VerseHere's how you test for the genuine Spirit of God. Everyone who confesses openly his faith in Jesus Christ — the Son of God, who came as an actual flesh-and-blood person — comes from God and belongs to God. And everyone who refuses to confess faith in Jesus has nothing in common with God. This is the spirit of antichrist that you heard was coming. Well, here it is, sooner than we thought!
— 1 John 4:2-3 msg
ThoughtToday, many speculate on the human identity of the antichrist. Yet we need to realize that there are many today who live under the influence of the evil one and are influenced by the spirit of the antichrist. All who do not confess that Jesus is the Son of God, the actual flesh-and-blood person who lived and walked among us as God with us (Mat. 1:23), has the spirit of the antichrist at work within them (Eph. 2:1-4). The Holy Spirit, our anointing from God, teaches us the truth about Jesus (1 John 2:18-27). We are not fooled by those who deny the truth about Jesus. The Spirit of God helps us safeguard the truth entrusted to us (2 Tim. 1:14).
PrayerFather, I know there are many who are sincere, but who have given up the truth about Jesus. I confess that I cannot fully comprehend how anyone can be fully divine and also fully human. Yet what I cannot comprehend, I trust as true because of the testimony of Scripture and the influence of the Holy Spirit on my heart and my mind. Please renew my mind, deepen my reverence, and strengthen my faith that Jesus became human for me so that I can know more fully the grace you have for me. I humbly thank you for this grace, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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— 1 John 4:2-3 msg
ThoughtToday, many speculate on the human identity of the antichrist. Yet we need to realize that there are many today who live under the influence of the evil one and are influenced by the spirit of the antichrist. All who do not confess that Jesus is the Son of God, the actual flesh-and-blood person who lived and walked among us as God with us (Mat. 1:23), has the spirit of the antichrist at work within them (Eph. 2:1-4). The Holy Spirit, our anointing from God, teaches us the truth about Jesus (1 John 2:18-27). We are not fooled by those who deny the truth about Jesus. The Spirit of God helps us safeguard the truth entrusted to us (2 Tim. 1:14).
PrayerFather, I know there are many who are sincere, but who have given up the truth about Jesus. I confess that I cannot fully comprehend how anyone can be fully divine and also fully human. Yet what I cannot comprehend, I trust as true because of the testimony of Scripture and the influence of the Holy Spirit on my heart and my mind. Please renew my mind, deepen my reverence, and strengthen my faith that Jesus became human for me so that I can know more fully the grace you have for me. I humbly thank you for this grace, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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