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Too bad nobody applies the TEST for spiritual phonies ... given in 1 John 4:1-3.
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Too bad nobody applies the TEST for spiritual phonies ... given in 1 John 4:1-3.
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1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that[a] Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
mmm nice scriptures but there is more to the test then that. there is also the good and bad fruit test...
Matthew 7:15-21
New King James Version (NKJV)
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
and Galatians 5 is always a good chapter to have close at hand when testing the spirits of those who wish to be mouth pieces/ messengers from/of God.