In the last few days in Virginia, I have had an abundance of mushrooms that have come out. As I was taking pictures and trying to identify them, I realized many mushrooms have look-alikes, which could be deadly.

The same is true with those who proclaim to be a Christain. Even Satan can masquerade as an angel of light. So how do you tell if you have the real thing or a wolf in sheeps clothing?

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.” 1 John 4:1-3