How Do You Know It's The Devil Talking? (Part 3)

Happy Sunday everyone,

Last time, I wrote on how Jesus knew it was the devil speaking during the temptation. Jesus knew because the spirit which is not of God will draw your away from God to yourself, no matter how nice it sounds. Another way was that Jesus was vast in the scriptures and was able to detect where the devil twisted the scriptures. Today, my focus is on one strong point to note to establish which spirit I talking to you.

Remember I said the spirit must conform to the word and not the word conforming with the spirit. The spirit is meant to support the word of God. The word comes first, while the Holt Spirit is meant to explain the word of God to you by standing on the word of God and drawing you away from self to Christ, this is important. Whenever the self is emphasised, watch out, that spirit isn't right. But how will you be sure? This is my focus today.

The devil with it's agents can twist scriptures and deceive people. But with all these, there is a limit to how far he can go. Whenever a spirit speaks to you, the first thing to do to clear your head and mind is to ask who is talking. Any spirit can claim he is the Holy Spirit, but we all know that the true Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus, and no fake spirit has the guts to confess being Jesus when it is not.

When Jesus stopped Apostle Paul on his way to Damascus before he became an Apostle, Jesus said in the book of Acts of Apostles chapter 9 verse 4, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" For Apostle Paul to sure, he asked in verse 5, "Who are you Lord?" Jesus confirmed to Paul then Saul saying in verse 6, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting." This was a confirmation that it was Jesus Himself and not another spirit speaking.

No spirit can confess it is the Spirit of Jesus Christ speaking. And also remember, because of the days we are in where deceit and hardness of heart is high, the spirit has to confirm that He is the Spirit of Jesus Christ and not just Jesus. The Spirit must confess He is the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the who died on the cross and was resurrected. No fake spirit can confess being the Lord Jesus unless it wants to go before its time (laughs). This point to note very important.

Remember also the other points to know when it is not Jesus speaking but the devil. The devil is very tricky and deceitful, never fall in his trap by holding firm to the word of God as Jesus did. Meditate on the word day and night. The more you do, the clearer you would distinguish the word of God from any other spirit.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)