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1. What standard would you use for testing a person’s credentials to do your job?

2. What makes something either “worldly” or “Christian”?

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3. What did John instruct his readers to do? (4:1)

4. Who did John say had gone into the world? (4:1)

5. How is the Spirit of God recognized? (4:2)

6. How can we distinguish truth from error in spiritual matters? (4:2-3)

7. What spirit does not acknowledge that Jesus is from God? (4:3)

8. Why did the writer say that believers had overcome the spirit of the antichrist? (4:4)

9. Where is the spirit of the antichrist from? (4:5)

10. From what viewpoint does the spirit of the antichrist speak? (4:5)

11. Who does and does not listen to those who are from God? (4:6)

12. How are the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood recognized? (4:6)

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13. What spirits should we be testing today?

14. What false prophets are in the world today?

15. What segments of our society would you say are influenced or controlled by the spirit of the antichrist?

16. What is the significance of acknowledging that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

17. In what way have you overcome the world?

18. How does the truth that Christ is greater than the devil make you feel?

19. How can we reflect our confidence in Christ’s supremacy over the devil?

20. How would you distinguish between seeing from the world’s viewpoint and seeing from God’s viewpoint?

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21. What influences in your life (for example, books, movies, music, ideas, etc.) will you “put to the test” this week to see whether they are from God?

22. What false prophets do you need to guard yourself against this week?