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Then, whatever we ask, we will receive, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 

His command is that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he commanded us. 

All who obey his commandments remain in God, and God remains in them. It is by the Spirit he has given us that we know he lives in us.

Discernment of Spirit

Beloved, do not trust every inspiration. Test the spirits to see if they come from God, because many false prophets are in the world now.

How can you recognize the Spirit of God? Any spirit that acknowledges Jesus as the Christ who became flesh is of God. 

But any spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God; it is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard of his coming, and even now, he is in the world.

You, little children, are of God, and you have already overcome these people because the one who is in you is more powerful than he who is in the world. 

They are of the world, and their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them. 

We are of God, and those who know God, listen to us, but those who are not of God, ignore us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood as well.