"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel,

Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God.

to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.

But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

He that knoweth

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Then they asked him, "Where is this Father of yours?"

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me."

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."

Jesus told them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

Look at the plain facts! If anyone is confident that he belongs to the Messiah, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to the Messiah, so do we.

in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Hereby

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

The spirit of truth

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father he will testify on my behalf.

General references

The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God."

They'll never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."