Playlist: Inspiration, Source of (topic)
Discern and Distinguish Between Spirits
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsInspiration ultimately derives from one of two sources: the Holy Spirit of God or the spirit of error working through Satan and his antichrist agents. Because both sources produce claims of spiritual authority, believers are commanded in 1 John 4:1-6 not to believe every spirit but to test them, since many false prophets have …
Discerning Spirits and Discerning the Body
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsAll spiritual gifts, including the discerning of spirits, originate from God and are distributed through the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church, not for personal gain. Paul teaches that there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit, the same Lord, and the same God working all in all, distributing to each believer …
Testing the Spirits (Part 1)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsEvery day brings unexplainable events, both good and troubling, and this uncertainty extends into the spiritual realm where discerning the true source of inspiration becomes essential. The master conspirator behind confusion in the world is Satan, whose deceptive strategy of "unity through diversity" produces not genuine unity …
Keeping the Truth Pure
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)If we allow doctrine to be contaminated with man's flawed reason, it will defile the truth. Job's friends used profane sources in their arguments.
What the Holy Spirit Does
Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Holy Spirit always inspires loving, wise, sound-minded actions according to God's will. This helps us discern true guidance from other spirits.