#test all things

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1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 (NKJV) - Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies.  Test all things; hold fast what is good.  Abstain from every form of evil.

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A criminal is never turned loose until his debts paid. A man is never released justified from prison until he served his sentence. You and I as sinners, criminals in God’s kingdom, are not going to be released, we are not going to be justified, we are not going to be accepted of God until our debt is paid until the law has been honored and satisfied. That’s what Christ did in reference to us...

The very fact that Christ had blood, shows that He was identified with us, He had to be a man to have blood. God became a man and that shows His identification with us: “He was numbered with the transgressors;” (Isaiah 53:12) He became a man...

“What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

~ Test All Things

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These are the books of the Bible: Nothing’s missing, no lost books, the current bible as is: God inspired

Proverbs 30:6 | Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

Q: father of lies, ringing any bells anyone? scary don’t do it

Matthew 24:24 For false christs & false prophets will arise & perform great signs & wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven & earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

1 John 4:1 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.

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

2 Peter 2:1 ..They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver & the antichrist.

1 Thessalonians 5:20-21 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, but but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

Read it for yourself! God will teach you

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh & dwelt among us, & we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace & truth.

Exodus 4:12  "Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say."

Psalm 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

Jeremiah 32:33 "They have turned their back to Me & not their face; though I taught them, teaching again & again, they would not listen and receive instruction.

John 8:28 So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know I am He, & I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

>> God is iterative, there are laws that repeat: seniority/humility/obedience. Jesus fleshed this out for us in life while on earth, & shares how it flows even between the Triune. This is supported by the reputation He’s built up over the generations—all of whom have felt the combination of His grace & wrath.

He is unchanging & faithful, anyone who thinks He is otherwise has a short memory or a twisted sense of reality & most of all is a liar.

2 Timothy 3:7-8 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes & Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind & disqualified from the faith. 

His Words have power & life, so read it daily!

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul & of spirit, of joints & of marrow, & discerning the thoughts & intentions of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God & profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, & for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Be a Berean! “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” [Acts 17:11]

[Aside: This triggers recollection of God saying, “test the Lord your God in this..”]

REMEMBER: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God & to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. [Revelation 1:1-3]

Delight yourself in the Lord, & He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

Revelation 2:2 | I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested & exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.