Title Don't Believe in All Spirits!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: 1 John 4:1-6
Title: Don't Believe All Spirits!
As the early church, which had Jesus as its parent, prospered, some Jews who had only adhered to the ordinances of the law began to change little by little. , a lot of very anomalous churches that kept the law and believed in Jesus were born here and there. But they are the ones who never admitted that Jesus came in the flesh. Therefore, the Holy Spirit did not come to them either.
The best way to test the spirit that belongs to God at that time is to say, “Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not of God.” Then he says, “This is the spirit of the Antichrist.”
Today's Christians may accuse the Jews of being fools when they see that they cannot acknowledge Jesus who has come in the flesh, but for those who lived only under the law for about 2,000 years at that time, Jesus was born as a carpenter's son in the outskirts of Nazareth. It must be taken into account that it was never an easy situation to acknowledge that he was the Son of God.
The same is true today. Even today's Christians must have believed that this is salvation, having lived for about 2,000 years under the law of the Holy Spirit. However, if one day, a very humble person suddenly appears and says, “He is the Son of God,” how many people will believe and accept such a person as the Son of God?
Most Christians today mistake the Holy Spirit for the Spirit of Christ and “mistake that Jesus is also in their hearts.” But the Holy Spirit is not the Spirit of Christ, but the Spirit of the Father. Also, Jesus does not yet exist in the hearts of Christians. The reason is that God has not yet sent His Son to the Gentiles.
As I say every time, God’s people living under the law must believe in the Son who comes in the flesh to receive forgiveness of sins against the law and enter eternal life. will be forgiven and enter eternal life. God will send His Son before the Gentiles as well. He selects one of the Gentiles and sends the Spirit of Christ into that person's heart, and he becomes the Son of God.
To the people of Israel who lived under the law, the Son of God naturally came in the flesh because he had to bear the sins of their flesh, but the Son of God also comes spiritually to the Christians of today, who received the Holy Spirit and became spiritual people. This is because we can solve the spiritual sin of living against the Holy Spirit and living according to our own will. Without knowing this, if you keep calling the name of Jesus, who came to the land of Israel in the flesh, you will never be able to receive the forgiveness of your sins against the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, today the easiest way to know if the spirit of a believer is of God is, “Every spirit that confesses that Christ has come as a Spirit is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Christ has come as a Spirit is not of God.” Also, those who mistake the Holy Spirit for the Spirit of Christ do not yet belong to God.
The Apostle John is the most innovative way to distinguish between those who are of God and those who are of the world. “The worldly speaks the worldly, and the world also listens to them.” The word world here does not refer to unbelievers. It is a reference to those who lived under the law at that time. They called on the name of God with their mouths, but never confessed that Jesus came in the flesh.
However, those who belong to God cannot speak of the world as water and oil cannot mix because Christ is in their heart. When Jesus came before his people, how many people really believed and followed him? When Jesus appears in front of us, we are likely to believe, too, but when Jesus appears, our self must die, who would give up their life and easily believe in Jesus?
When the Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit, if they just call on the name of Jesus, God pours it freely on anyone in this world as a proof that God's original sins are forgiven because of the efficacy of the blood that Jesus shed when he died on the cross. And since receiving the Holy Spirit does not mean that one's self dies and is reborn, anyone can easily receive the Holy Spirit.
In the same way, it was easy for Jews to live under the Law, but it was never easy for the Jews to give up their ego and believe in Jesus. Likewise, it is never easy for even the spiritual people of God who have received the Holy Spirit because they have to give up on themselves in order to believe in the Son God sends.
If you have an open spiritual ear, at least carefully analyze and compare the Jewish view of salvation with the current Christian view of salvation. That way, you will realize at least an eyebrow of where you are now. -Let those who have ears hear and understand-