1 John 4:6

How To Recognize The Spirit Of God

⁵ They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children. ⁶ The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error. ⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.

Children of God

From God

Give Ear

Holy Spirit

Knowledge of God

Knows God

Spirit of Truth

Pay Attention

O God

Satan

John 14:17

That Spirit the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him, because He remains by your side and is in you.

1 Corinthians 14:37

If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.

John 10:27

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

John 15:26

"When the Advocate is come whom I will send to you from the Father's presence--the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father's presence--He will be a witness concerning me.

John 18:37

"So then *you* are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice."

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:4

As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Luke 10:22

All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him."

John 8:19

"Where is your Father?" they asked. "You know my Father as little as you know me." He replied; "if you knew me, you would know my Father also."

John 8:45-50

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

John 10:16

I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

John 13:20

In most solemn truth I tell you that he who receives whoever I send receives me, and that he who receives me receives Him who sent me."

John 16:13

But when He has come--the Spirit of Truth--He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak as Himself originating what He says, but all that He hears He will speak, and He will make known the future to you.

John 20:21

A second time, therefore, He said to them, "Peace be to you! As the Father sent me, I also now send you."

Romans 1:1

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

Romans 11:8

And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."

1 Corinthians 2:12-14

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He will come in flames of fire to take vengeance on those who have no knowledge of God, and do not obey the Good News as to Jesus, our Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;

2 Peter 3:2

so that you may recall the words spoken long ago by the holy Prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and Saviour given you through your Apostles.

1 John 4:8

He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.

Jude 1:17

But as for you, my dearly-loved friends, remember the words that before now were spoken by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ--