First John: Tests of True Faith – Testing the Spirits

Peter Barnes | 1 John 4:1-6

SERMON  NOTES
TESTING  THE  SPIRITS
Ezekiel  13:1-23; 1  John 4:1-6

1. Test  the  spirits.

– 4:1;  note  Matt.24:24;  Deut.18:20-22;  Jer.23:16-17;  Acts 20:29-30;  2 Pet.2:1  (secretly)

– Jeremiah  versus  Hananiah  in  Jeremiah  28

– 1 Thess.5:21;  Rev.2:2;  Matt.7:15

2. Be  confident  in  the  Spirit.

– 4:4;  2 Kings 6:15-17

3. Apply  two  tests:  a  right  view  of  Christ  and  of  apostolic  authority.

(a)  A  right  view  of  Christ (4:2-3).
Note  1 Cor.12:1-3;  Christ  is  the  Word  made  flesh  (John 1:14).  A  wrong  view  comes  from  the  world  (4:5)

(b)  Adherence  to  the  apostolic  Word (4:6).

– Acts 17:11;  John 10:27

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