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John was speaking to them who did not have the anointing.
The Spirit of God does not have to test any spirit to know it.
The Spirit of God knows the His own Spirit.
Sorry, what has that got to do with the truth of the bible? Surely you're not saying that the bible is written by false prophets.
Sorry, who do you mean by "he?" Your post wasn't an answer to another post, so it isn't clear.
True, but that doesn't mean deliberately making oneself unpopular by stating truth in a rude manner.
So you post messages here in order to communicate with God? Why not just approach Him directly in prayer?
You do not rule over other posters on this forum, nor do they rule over you. Remember what Jesus said to the disciple about "lording it over others"?:
“42 But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 “Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 “And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”” (Mr 10:42-45 NKJV)
John was writing to Christians. It is not possible to be a Christian without having the Holy Spirit:
“But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.” (Ro 8:9 NKJV)
But you quoted a verse about false prophets. That was in answer to a post of mine where I had written: "But it is the same Holy Spirit Who guided the human writers of the bible." So it certainly seemed as as if you were saying that the bible, or at least some of it, was written by false prophets.
Which parts are error in your view? My only words in the post were: "John was writing to Christians. It is not possible to be a Christian without having the Holy Spirit." I then quote a bible verse, Romans 8:9. So you seem to be saying that you can be a Christian without the Holy Spirit. Paul in Romans 8 says that you can't. I would rather believe the inspired words of the bible.