1 John 4:5-6
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.
Tag: Think Like God and Avoid the Thinking of the World and the World’s Teachers
John, the Elder, is writing to the church to warn them about the false teachers coming to their assembly to lead them astray. They have left the church and taking up the world’s philosophy, the world’s values, and the world’s mindset (4:1). They have returned to the church to attempt to lead others down their path. To the Elder there are two worlds: Spiritual and Worldly. To the Elder, God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit rule the Spiritual realm. On the other hand John believes that Satan is the ruler of the World:
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
We either submit ourselves to the power and authority of the Triune God, or we are under the power of the evil one (Satan). John is telling us, in the above verse, to listen to the truth presented by John and the church teachers. He is warning them to beware and avoid those coming into the church who do not confess Christ is Lord of lords. The false teachers bring in worldly methods and philosophies to deal with sin. Those methods don’t include repentance, regeneration, and sanctification by the power of the Spirit through the Work of Christ, accomplished by the Love of God. We need to be careful that we don’t heed the world’s voice and filter anything we hear them say through the authority of Christ.
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