"Your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing." - 2 Thessalonians 1:3b

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

1 John 4-5

Christianity is much more than a set of treatises playing out in the pages of a book; it has profound spiritual and emotional components as well. But each of us knows that emotions are notoriously difficult to keep in proper perspective. How do we know when we are getting carried away?

In 1 John 4, the apostle John offers a simple vetting process for any notion, be it intellectual, emotional, or spiritual: Anything that is from God will acknowledge Jesus. More broadly, that which is from God will square with biblical precepts. Anything that is not from God will not. Testing the spirits is easier said than done, perhaps, but it will be time well spent!

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