Bible Study October 28, 2020

First Baptist Church
101 S. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Pastor
October 28, 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,
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4:2c: that repeatedly acknowledges Jesus to be the Christ who has come in flesh.
4:3a: but every spirit … is not from God;
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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.
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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.
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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)