This is the spirit of the antichrist you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now. But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. What about others like Max Lucado, Franklin Graham, or even Martin Luther? John has this to say about how we should view the words of others, and I include myself in this:ĭear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Accepting the words of the apostles is accepting Christ rejecting them rejects Christ. Believing the words of the apostles is believing the words of Christ. Paul and the other apostolic authors wrote by the authority of Christ they give us all truth as promised through that Spirit. That revelation comes through the Spirit that Christ promised His apostles. For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation from Jesus Christ. Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought. I believe this is what Paul is talking about in Galatians 1:11–12 when he says: So what does this mean for the words of the apostles? Do we reject the writings of Peter, Paul, and His other disciples because they are not the actual words of Christ? John 16:5–15 records Jesus promising His apostles the Spirit of truth who would guide them in truth, declare what is to come, and glorify Christ. We are Christ’s alone, and we cannot supplant Him with any other influences or alliances. We are not defined by political allegiances, ecumenical creeds, secular identities, or celebrity preachers.

We are not the Christian Right we are not the Christian Left. Too often we become like the Christians of 1 Corinthians 1, allowing worldly loyalties and causes to come between us and Christ, us and one another.

When we put Christ foremost in our faith, all other labels fall away. Everything we say, do, study, or meditate on should go through the filter of Christ is it drawing me closer to Him, or is it pushing Him aside? We should build on Christ alone, and we should be striving to live like Christ alone. This should be the basis of every Christian’s faith, conduct, and attitudes - that Jesus Christ has all authority in our lives. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. When they saw Him, they worshiped, but some doubted. The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

In christ alone by hillsong