1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ If John had need to say that in the early morning of Christianity, I am sure we ought to say it with greater emphasis today. It is certainly true in... [ Continue Reading ]
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ This is an unction of which there is great need in the present day, when so many accept anything that they hear from a «priest» or from a pastor with... [ Continue Reading ]
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ It was so in John's day: it is so in these days. If there were only one false prophet, we should have need to be on our guard, but «many false proph... [ Continue Reading ]
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit,_ A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and does not blindly accept whatever may be told to him. So John says, «Believe not every spirit,» 1 John 4:1. _But try... [ Continue Reading ]
1 John 4:9. _In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him._ There is love in our creation; there is love in providence; but most of all there is love in the gift of Christ for our redemption. The apostle... [ Continue Reading ]