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2 By this you know the Spirit of God: aEvery spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,  
3 and every spirit that does not confess1 that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.  
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than ahe who is in the world.  
5 aThey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and bthe world hears them.  
6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. aBy this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.  

Knowing God Through Love

7 aBeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who bloves is born of God and knows God.  
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1 John 4:1-5

Their message appeals to human nature, not to divine nature. The divine nature will recognize it for what it is and reject it! But human nature accepts it. To human nature—to the carnality within us—it looks logical and right, like something we can apply and use as a part of our personality and character.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Wisdom of Men and Faith

Related Topics: Divine Nature | Human Nature | Human Nature, Perversity of | Human Reason | Test all Things | Test the Spirits | Testing All Things | Testing the Spirits



1 John 4:4-6

Most of this world's holidays are based on fables, myths, and lies, while the Christian is commanded to worship God "in spirit and in truth." A true Christian does not lie and does not associate with lies, but seeks after truth in all aspects of life. If we live with a little lie now, then it is much easier to live with a worse lie later. God is emphatic on this point: A liar will not enter the Kingdom of God (Revelation 21:7-8).

Martin G. Collins
Pagan Holidays




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 John 4:4:

1 Corinthians 10:13
Jude 1:15-19


 
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