Whose spirit are you of?

We are of God. He who knows God hears us: he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error (1 John 4:6)

We are of God

1. This is a statement, faithful and proven
2. It has been proven that
   1. We are God’s children because we love one another (1 John 3)
   2. We are of God because we keep His commandments (1 John 3)
   3. We belong to God because we have the Spirit of God residing in us
3. This thus is a faithful statement

He who knows God hears us

1. The world does not hear us
   1. Because we are not of the world
   2. Because the world is contrary to God
2. Only those who know God hear us
   1. They know God by their keeping of the law of love
   2. They know God by their having of the eternal life abiding in them (1 John 3:15)
   3. They know God by their having the Spirit of God indwelling in them (1John 4:4)
3. ‘Hearing us’ means
   1. They understand and appreciate Apostles and their teachings
   2. They seek to follow them

He who is not of God does not hear us

1. A clear differentiation between one who is of God and the other who is not of God is in how each one of us responds to the Apostolic teaching
2. A person who does not belong to God will
   1. Not understand the message
   2. Not receive the message (John 8:47)

By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error

1. This is how we distinguish the spirit of truth from that of error
2. Those who are of the spirit of truth will yield to the truth
3. Those who are of the spirit of error will end up choosing that which is of lie

Let us be challenged to live according to the spirit of truth. This will mean that we live by the teaching of the Apostles, of the prophets, and above all, the Lord Jesus Christ. May our lives stand as the proof that we are of God!