The Spirit Of Anti-Christ Revealed.

The Spirit Of Anti-Christ Revealed.

1 John 4:1-6NASB

In his book The Gospel According to Starbucks, Leonard Sweet tells the story of Ed Faubert. Faubert is what you call a cupper—in layman’s terms, he’s a coffee-taster. His sensitive taste buds are actually certified by the state of New York.

So refined is Faubert’s sense of taste for coffee that even while blindfolded, he can take one sip of coffee and tell you “not just that it is from Guatemala, but from what state it comes, at what altitude it was grown, and on what mountain.”

That ability takes a keen heighten awareness of his senses.

My thought—There’s millions of so-called Christians with little discernment. When you love this world greater than eternity, you become gullible.

Don’t be fooled, The Spirit of Anti-Christ is the devil.

However, true-believers have the Word of God, the Holy Spirit, the favor of God, and Jesus Christ.

Hear me—Within every believer there’s more than enough power to overcome the evil in this world.

Not our text, but equally important is, 1 John 3:8NKJV He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

* You see, Life without the life of Jesus becoming prominent and magnified, is a life that leads to rebellion.

Rebellion leads to justice. Rebellion is always corrected by the law. When the law finds you guilty, you become sentenced, or in-prisoned.

However, Hear this, Repenting always leads to Mercy, refreshing, and spiritual cleansing.

“Mercy is clothed with divine glory and stands by the throne of God.”

If Jesus— wasn’t filled with mercy, you wouldn’t be here.

Therefore, before I read this mornings text, I make a plea to the church of the living God—Choose mercy—Choose Jesus.

I want to take, 1 John 4:1-6, this morning, and break it down for you: Let’s look at verse 1.

1 John 4:1NASB Beloved, 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.

1 John 4:1TM My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.

Throughout the NT, we’re commanded to test the spirits. Jesus said, there are “many false prophets” or “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”

I want to give you one more Scripture reference to 1 John 4:1. (However, there are many).

1 Thessalonians 5:20-21ESV Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good.

How do you test every spirit? The Bible alone is the Word of God; it alone is inspired and inerrant. Therefore, the way to test the spirits is to see if what is being taught is in-line with the clear teaching of Scripture.

In Acts 17:10-11, the Berean Jews were commended because, after they heard the teachings of Paul and Silas, they “examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” The Bereans were called “noble” for doing so.

1 John 4:2TPT Here’s the test for those with the genuine Spirit of God: they will confess Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh.

Is Jesus the focal point of your vocabulary? Do you study the scripture text after God’s word is spoken—Rather preached or taught?

John 1:14TM The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.

KJV—He’s filled with grace and mercy!

Jesus has to be the focal point of everything we do. If we know Jesus, we speak Jesus, we live and love Jesus more than anything!

Here’s some Facts—Jesus came into this world miraculously through a virgin birth. It was a miraculous conception. Jesus lived modestly pleasing his parents, but greater than that, He pleased His heavenly father. At age 30-33, He begin His earthly ministry. He spoke 100% truth no matter what. Signs and wonders were part of His ministry.

He died without any gall. Jesus rouse on the third day. After He arouse, He was seen by hundreds of believers. Act 1:11, While His disciples watched, Jesus ascended into the clouds. Angels spoken and told His disciples to get busy, and stop looking up.

1 John 4:3TPT Everyone who does not acknowledge that Jesus is from God has the spirit of antichrist, which you heard was coming and is already active in the world.

Throughout Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus spoke about the spirit of antichrist. In Matthew 24, the first thing Jesus mentions as He begins to talk about His second coming and the tribulation—was watch out for deception!