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“A Discerning Life:

Distinguishing Truth from Error

1 John 4:1-6

What is this thing by which a person can know the Spirit of God? It’s not a thing, but a person—the person of Jesus Christ. “ If a person claiming to be a prophet^[a] acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. ³ But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God” 1 John 4:2-3

These two tests—faithfulness in word and deed to the person of Jesus Christ and faithfulness and obedience to God’s word—are sure, reliable guides for discerning between the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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Application – 1 John 3:11-24

You and Your Conscience

 

Most of the time, the everyday Christian life is lived somewhere in between soaring in the clouds of spiritual triumph and dragging along the ground of spiritual defeat. Three thoughts in response to 1 John 3:12-24

 

 

First, when your conscience accuses you, look back and ask why.

 

Second, when your heart encourages you, look around and see why.

 

Third, when the Spirit assures you, look within and know why.

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The Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal will help us to live life fully while creating a living legacy. Along the way, we will be seeking wisdom and discipline and striving to understand the insights of the wise. By doing so, we will learn to live a disciplined and successful life and to do what is right, just, and fair. I will count it a privilege if you will allow me to be your guide as we trek together. When a person today hears the phrase “What you’re doing is a sin,” they probably won’t hear it as “I love you enough to point out that destructive behavior in your life.” Instead, they hear something like, “I’m judging you.” The idea of loving sinners enough to help them deal with their sin is lost on a world that has increasingly downplayed that three-letter word. (Bulletin) To understand what sin is, we must explore the root meaning. In both Hebrew and Greek, its root meaning is “to miss the mark” or “to fall short.” It conveys the idea of missing a target, straying from the path, or failing to meet a standard.