<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]<br>What standard do we "test" the spirits by?<br></font><hr></blockquote><p><br>The Holy Spirit teaches us all things and guides us into all the truth.<br><br>Indisputable historical fact #1:<br><br>Down through history, even to the present day, a sizable percentage of true believers in Jesus Christ have not had the New Testament, as we know it, available to them.<br><br>It wasn't until 397 A.D. that the Council of Carthage approved "the final list of inspired books, the infallible and unchangeable Canon of Scripture." And it was another 1,000 years or so before the printing press was invented and the New Testament started to become widely available.<br><br>Even today there are many believers who either don't have a Bible or who could read one if they did.<br><br>Indisputable historical fact #2:<br><br>Down through history, to the present day, the Holy Spirit lives within every true believer in Jesus Christ.<br><br>Blessings,<br><br>Alex<br><br><br><br><br><br>