1 John 4:1-6

4:1 Beloved, 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. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Grace Group Questions June 28, 2009

1. What was God stirring up in your heart this morning as you listened to the word being preached?

2. What was he calling you to repent of?

3. Which view of Jesus are you most prone to believe in:

   • The Jesus who is a good moral teacher

   • The Jesus who is just my ticket to heaven

   • The Jesus without a body

   • The emergency-hotline Jesus

   • The healthy-wealthy Jesus

   • The intellectual Jesus

   • The Jesus who is my homeboy

   • The Jesus with no mission

   • The Jesus who is not enough

4. What one practical step would you like to take this week to draw near to Jesus?

5. How can you as a Grace-group support one another in following through with your application this week to hold each other accountable?