"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize The Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world." 1 John 4:1-3 (NIV)
The Apostle John warns the Christians not to believe every spirit that they hear because there are evil spirits in the world. He even offers the Christians a means to test the spirits that they hear based upon the willingness of the spirit to acknowledge that Jesus, The Christ, is The Son of God. The spirits that will not acknowledge Jesus are evil spirits of the antichrist.
We should not believe everything that we hear. Every spirit that we hear is not The Holy Spirit, and every person that speaks to us is not a messenger from God. We should also use the above test on every spirit that we hear. If what we hear from people is not consistent with what the Bible says, then we ought to disregard it. We need to read and study the Bible so that we can rightly divide the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)
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