Testing the Spirits
A question has been asked that requires more discussion about the demoniacs of Matt. 8:28-34, and so we continue from Part VI (b). “28And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was …
Continue reading Testing The Spirits – Part VI (c): Demons, Devils, & Idols
In the previous Part VI (a), we searched through the Old Testament scriptures for the meanings of the words “demon” and “devil” as God had originally used them and found that they meant idols, and “no-gods.” They were the things that men made with their own hands from their evil imaginations. As evil comes from …
Continue reading Testing The Spirits – Part VI (b): Demons, Devils, Idols
Just as in all the other posts at this blog, I have been stressing the need to return to what God has said in His word. We have all been subjected to much error of the teachings of men from the pulpits of the churches, and we are discovering that many of those teachings do …
Continue reading Testing The Spirits – Part VI (a): Demons, Devils, & Idols
Continuing on from part (b) of this Part V, where we established that the prophesy of Joel for the pouring forth of the Holy Spirit in the “last days” was affirmed by Peter on the day of Pentecost to be what the people were seeing and hearing in about 30-31 AD, then we must know …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part V (c): Exploring the Holy Spirit
The prophets and messengers of God spoke His words as provided by His Holy Spirit. “The Spirit where he willeth doth blow…” Remembering that the word “spirit” is Strong's Gr. 4151, "pneuma" and means wind, or breath, then God’s Spirit is God’s breath, or words.(1) In Part I of this series we saw that we …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part V (b): Exploring the Holy Spirit
“Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.” (Prov. 1:23, YLT) God’s poetry defines his synonyms and metaphors. They are usually couplets having two parts or lines. The first line or half of the couplet is repeated in different words in the second …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part V (a): Exploring the Holy Spirit
Picking up where we left off in part (a) of this Part IV we showed that the Hebrew word “satan” was not properly translated but simply transliterated as though it were a proper noun, or name. The word “satan” simply means adversary. The translators made an assumption based upon their beliefs. It is not a …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part IV (b) : Slandering Angels
(I am borrowing this title from a blog post I read years ago, and which I cannot now find, as I consider it the best description I ever heard about the false teachings and the mythology of fallen angels.) In Part I of this series we saw how the spirits we are to test are …
Continue reading Testing The Spirits – Part IV(a): Slandering Angels
Part I of this series showed that the spirits we are to test are the ideas, words, and teachings of men. Part II of this series showed that the Bible never teaches the idea of an end of ALL time, nor an end of the world, cosmos destroying event. That idea is false, and does …
Continue reading Testing The Spirits – Part III: Daniel’s Lot
Part I of this series defined the spirits we are to test as the words of men, the teachings and doctrines of men. The only way to do this is to stand them against the word of God. The testing and proving process involves carefully examining God's words. As many of the English (and other) …
Whenever we have been taught to believe an idea or concept that most people accept as truth, but without testing it, without looking at that concept on its merits, then we are not doing what God told us to do. "1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because …
Continue reading Testing the Spirits – Part I: What Spirits?
Shredding The Veil 