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Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you. - John 16:13-15

AG, what do we do with the fact that cult members will tell you the spirit was confirmed their faith ?

Who's spirit is right ?

Thank you all for your posts! I’m sorry to take so long to reply, I’ve been out-of-town on a family health emergency. I’ll be joining the discussion on the “Man – The image of God” thread, but to “wrap up” here, I’d like to answer RnMomof7’s question and thought y'all might be interested in the reply:

AG, what do we do with the fact that cult members will tell you the spirit was confirmed their faith?

Assuming that you mean the term “cult” as a pejorative, my council is this: if you have discerned this after praying, meditating and applying all the words of Scriptures contained in Matthew 7:15-23 (amplified by Galatians 5:22-23) and 1 John 4 both to the subject group and to yourself and/or your own group – then you must not listen any further to the subject group and turn away.

Who's spirit is right ?

That question should never be necessary. When you are led of the Spirit (Romans 8) you have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2) and therefore, you immediately know another person who is of the same Mind because you are One in Him (John 17). When you are One and speaking of spiritual matters, there is instant understanding:

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. – 1 John 4:5-6