Lesson 10: Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
1 John 4:1-6 (ESV) - www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.4

God’s Words:
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”

My words:
Dear Triune God, I praise you, God’s Holy and only Son – equal with the Father and the Spirit, my God, the Three in One. The Trinity is a mystery to me and to Your other created ones, but I believe You are God in Three Persons. I thank You I belong to You because I have openly confessed You are the Son of God, my Savior and Lord. Thank You for drawing me to Yourself through Your Spirit, and for loving me before I even knew You. I’m so grateful You desire a relationship with me so much that You even died to make this possible!

I praise You, Spirit of Christ, for being infinitely greater and more powerful than any power in the world, and for living in me! You are the Victor over any and every power that would try to work against Your will in my life. When it seems like evil is winning – in the world and in my own heart and mind, remind me that You have already won the ultimate battle.
In the strong Name of my Victorious Lord and Savior, amen.

*How does the truth “the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world” make a difference in your everyday life?