Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Testing our beliefs.

'No matter how the feeling is during the moment of experience nor how the phenomenon appears or declares itself to be, believers should investigate its source. The charge of 1 john 4.1 must be strictly observed: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” '  The Spiritual Man - Watchman Nee

We get carried away by feelings ALL the time!

Even the seemingly non-feeling, non-sappy, unemotional person gets carried away with their emotions. They have very strong emotions just not the emotions that are typical in given situations.

Those who are emotional in a typical manner have very strong emotions as well. And those considered over-emotional have extraordinarily strong emotions and no matter the person or their level emotion, those feelings can often carry us away.

We truly need to NOT believe all we witness but rather EXAMINE what we witness and make sure it is of God.

There are so many emotionally fulfilling beliefs in our world, but we should NOT seek the emotionally pleasing.

More tomorrow… today has been extremely busy.

By the grace and mercy of our LORD we will study and try the spirits so we are NOT led away by falsehoods, but kept close to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!


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