We Are To Be On Our Guard

 As children of God, we have the Holy Spirit of God, and it is in Him that we have complete victory over the world, with abiding and eternal results. Nevertheless, We Are To Be On Our Guard against the many false and deceptive spirits that are in the world today and are called upon to test each one, however benevolent or enticing they may appear, not all are of God.
 The Testing Of False spirits is closely linked with discerning false prophets, false doctrines, and deceptive teachers. Let us never forget that many who profess Christianity today do not have a saving faith, but are used by Satan to teach a false gospel and to lead many astray. Such false teachers are of the world and preach from a worldly wisdom, and they deliver a dangerous and false gospel.
 Let us never forget that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Let us be ever mindful that they are from the world and so they speak as if they are from the world, and the world listens to them. Let us test every spirit to see if it is of God, for the enemy as a roaring lion prowls around seeking whom he may devour, but we have the mind of Christ.
1 John 4:5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help us to understand the truth that we are in the world but not of the world. May we not get discouraged when the world seems to love its own but hates us. Keep us from any form of worldly philosophy or from trying to please those in the world. May we never yearn for affection or adoration from the world, but may we set our minds on Christ Who loves us with an everlasting love. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.