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FINDING THE VOICE OF GOD
1 John 4:1; 5:8-9; 1 Tim.
4:1; 2Tim.
1:7-9
1 John 4:1 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
(1 John 5:8 NIV) the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
(1 John 5:9 NIV) We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
(1 Tim 4:1 NIV) The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
(2 Tim 1:7 NIV) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
(2 Tim 1:8 NIV) So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner.
But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,
(2 Tim 1:9 NIV) who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
! Introduction
There is a /spirit of truth/ and /a spirit of error./
(1 John 4:6 NIV) We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
John said that we are to /test /the spirits.
Think about the spirit world for a minute.
There is good and there is bad.
Evil influence and evil impulses.
Satan works through our thoughts.
He deals with us in the realm of our spirit.
A Christian must be able to discern these spirits or /voices.
/Let me try to enlighten you.
Satan does not appear to us in a red devil’s suit with a long tail and horns.
The Bible describes this angelic being as an angel of light.
So what is our test? 1 John 5:7,8 reads “the Spirit, the water, and the blood: these three are in agreement.”
Or to put it another way, whatever voice you hear, whatever impulse or influence you feel, there /must /be agreement or harmony with the Word of God.
Consider with me for a moment the spirit world.
Think about all the voices in the air.
Cell phones, radio waves, etc.
There are dimensions of this world that we cannot see with our natural eye.
We must discern the voice of God amidst all the clutter and the spirit of this age.
To explain what I’m speaking of, I refer to the experience of Elisha when he and his servant were surrounded by enemy soldiers.
The servant was fearful and was in panic.
But the prophet prayed and said “Oh God! open his eyes” and God pulled the curtain of this dimension aside for a moment and there standing by each of those soldiers was an angel with a sword.
I.
THE SPIRIT OF ERROR (1John 4:6)
A.
Antichrist
(1 John 4:3 NIV) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God.
This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
1. Lawlessness
(2 Th 2:3 NIV) Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
(2 Th 2:4 NIV) He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
a.
A failure to live by the rules.
The school shooting in Colorado last week illustrates an example of what I’m speaking of.
Men become a law unto themselves.
/2. /Iniquity i.e. /rebellion against divine authority/
a.
The Old Testament story of King Saul in 1 Samuel 15: 1-26 illustrates this very well.
His attitude was one of calculated rebellion and it cost him his kingdom.
b.
This is a subtle and deceptive spirit that will bring rejection and defeat in our relationship with God.
Remember our marching orders: He is our Lord!
We march to his beat.
We have surrendered all to follow Him.
/Trust and obey for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey./
c.
In one of my pastorates, there was a man who told me: /I teach my children not to listen to the preacher, form your own conclusions about God…/Then end result of this thinking is that this man lost his children to the world.
One of them became a homosexual.
B.
The spirit of the Pharisee (Matthew 23: 1-39)
1. Legalism (V.4)
The put heavy loads on men’s shoulders.
There was a time in my ministry when I thought that the length of a woman’s hair or the way we dressed was a mark of spirituality.
In error, I placed heavy burdens on people; many could not bear them.
This is known as legalism.
2. Why did they do this?
(verses 5-12) “Everything they do is done for men to see”
a.
This does not mean that the Christian has no restraints.
There must be enough of God in us that will cause us to dress and conduct ourselves as Christians.
/WWJD/
b. Hypocrisy (v.13)
C.
The /critical /spirit
(Mat 7:3 NIV) "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
(Mat 7:4 NIV) How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
(Mat 7:5 NIV) You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
1. How is it that you can see a thing so small that it can float in a sunbeam?
Because you are looking for it?
This spirit is self-destructive.
It hurts the one who is critical.
It is a twisted mentality that says you can build yourself up by tearing someone else down.
2. This is a spirit of error that must be defeated and put out of our heart.
We must bring it under submission of the Holy Spirit.
How?
a.
The first step is humility.
We face our own needs.
Then we practice looking for the good in those we met.
If we seek, we shall find.
b. Second step is found in Romans 15:1 and Galatians 6:1
(Rom 15:1 NIV) We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
(Gal 6:1 NIV) Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.
But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
D.
The Pharisee spirit wants to convert others to their way of thinking.
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