MINISTERING TO THE BURDENED THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST (ROMANS 15:16)
How To Be Sure Somebody’s REALLY a Believer – a Bible Study in Discernment
If you’re confused about a person or teacher or pastor, make a checklist to see where the person you are wondering about falls in the area of biblically-defined belief. If you want to grow in the things of God, use these 24 signs of a believer as a guide as you mature in the faith. It doesn’t all happen immediately, sometimes deliverance is necessary to see the fullness of the signs. If you know you’re a sincere believer but your life indicates some signs of an unbeliever, it is vital that you go for Christian deliverance as soon as possible.
Let’s begin!
24 Signs Showing in the Believer of the True Jesus Christ, Son of God:
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IT CAUSES YOU TO FAVOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
IT ESTABLISHES YOU ON SOLID FOOTING
IT ALLOWS THE LORD’S HEALING TO FLOW
IT GIVES YOU HIS POWER TO CAST OUT DEVILS AND SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES
IT CAUSES GOD TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM (THE PROMISES IN HIS WORD) IN YOUR LIFE
IT GIVES YOU POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD
YOU WILL STOP SEEKING, YOU WILL FEEL SPIRITUALLY SATISFIED
YOU RECEIVE & ARE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
YOU ARE UNITED IN TRUTH WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
YOU WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF YOUR FAITH
YOU WILL NOT COMMUNE WITH DARKNESS OR THE UNRIGHTEOUS, UNLESS MINISTERING
YOU SUFFER FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL
YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD ALONG WITH JESUS CHRIST
24 Signs Indicating Unbelief or Belief in False Gospels
IT MAKES YOU SPIRITUALLY BLIND
IT MAKES YOU REBEL AGAINST GOD’S COMMANDMENTS
IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE OTHER GODS ARE MORE POWERFUL
IT MAKES YOU DESPISE GOOD GODLY THINGS
YOU WILL SEEK THE HONOR OF MEN OVER GOD
IT ALLOWS ABOMINATIONS TO GO FORWARD UNCHECKED
IT LEADS TO TRICKERY & MANIPULATION BASED IN ENVY
IT LEADS YOU TO A FALSE JESUS, FALSE CHRISTS, FALSE MESSIAHS
IT MAKES YOU TRAVEL TO FALSE TEACHERS & ACCEPT FALSE GOSPELS
IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE FALSE SPIRITS
THE DEVIL STEALS AWAY THE TRUTH FROM YOUR HEART
YOU GRAVITATE TO UNBELIEVERS BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE YOUR FATE IS
UNBELIEF DAMNS & CONDEMNS THE ETERNAL SOUL TO THE WRATH OF GOD
THE UNBELIEVER’S MIND IS BLINDED BY THE GOD OF THE WORLD TO BELIEVE LIES
ENJOYS OR REVELS IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
UNBELIEVERS ARE CALLING OUR CREATOR A LIAR
DON’T KNOW EARTH’S SPIRITUAL HISTORY BY THE SCRIPTURES
SEEK SIGNS AND WONDERS TO GAIN FAITH
SEEK PROOF OF GOD TO AVOID FAITH
BELIEVE ONLY AFTER SEEING MIRACLES
I hope this was a helpful study for you to help you discern more in truth in your walk with Christ. This guide is a great guide for bible studies and will help many Christians to stay on the straight and narrow path that leads to life. God bless you all.
Jennifer
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With so many false converts and false teachers in the world these days, people often ask me, how can I tell if this person is a true believer? How can I be sure I’m a true believer? And what are the benefits I will see in my life from believing vs. the drawbacks of believing other gospels. Let’s look inside the bible to see the effects of various beliefs, including how believers and unbelievers will act, and what a believer’s and unbeliever’s values will be.
A suggested way to approach this study for the best effects:
If you’re confused about a person or teacher or pastor, make a checklist to see where the person you are wondering about falls in the area of biblically-defined belief. If you want to grow in the things of God, use the 24 signs of a believer as a guide as you mature in the faith. It doesn’t all happen immediately, sometimes deliverance is necessary to see the fullness of the signs. If you know you’re a sincere believer but your life indicates some signs of an unbeliever, it is vital that you go for Christian deliverance as soon as possible.
Let’s begin!
Signs Showing in the Believer of the True Jesus Christ, Son of God:
IT COUNTS YOU TO FAVOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
IT ESTABLISHES YOU ON SOLID FOOTING
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
IT ALLOWS THE LORD’S HEALING TO FLOW
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
IT GIVES YOU HIS POWER TO CAST OUT DEVILS AND SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
IT CAUSES GOD TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM (THE PROMISES IN HIS WORD) IN YOUR LIFE
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
IT GIVES YOU POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
YOU WILL STOP SEEKING, YOU WILL FEEL SPIRITUALLY SATISFIED
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
YOU RECEIVE & ARE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
YOU ARE UNITED IN TRUTH WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
YOU WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF YOUR FAITH
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
YOU WILL NOT COMMUNE WITH DARKNESS OR THE UNRIGHTEOUS, UNLESS MINISTERING
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
YOU SUFFER FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD ALONG WITH JESUS CHRIST
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
24 Signs Indicating Unbelief or Belief in False Gospels
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
IT MAKES YOU SPIRITUALLY BLIND
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
IT MAKES YOU REBEL AGAINST GOD’S COMMANDMENTS
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE OTHER GODS ARE MORE POWERFUL
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
IT MAKES YOU DESPISE GOOD GODLY THINGS
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
YOU SEEK THE HONOR OF MEN OVER GOD
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
IT ALLOWS ABOMINATIONS TO GO FORWARD UNCHECKED
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
IT LEADS TO TRICKERY & MANIPULATION BASED IN ENVY
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
IT LEADS YOU TO A FALSE JESUS, FALSE CHRISTS, FALSE MESSIAHS
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
IT MAKES YOU TRAVEL TO FALSE TEACHERS & ACCEPT FALSE GOSPELS
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE FALSE SPIRITS
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
THE DEVIL STEALS AWAY THE TRUTH FROM YOUR HEART
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
YOUR PORTION WILL BE WITH THE UNBELIEVERS, YOU GRAVITATE TO UNBELIEVERS
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
IT DAMNS & CONDEMNS THE ETERNAL SOUL TO THE WRATH OF GOD
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
SATAN HAS BLINDED THE UNBELIEVER’S MIND TO BELIEVE LIES
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
YOU’RE CALLING YOUR CREATOR A LIAR
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
THEY DON’T KNOW THE VOICE OF GOD
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
THEY DON’T KNOW EARTH’S SPIRITUAL HISTORY BY THE SCRIPTURES
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
THEY SEEK SIGNS AND WONDERS TO GAIN FAITH
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
THEY SEEK PROOF TO AVOID FAITH
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
THEY BELIEVE ONLY AFTER SEEING MIRACLES
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
I hope this was a helpful study for you to help you discern more in truth in your walk with Christ. This guide is a great guide for bible studies and will help many Christians to stay on the straight and narrow path that leads to life. God bless you all.
Jennifer
