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Mike Balloun teaches on 07-21-2018.
TESTING THE SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES

Verses: John 1:1-16; Colossians 1:15-17; 1st John 4:1-3; Ephesians 4:14

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THE PURPOSES OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS [Ephesians 1-4:17; 3:7-11;4:13,14]

“That henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive…” [Ephesians 4:14; see also verses 17,18]

John 8 (read) can give us some needed understanding in Christ’s explanation of the carnal man’s thinking due the darkness within. Jesus declared unto the people in the ears of the Pharisees in verse 12 the deeper understanding, the meaning behind the event of what had just transpired in the woman who was taken in adultery. That being… “Then Jesus spake again unto them saying, “I am the light of the world: (not just the limited light of Israel as when they were led by it through the wilderness unto a new life) …he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, (upon their reason, their affections, and upon their conscience) but shall have the light of life…” (Jesus’ followers, then having light beyond the law, illuminating their reasoning, affections, and conscience, are led unto a greater life.)

Verse 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, Thou bearest record of Thyself; Thy record is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.” As He spake these words, many believed on Him. Then Jesus said unto those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Then the Pharisees answered, “We be Abraham’s seed and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest Thou, Ye shall be made free?”

Jesus tells them in so many words, Yes I know you are the seed of Abraham, but you are not the sons of Abraham. You are the sons of the World, sons of satan. You are his children, you live in the darkness of his nature, the darkness of your soul without “light’ in your understanding, and you do the works of your father, satan. They argued that their Father was God. “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; nether came I of Myself, but He sent Me.

This tells us which person of the God-Head was incarnate: the Creator Son.
(Read John 1:1-14) It was not the Father come in the flesh as the Son, but the Father sending the Son in His purposes, as then John 1:1,2 would not have been written; “…and the Word was with God.”

Verse 14 “And the Word was made flesh….”
Jesus Christ is the name of the Son of God who came in the flesh. He became the Son of man. He was a man. And as a man, He was a living soul (Genesis 2:7) with a spirit and a body (2 Thessalonians 5:23).
Here accurately described by John and correctly comprehended by His follower, he reveals the true purposes of God. And it is the foundation of Christianity….and the test of true “spirit/doctrine”. “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist….”

It is the Holy Spirit’s direction that one may be received or rejected as a teacher/prophet, on the basis of who comprehends and confesses as doctrine, Jesus is come in the flesh. That is to say, what understanding is behind the Words of Christ: “…for I know whence I came, and whither I go….” It is on this basis that the spirits’/prophets’ doctrines are to be tried.

Mark this: In that to confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, but to teach He was but a mere good or great man would not pass the test. To confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, and then to teach that He was/is the Father God manifest in the flesh is not to pass the test. To confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh as the Son of God but to teach He was not the Son of Man, composed of spirit, soul and body would not pass the test of 1 John 4:2 that He came in the flesh.

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