Test The Spirits

Hereby we know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. 1 John 4:2

Now there are many who confess Jesus, but remember the test, all who say Lord, Lord, are not necessarily one with Him. Just because someone says that they are a Christian, test them to see whether they confess that Jesus is one with them and that Christ is in their flesh; that is the test of true salvation. People may seem religious, but their hearts may be far from God, as 1 John teaches, they are the spirit of anti-christ. Jesus teaches that such people are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They may appear to be nice and humble, but if they are in any way denying the power of our Father within them, they are wolves! Look at how Jesus spoke to Peter in Mark 8:33 when Peter was just trying to be nice,

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

The Truth is that we are eternally accepted by our Father because of Jesus, anything different, regardless of how it may sound, is not of God!

Truly saved people are confident and bold in the power of our Father working through them, they are because Jesus has made them to be. We know beyond any shadow of a doubt that we are eternally accepted by our Father. We place no confidence in ourselves, none whatsoever, our faith is all in our Father. Those who believe they may fall away are trusting in their own efforts and their own abilities to continue to serve. But for the truly saved we know that we have been chosen by our Father and we know that no man, including ourselves, can pluck us out of God’s hands! We know that we have been born into the family and we know that that can never change. Many will say Lord, Lord, but those who say Lord, Lord and then tell you that we can walk away from salvation are of the body of the anti-christ! The Truth sets us free! So test people and if their focus is always on Jesus being in them and that they are one with Him, then they are truly saved.