And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. I John 3:23 (where we ended last Sunday)
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. I John 3:23–24a (The completion of the thought)
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. I John 3:24b
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. I John 3:24b
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. I John 3:24b
Beloved do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. I John 4:1
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. I John 2:19
Beloved do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. I John 4:1
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Test the spirits
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Acts 17:10-11
If you say in your heart, “How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?” — when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:21-22
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, “Let us go after other gods,” which you have not known, “and let us serve them,” you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. Deuteronomy 13:1-3a
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1)
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. I John 4:2-3
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost. I believe in a holy catholic church: the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost. I believe a holy catholic church: the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Apostles’ Creed 10.6% 6.2% 22.1% 62.8%
Jesus … the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. From the Nicene Creed (AD 325, revised 381)
… perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable soul and body; consubstantial with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; … to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ…. From the Chalcedonian Creed (AD 451)
“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” So they picked up stones to throw at him.... John 8:56-59a
Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:13-14
The Word was God. John 1:1c The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:14a
Hypostatic union
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Confess Jesus (4:2)
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Do not confess Jesus (4:3) Antichrist (4:3) Confess Jesus (4:2)
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. I John 4:4
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Do not confess Jesus (4:3) Antichrist (4:3) Confess Jesus (4:2) Have overcome (4:4) One in them is greater (4:4) Have been overcome (4:4) The one in them is lesser (4:4)
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. I John 4:5
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Do not confess Jesus (4:3) Antichrist (4:3) Have been conquered (4:4) The one in them is lesser (4:4) Confess Jesus (4:2) Have conquered (4:4) One in them is greater (4:4) From the world (4:5) Speak from the world (4:5) World listens to them (4:5)
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. I John 4:6a
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Do not confess Jesus (4:3) Antichrist (4:3) Have been conquered (4:4) The one in them is lesser (4:4) From the world (4:5) Speak from the world (4:5) World listens to them (4:5) Confess Jesus (4:2) Have conquered (4:4) One in them is greater (4:4) From God (4:6) Listened to by God’s people (4:6) Not listened to by God’s people (4:6)
By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. I John 4:6b
Test the spirits (4:1) False prophets (4:1) Gone out (4:1) Do not confess Jesus (4:3) Antichrist (4:3) Have been conquered (4:4) The one in them is lesser (4:4) From the world (4:5) Speak from the world (4:5) World listens to them (4:5) Not listened to by God’s people (4:6) Confess Jesus (4:2) Have conquered (4:4) One in them is greater (4:4) From God (4:6) Listened to by God’s people (4:6) Spirit of TruthSpirit of Error