Wednesday June 07th, 2023
« Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world. »
18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.
19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.
21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.
22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
24 So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.
Understand:
When I hear stories of how some children of God are being deceived by evil spirits and false prophets, I wonder if they read their Bibles at all.
Deceptive evil spirits were not just created some years ago, they have been in existence and have been operating since the fall of their master, Lucifer, from heaven (Isaiah 14:12-15, Revelation 12:4 & 9).
These evil spirits were in operation in the Old Testament and were called by many names, such as “lying spirit”, “familiar spirit”, and so on (1 Kings 22:23, 2 Chronicles 33:6).
Knowing that their operation will be rampant in these last days, the Holy Spirit clearly forewarned us of the coming of false prophets who will be controlled by lying and other evil spirits.
He told us that they will seek to deceive many by using the Lord’s Name.
For you not to become one of their victims, the Holy Spirit says to us in 1 John 4:1:NIV
« Beloved, do not believe every Spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone into the world. »
In light of this scripture, it is your duty as a child of God to test every spirit operating in anyone who claims to be a prophet of God.
By His grace, God has given me some signs by which I recognize false prophets and the spirits under which they operate.
I believe that every child of God should be equipped with such knowledge, based on God’s word, in order not be deceived by the signs and wonders of these imposters.
After all, the magicians of Egypt replicated the miracles that God performed through Moses.
In 1 John 2:19AMC, we are given a sign to look out for when testing the spirit operating in a fellow. This scripture says:
« They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us. »
When you discover rebels who came out of the Body of Christ doing strange things that have no basis in God’s word or are based on strange interpretation of its message, you must be wary of such people.
For example, they might say you need to kill a goat to ward off evil.
Beloved, what can be said of a “prophet” who thinks that the Blood shed at Calvary is no longer effective and is seeking to replace it with the blood of goats? Such a person must definitely be operating under the influence of the devil.
In order not to be deceived, you need to immerse yourself in the totality of God’s word, relying on the Holy Spirit to guide you into its truth.
Beware of false prophets!
Prayer point: Father, please guide me into all truth by Your Spirit in Jesus’ Name.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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