Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus.
–Acts 17:18 (ESV)–
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil,
unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
–Hebrews 3:12 (ESV)–
Thou believest that there is one God;
thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
–James 2:19 (KJV)–
Do not believe every spirit,
but test the spirits to see whether they are from God,
for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
–1 John 4:1 (ESV)–
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
–2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV)–
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
–1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 (KJV)–
The prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
–Deuteronomy 18:20 (KJV)–
Hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
–Romans 5:5 (NKJV)–
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Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Baptism and Gifts of the Spirit (Baker, 1996).
Dr. Jack Deere, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Voice of God (Zondervan, 2022).
Dr. Robert Tuttle, Mysticism in the Wesleyan Tradition (Francis Asbury Press, 1989).
Adam Clarke, Clarke’s Christian Theology (Schmul Publishing, 1990).
P. C. Nelson, Bible Doctrines (Gospel Publishing House, 2009).
Douglas Groothuis, Confronting the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1989).
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