Test the Spirits
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 15th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 13:1-3:
“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,…” , ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet ...“
Then we go straight to the Gospel of John 1:1:
”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
So how do we identify a false prophet from a man who is a prophet of God? Well, according to the Word of God, very simply. We need to test the spirit and we need to have assurance that this man is talking about the things of the Lord. Remember in the Old Testament when Moses took his stick and it turned into a serpent? The magicians also had sticks and they threw them down and they also turned into serpents. The only difference was that the serpent that came out of the stick of Moses consumed all of the magicians' serpents. The Word of God is true.
If we look at John 1:1,
”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Then of course, we need peace. That’s the most important thing. If you don’t have peace in your heart when someone says to you, ”Let us go and follow something else.” Then you have to check your spirit, ”Holy Spirit, show me.”
In John 14:27, Jesus says,
”Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
When in doubt, don’t! How many times have we heard that before? The Word of God has never changed. It never will change because the Word of God is Jesus Christ in print. So, if that prophet comes with a word and it lines up with the Bible, that is fine, but if it doesn’t line up with the Bible and he tells you it is a new revelation, please folks, do not listen to him and do not have anything to do with him.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye