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===Test the spirits===
===Test the spirits===
John tells us in 1 John 4:1:


''Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Jn 4:1.</ref>
''Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Jn 4:1.</ref>
Paul admonishes us in `1 Thessalonians 5:20-22:


''Do not despise prophetic utterances. But '''examine everything carefully'''; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Th 5:20–22.</ref>
''Do not despise prophetic utterances. But '''examine everything carefully'''; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Th 5:20–22.</ref>