R4
We are test every spirit to see if it is from God.
Category: Holy Spirit
Type: Positive
Form: Implied
Source dataset: Old Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- 1 John 4:1-3
- 1 John 4:6
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 17:10-11
- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
- Mark 13:5-6
- Mark 13:21-22
- Matthew 15:7
- Matthew 24:4-5
- Matthew 24:10-11
- Matthew 24:23-27
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21
- 1 Timothy 4:1-2
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
The assumption of Scripture is that professions, teachings, and exhortations of men are made in response to spirit influences that are either from God or from the adversary. If a spirit bringing a teaching is God's Spirit, what he says will be true; if not, it will be false. We must therefore test the spirit of everything that is proffered to us so that we are not misled; 1 John 4:2-3 tells us how: Here is how you recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges that Yeshua the Messiah came as a human being is from God, and every spirit which does not acknowledge Yeshua is not from God - in fact, this is the spirit of the Anti-Messiah.
Classical commentators
This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.
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