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First Baptist Church

101 S. Wilmington Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Pastor

November 4, 2020

“Hour of Renewal”

Bible Study: 1 John

Guiding Principles

Hearing the Story, Sharing the Story, Living the Story

Review

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1 John 4:1-3

4:1a: Beloved, do not believe every spirit,

4:1b but test the spirits

4:1c: to determine whether they are from God,

4:1d: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

4:2a: By this you know the Spirit of God;

4:2b: every spirit … is from God,

4:2c: that repeatedly acknowledges Jesus to be the Christ who has come in flesh.

4:3a: but every spirit … is not from God;

4:3b: that does not repeatedly claim Jesus [has come in the flesh]

4:3c: and this is the spirit of the Antichrist,

4:3d: about which you have heard (that it is coming),

4:3e: and [which] is now in the world already.

Scriptures References:

The Spirit of God

2 Chronicles 15:1

Ezekiel 2:2

Micah 3:8

Zechariah 7:12

A False Spirit

1 Kings 22:22-24

“In the Spirit”

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

False Messiahs

Matthew 24:5

Mark 13:6

Luke 21:8

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1 John 4:4-6

4:4a: You yourselves are from God, little children,

4:4b: and you have overcome them (= antichrists),

4:4c: because the one (= Spirit of God) who [is] in you is greater than the one (= spirit of the Antichrist) who [is] in the world.

4:5a: They (= antichrists) themselves are from the world;

4:5b: therefore they speak regularly from the world’s perspective

4:5c: and the world listens regularly to them.

4:6a: We ourselves are from God;

4:6b: (the person who knows God) listens to us,

4:6c: (whoever is not from God) does not listen to us.

4:6d: From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

Scripture References:

Luke 11:14-28

Romans 12:9-21*

John 16:33

John 8:42-47

Phrases of Enlightenment

Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits

μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα (1 Jn. 4:1)

By this we know the Spirit of God, that repeatedly acknowledges Jesus to be the Christ

ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ· πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν, (1 Jn. 4:2)

You yourselves are from God, little children, and you have overcome

Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.

(1 Jn. 4:4)

New Testament References to that which is “False”

Matthew 5:19

Mark 13:22

Acts 6:13; 13:6

2 Corinthians 11:13,26

Galatians 2:4

2 Peter 2:1

1 John 1:6

Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10

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