?How can you know who the "TRUE" believer is?

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Matthew 7:15-20

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits​

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

The fruits of the Spirit: Every true believer knows what the fruits of the spirit are by memory, like the ten commandments. If you don't know those two things, you can't see them in the mirror. Start there!
 
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Among the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the gifts of discernment and knowledge and if we trust Him he will show us.
 
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How to spot a Heretic?

Well, here is the thing reader..

Sometimes a person who is religious but lost is a heretic.
Sometimes someone who is born again for 70 yrs is a heretic., and they are going to preach from the PULPIT next Saturday or Sunday, again.

How do you spot a heretic?

A.) The most defining situation regarding a heretic (Paul's term) that you have to learn to recognize instantly..... is always discovered by looking carefully at what they BELIEVE. = Saves them, and Keeps them saved.

Now , Use this spiritual filter that Paul gave you in Galatians , to SEE THEM and HEAR THEM on Forums, on TV, and in the Pulpit and in Commentaries and on Youtube and on Internet sites.

AA.) """Fallen from Grace.""""

Reader, God's Grace is THE Cross of Christ ....where God met You and your FAITH with eternal forgiveness,= by putting your sins on Jesus and by Imputing or charging to you, Christ's Righteousness.

See, The Cross, is where God provides HIS requirment to Save YOU, forever.

Now see that word : FOREVER ?????????????????????????

That is the KEY of Keys, when understanding and determining if a Chrisitan is a Heretic.......as they will not accept, and they will LOUDLY refuse to believe that Jesus who saved them := Keeps them saved.


They will sound like this........

"Yes, i KNOW that Jesus SAVED ME......but now i have to ...... I have to.. I have to.....do this, and this and confess this, and be careful and not do that, or that, or ........any of the SELF EFFORT WORKS i have on my LIST that i am trying to keep to try to keep myself saved".

See that?
That is every Christian Heretic....will be "fallen from Grace"......and that is how they sound.

They do not believe that Jesus the Etermal SAVIOR.. "keeps them saved"... and they will not accept it, and will always loudly proclaim their lack of faith.

So.........Learn to HEAR THEM, as that is their "FRUIT".