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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
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We are not told to test their backstory. We are told to test the spirits.
A person can have a great story, great testimony, but if they are living in sin that should be the test. I don't need to have the story that 50 years ago you were Nee's closest coworker clouding the issue.
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So how do you
test the spirits? If someone believed to be an apostle or prophet is living in sin, that's one indication. Watchman Nee's sin was hidden from us for decades...long after his death. Witness Lee's sin became more blatant. There are many testimonies of the sins of the Blended We's on this forum. Even so, sin is often, arguably, about outwardly discernible behavior. How do you
test the spirits when there is little or nothing outwardly observable? I believe every sin has behind it an unholy spirit. These are the spirits to test. These spirits are demons.
Firstly, you must be willing to, and in fact, acknowledge, as the Bible tells us, that there are actual, real, unseen, unholy spirits at work on the earth today. That should be obvious, but some are fearful of this thought. These unholy spirits cannot "possess" Christians. However, these unholy spirits can afflict and influence Christians. Read ZNP's post again for the excellent verses.
Even if you don't fully understand it, you don't have to. Just pray:
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I take authority and come against all Familiar Spirits assigned to me, my family members, and members of the Body of Christ; all spirits of confusion, lies, depression, deception, division, discord, argument, discontent, seduction, lust, perversion and all of their kindred and underlying spirits. I bind all spirits not of the Holy Spirit."
I don't know that there is a "test" as we commonly think of tests. Prayers of this sort have helped me for many years.
In her book "War on the Saints" Jesse Penn-Lewis has written extensively on the spirit world and it's workings in the world today. If the spirit world wasn't real, the Bible wouldn't have told us to "try the spirits." You can download a .pdf of War on the Saints. Find the unabridged version.
http://localchurchdiscussions.com/vB...miliar+spirits