The Beautiful Side of Evil Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapters 17 and 18 Summary

Chapters 17 and 18 Summary and Analysis

"Test the Spirits"

Here the author lists what she contends are the true tests for whether a preacher, prophet or experience is truly of the Holy Spirit of God, commenting that believers must apply all the tests in order to be certain. First - what does the preacher, prophet or practitioner, believe about Jesus, and is that belief truly Biblical, based in the Gospels? Second - is that person one hundred percent accurate, one hundred percent of the time? Third - "if a miracle or sign or prophecy or healing is performed by an occultist, or by means of occultic techniques, it is not from God." Fourth - is the daily life of the person questioned clearly of God (based on repentance, morality, and "a personal relationship with Jesus as Lord and Savior")? Fifth - what is the experience of "our subjective inner witness?" This, the author suggests, is...
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