“We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.” 1 John 4:6 NIV
When John says, “we are of God”, he is referring to himself and the other apostles who are speaking the truth of God’s message. It would be strange to think otherwise when John was one of the apostles who lived with, saw, felt, heard and learned from Jesus. If someone proclaimed a false message, all his audience would need to do would be to talk to John about what was and what wasn’t true. He was a messenger of Jesus and therefore whoever “knows God” would listen to him and his message, including his letter, which is now included in the pages of the Bible. Likewise, to know who is not of God, just look at who rejected John and the other apostles’ messages and those who teach false messages today. This isn’t difficult and it doesn’t take a degree in theology to figure out. When someone teaches or preaches what is right from the Bible, their teaching is based on the spirit of truth. When they aren’t, they are teaching from the spirit of error. If there is disagreement, all we need to do is go to the Bible to find out what is right and what is wrong. We should be checking out the teachings we are listening to against the Bible. The best part of waking up each new day should be the time we spend in the Word and in prayer. Make every effort to know and cherish this incredible gift from God.
PRAYER THOUGHT
Give us wisdom, O Lord, into the vast riches of Your Word.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Give us wisdom, O Lord, into the vast riches of Your Word. Keep us from error and from being deceived by people with unsound agendas. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Philippians 2:1-18
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