The apostle John's admonition to test the spirits is unheeded by too many of God's chosen people, who are caught up in the two-valued, either-or structure of the language, staking out a position on the emotional inspiration position or the logical doctrine position. These extreme positions shut off scriptures which go against their rigid viewpoint, exalting inspiration over doctrine and vice versa. The fruits of both extremes are confusion, disorder, and instability. Inspiration and doctrine were meant to be complementary and symbiotic rather than adversarial. Too many of God's people believe they have found new truth when they have recycled old, discarded heresies, attempting to scuttle church doctrine. Emotional individuals become impatient with technicalities, while intellectual individuals are suspicious of self-proclaimed inspiration. False teachers have always attempted to subvert doctrine, sometimes nearly deceiving the elect. God's people must imitate the Bereans, thoroughly examine any possible new truth, comparing it to existing scripture. Truth, as defined by the Scripture, separates God's saints from the churches of this world. The Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth, and the mind of Christ protects His saints against the deceptions and delusions from the lawless one. We cannot: 1.) determine who has God's holy spirit by the workings of gifts, 2.) judge exclusively by the phenomenon of healing, 3.) we must examine the teacher's readiness to listen to the scripture, living his own life according to scripture, and 4.) the motive for their teaching should be to exclusively glorify God the Father and Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by doing what they are doing.