Is It True Or A Lie?

When someone tells you something that is hard to believe, do you just accept what they tell you or do you find out if it is the truth. I'm sure that you don't just accept what they say as truth without doing some research. It is no different with the Word of God. When someone tells you that something is in the Bible that doesn't sound true, do you accept it as fact or do you read and find what God says. God warns us that false teachers will come and we must be able to discern the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. How can you tell if it is the Spirit of God or the spirit of the Antichrist?

God's gives us the way in 1John, where He tells us that every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, it is from God. They acknowledge that Jesus is God incarnate in human flesh.
1John; 4:2
(By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God )
In the same manner you can tell the spirit of error because they deny that Jesus Christ is God the Son.
1John; 4:3
(and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.)

When you become born again you are given the Holy Spirit to teach you all truth. The Holy Spirit is your built-in check to show you the truth of God's Word and the lie of the false teachers.
John; 14:26
(But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.)
Now, when we study the Word of God, we are learning the truth from God, and when we are tested by false doctrine, the Holy Spirit will bring to your remembrance the truth of what Jesus taught. You may not be able to remember where you read it in the Scriptures, but you still should have red flags telling you that it is a false doctrine.

Spend time in the Word of God. It is the only way you will be able to know the truth from the lie. Satan is the father of lies and he is good at it. His demonic helpers are also good at deceiving people, so stay close to God and be in the Word.

God Bless you!