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How to find out another ‘Christian’ spirit

21 Monday Aug 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, Following Jesus, God's guidance, Light and Darkness, peace, Power of His Resurrection, Resisting the Devil, Resurrection Life, Speaking the Truth in Love, Spirit vs. Flesh, Submission to God, Walking in the Spirit

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“For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…” (Ps 95:7-8 ESV)

I have come to know several people who thought they were led by the Holy Spirit, who believed in Jesus as their Lord, and who prayed to God, their Father. Alas, the spirits they usually listen to are mostly the voices of their own soul’s desires, their own mind’s ideas, and their self’s pushing interests. Here the question arises whether it makes sense to try to correct someone who is absolutely convinced of being led by God? I am afraid it might be of little help to do so unless God tells us to open our mouths in His perfect time. But speaking up and telling them the truth might turn out a damaging experience if these people are too unstable to be confronted with their deception yet. Maybe, they are confused, maybe, they are mentally sick, maybe, they were led into error by the wrong people.

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What hinders spiritual growth

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, Fellowship, Following Jesus, God's guidance, God's Love, Humility, Immaturity, Judgment, Maturity, Speaking the Truth in Love

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STOP!!! … AND RUN when you sense deceiving spirits approaching you! (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Let me begin with an analogy we all know. Imagine you see a small child that has not been fed properly by his parents. Instead, he was badly nourished and therefore grows slowly, even much slower than his peers. Maybe, his parents are extremely poor and cannot feed this child as they should. If this small child gets no help from others, sooner or later the first sicknesses will befall him and most probably, he won’t get that old, either. What is so sad to observe in the physical realm exists in the spiritual realm, too. Nonetheless, the difference is that it is easier to feed a malnourished child than a malnourished spirit being for we can see it immediately when a child is too lean, too pale, and very weak. But how can we discern a believer who has fed on the wrong spirits? Can we see the deception they have fallen prey to as well?  🙄

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Speaking the Truth IN Love

01 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Agape, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, God's Love, Intimacy with God, Judgment, Knowing God, Love, Resisting the Devil, Self-Righteousness, Speaking the Truth in Love, Spirit vs. Flesh, Spiritual Guidance, The Fruit of the Spirit

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LOVE - the more excellent way (Picture credits https://denigustafson.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/0522-joh013035engkjv08000480-000.jpg)

LOVE – the more excellent way
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As these two caps in my headline might already point to, speaking the truth in love is not something we can do on our own. Actually, we must be in love with our Creator through Jesus Christ, so that we can behave toward all other human beings as we should. Loving them unconditionally does not mean that we cave in if we disagree with them. No, if God wants us to take a stand, we should do it – always. However, if we are not IN love with God, what will happen is most probably something that some of us already did: they tried to speak the truth in love by telling others what they believed, and perhaps it was really the truth (!), but they did not wait on the Lord to nudge them to do so and thus it got all harsh and judgmental. They might have felt that there was something wrong about it and thus they added some pleasantry in order to show that they really loved the other person. Well, I believe that is not the way God intended it to be.

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Putting Christianity to the Acid Test

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian movements, Church, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, False Teachers, Flesh, God's Love, Maturity, The Cross, The Truth, Walking in the Spirit

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Putting our Christian views to the test (Picture credits http://i0.wp.com/mrvitaminsnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/acid-alkaline.png)

Putting our Christian views to the test
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This is another joint blog post Michael Clark and I wrote together. As always, it needs to be seen against the backdrop of our own religious history. We both have had many years of experience in different church groups that were not founded on Christ and see why Paul said, “For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” (1 Cor 2:2 ASV)


Imagine you hear or read about a new branch of Christianity and you, of course, want to know whether what those people believe might be the truth or not. How can we quickly discern if we are dealing with real or only fake Christianity? To come straight to the point, without spiritual discernment received by God’s Spirit, the firmness of our conviction will be shaken again and again, depending on our moods, feelings, thoughts, and reasoning. T. Austin Sparks wrote the following about spiritual understanding.

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