Test ► Discern! - Mark Brauss

☼Warning …..Fool’s Gold!

          ⌂ Jesus …. Matthew7:15

⌂ Paul …..  Acts 20:29-30/ 2 Timothy 4:3-4

⌂ Peter …. 2 Peter 2:1-2

☼   Test ! ….. I John 4:1-3

           test–dokimazo – to examine, to scrutinize closely

           ↓ 

   • Who is Jesus? ….. 2 Corinthians11:3-4

           ↓

    • Do they acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come

       in the flesh?

           

         □ Incarnation / Lordship

       ◊ Mormons

         ◊ Jehovah Witnesses

         ◊ Islam 

 

☼  Overcomers …. I John 4:4-6

 

     ⌂ Your Identity  ….

• You are from God…. John 1:12-13

           • The Great One is Inside You…. John 16:7-13

      ⌂ Their Identity

          • from the world

         • speak from the viewpoint of the world.

      ⌂  Two Spirits ….

 Spirit of Truth ↔ Spirit of Falsehood

☼  Application

          1. We need to test and discern what is true.

          2. We need to be very careful who/what we listen to.