Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Monday, February 3, 2025

QT 2/3/2025 1 John 4:1-6, Two claims to truthQT 2/3/2025 1 John 4:1-6, Two claims to truth

1 John 4:1–6 (ESV) —

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 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.

 

NOTE: There are two major voices today, 1) God's message which is the Spirit of truth and is contained in the bible, the word of God, and 2) Satan's message which is the spirit of error and is contained in the worldview, the culture of the day. The latter teaches a false type of love, a false tolerance, and untruths regarding sexuality, gender, marriage, and sin. The culture is in opposition to God and serves the evil one. The battle is waging between these two views (truth and nontruth) and has been over all time. Pilate mocked Jesus by asking "what is truth," believing that there was no answer nor any absolute truth. But there is absolute truth and we must not let the world confuse us. Truth is found in the word of God and it can provide all the answers to life. Jesus' death on the cross can provide the peace and joy we so desperately want if we will only believe on the name of Jesus.

 

PONDER:

  1. What view do I spend the majority of my time listening to, the world's false truth (TV, Radio, others) or God's truth (the bible)?
  2. What do I espouse to others, a fake truth or God's truth?

 

PRAYER: Father, continue to teach me from you word so that I espouse the truth of scripture and not the lies of this culture. Help me to see where I have unknowingly compromised myself.

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