The B2T Show
Extreme Weather in Detroit: Unprecedented Flooding and Freezing Conditions
Rick described a remarkable weather event in Detroit where flooding occurred, followed by freezing temperatures that left cars partially submerged and frozen.
Trump and Musk Interview on Hannity: A New Era of Collaboration
Rick discussed the interview between Trump and Musk, highlighting their friendship and collaborative efforts.
Charlie Kirk’s commentary was shared, emphasizing the significance of their relationship for positive change in America.
Economic Policies and Financial Updates
Rick discussed various economic topics, including potential changes to the IRS, gold standard discussions, and investment strategies.
Kirk Elliott shared insights on precious metals and economic trends, including the Fort Knox audit. Kirk feels that Trump is the one forcing the repatriation of silver from Europe.
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Immigration Spending and Economic Impact
Rick detailed the Biden administration’s $20 billion spending on migrant services, including housing, business loans, and other support programs, highlighting the economic implications of these policies.
Election Integrity Issues in Michigan
Rick presented detailed information about alleged voter fraud in Muskegon, Michigan, involving the GBI Strategies group and systematic efforts to manipulate voter rolls leading up to the 2020 election.
WordNWorship
During WordNWorship, Rick teaches Day 5 of the Authority in Christ series, which covers 1 John 4, testing the Spirits and God’s Love.
We then go backstage for an All-Hands meeting, during which we review the B2T new Backstage schedule, key Ministry offerings and goals, and ways to increase engagement.
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Day 5: Testing the Spirits and the Love of God
By Rick Rene of Blessed2Teach Ministries (https://blessed2teach.com)
Prayer Guide Day #5
God’s Holy Spirit is in me and is greater than the devil. Therefore, I have overcome any of those led by the devil.
1 John 4:5: Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Lord, I have overcome those in the world because you are in me, and you are far greater than the devil who is in the world. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Context
This section of scripture concerns testing the spirits and God’s love. Before discussing how God is more powerful than the devil, John begins with a warning and instruction: We need to test the spirits to see if they really are from God. Why? Because many false prophets have gone out into the world. John expands on this in 2 John:
2 John 7: For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
He then gives us an outline for testing the spirits:
- A spirit is from God if it confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; otherwise, it is not from God and reflects the antichrist.
- The antichrist’s spirit is already present in the world.
- Believers, empowered by God within them, have overcome these false spirits, as God’s power exceeds worldly forces.
- False spirits speak from a worldly perspective and are embraced by the world, while those from God are acknowledged by those who know Him.
These distinctions reveal the Spirit of truth versus the spirit of error.
Then John teaches us about God’s love:
- Love comes from God, and those who love show they are born of and know Him.
- God is love; those who don’t love don’t truly know Him.
- God’s love was revealed by sending His Son, Jesus, so humanity could live through Him.
- True love is defined by God’s initiative—sending Jesus as atonement for sins—not by human love for God.
Because of God’s love for us, we are called to love each other. Though God is unseen, loving one another shows His presence and perfects His love in us.
John continues to expand on God’s love and his presence:
- We know we dwell in God, and He in us because He has given us His Spirit.
- We have seen and testify that the Father sent His Son, Jesus, to be the Savior of the world.
- Whoever confesses Jesus as the Son of God has God abiding in them, and they in God.
- We have come to know and believe in God’s love for us, understanding that God is love and that living in love means abiding in Him.
We can strive to be perfected in love:
- Love perfected in us provides confidence for the day of judgment as we reflect God’s nature in this world.
- Perfect love casts out fear, which relates to punishment; fear shows love isn’t fully matured.
- We love because God first loved us, initiating the cycle of love.
1 John 4:10: In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- If someone claims to love God but hates their brother, they’re lying; loving a visible brother is essential to loving the unseen God.
- God commands that whoever loves Him must also love their brother.
In order to use our authority in Christ, we need to test the spirits to ensure we are not led astray and then demonstrate God’s love to others. This is how we overcome the antichrist spirit and recognize the spirit of God we have in us!
1 John 4:
Read the full context of God’s word here:
Devotional
John starts out this teaching to make sure we always test the spirits:
- Beloved, do not believe every spirit,
- but test the spirits to see whether they are from God,
- for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Peter also warned us about false prophets in 2 Peter:
2 Peter 2:1: But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Deceptive spirits and even our flesh can convince of incorrect thinking and doctrine. Therefore, John teaches us one way to test the spirits:
- By this you know the Spirit of God:
- every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
- and every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not from God.
- This is the spirit of the antichrist,
- which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
2 John 1:7: For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Even though many deceivers and the spirit of the antichrist is around us, we don’t have to fear, because we have already overcome them:
- Little children, you are from God and have overcome them,
- for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
What a great truth! The Holy Spirit in us is greater than the antichrist or the devil himself! We don’t listen to these spirits:
- They are from the world;
- therefore, they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
- We are from God.
- Whoever knows God listens to us;
- whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
- By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
We listen to God and this allows us to have discernment between truth and error!
Next, John moves on to the importance of God’s love and our love for each other:
- Beloved, let us love one another,
- for love is from God,
- and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
God is also a God of justice, so we should not take this out of context, as many do. However, believers must treat each other with love.
- In this the love of God was made manifest among us,
- that God sent his only Son into the world,
- so that we might live through him.
- In this is love,
- not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Since God is living through us, we can demonstrate his love to others:
- Beloved, if God so loved us,
- we also ought to love one another.
- No one has ever seen God;
John expands on this in his Gospel in Chapter 1:
John 1:18: No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
Jesus has made God the Father known, and we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us:
- if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
- By this, we know that we abide in him and he in us,
- because he has given us of his Spirit.
We should marinate on this. The creator of the universe’s spirit abides in us! What a beautiful thing the Father and Jesus did for us:
- And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,
This is important. We need to confess with our mouths as Paul says in Romans:
Romans 10:9: because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Our salvation allows us to receive the Holy Spirit and show God’s love:
- God abides in him, and he in God.
- So, we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
- God is love,
- and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
This love is another reason we can have confidence in our salvation:
- By this is love perfected with us,
- so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment,
- because as he is so also are we in this world.
Even though we are in this world we do not have to fear if we allow his love to show in us:
- There is no fear in love,
- but perfect love casts out fear.
- For fear has to do with punishment,
- and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- We love because he first loved us.
Yes, he first loved us and if we truly love him, we have the power to love others that we could not love in the flesh:
- If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar;
- for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen
- cannot love God whom he has not seen.
- And this commandment we have from him:
- whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Therefore, let’s love one another even when it does not seem logical. We love our brothers and sisters because he loved us. And this love is what gives us the power and authority in Christ to test the spirits and take authority over them.
Father, I will test the spirits and listen for your voice. You have given me the discernment to distinguish between the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. I have overcome deceptive spirits and have the Holy Spirit in me, which is greater than any other Spirit. This allows me to love others even when I could not in the flesh. This love allows me to use the authority in Christ with proper intentions! In the name of Jesus. Amen.