Distinguishing Between Spirits (TMF:1733)

Wednesday, November 03, 2021
Peace to Live By: Distinguishing Between Spirits (TMF:1733) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, if you feel you are being badgered by the Spirit of God the good news is that’s not God speaking to you. That’s a demonic spirit trying to influence you, and he is trying to present himself as a helper, but he in fact isn’t helping at all. I think this is one of the hardest things for us to master, as believers, is being able to distinguish between spirits, to identify when the Spirit of God is speaking to us versus when an evil spirit is telling us things. And I think this is the case because we often have our sin-nature in the mix, and that only complicates matters. An evil spirit can play off of our sin-nature, which can make us even more eager to follow that spirit’s advice if we’re not careful. If we are acquainted with and very familiar with the Word of God, however, then we are more easily able to distinguish the times God is actually speaking to us. God always follows the patterns we see outlined in the Bible, whether in the Old or New Testaments.