(November 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:Quote:1 John 4:1-3 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
It is believed that John was addressing the issue of the Docetic Christians, those who believed that Jesus was but an apparition. Apparently, Jesus didn't make much clear to his followers and needed Paul to clean up after him.
So jesus was imperfect in that he could not foresee and then speak on all topics that would be relevant to the church. Jesus left a lot of things out that had to be covered later by "inspired" anonymous authors.
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