxims and tastes, so as not to offend carnal men. The world approved them, they made rapid progress, and had many followers such as themselves; the world will love its own, and its own will love it. The true doctrine as to the Saviour's person, as leading men from the world to God, is a mark of the spirit of truth in opposition to the spirit of error. The more pure and holy any doctrine is, the more likely it is to be of God; nor can we by any other rules try the spirits whether they are of God or not.  -- MHCC

For an in-depth study of HOW TO DISCERN THE SPIRIT WHETHER IT IS OF GOD OR THE ANTICHRIST, go to:

TEST 1. Do They Believe in the Doctrine of Reincarnation or Not? The Connection of Reincarnation to Salvation 

TEST 2. Did Christ Reveal To Them The Kabbalah Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven?  

TEST 3. Do They Have the Spirit of Elijah -- The MESSIANIC KABBALAH? Or Do They Have the Spirit of the Antichrist -- The SATANIC KABBALAH?

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