Revelation 2:9 NLT “I know about your suffering and your poverty-but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan.”

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There are people who think (and others who think) they are Christians. Unfortunately, they are serving the Devil. Like the Pharisees (a religious group) who told Jesus, “God is our father!” But Jesus rebuked them saying:

John 8:44-45 NLT “For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. [45] So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me!”

Wow! So we’re not all God’s children? The Devil has children too? Yep:

1 John 3:10 HCSB “This is how God’s children — and the Devil’s children — are made evident. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.”

This is true of those who claim to know God but hate believers. (1 John 4:8) We often forget that Cain too was a religious person. He and his brother Abel were offering sacrifices to God right before Cain slew his brother. (Genesis 4:3-5) Cain and his offering was not accepted by God. But God was pleased with Abel and his offering. This made Cain dejected. Then jealousy motivated Cain to murder his brother:

1 John 3:11-13 HCSB “For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.”

The children of the Devil like Cain desire to harm us. They are filled with jealousy and malice. They are religious too like Cain. It’s easy for them to get close to us because they speak our lingo. Hence we need discernment. How can we recognize true Christians from false ones? 

LOVE

John 13:35 TPT “For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”

A person who does not love the way Jesus loves is not of God, period. And the best way to be able to discern this is to live the life of love ourselves.

2 Corinthians 8:9 TPT “For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was infinitely rich, he impoverished himself for our sake, so that by his poverty, we become rich beyond measure.”

See how deeply Christ loves us? Self-sacrificing love is the way of the Master. We are commanded to love one another the same.

1 John 4:8 TPT “The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love.”

Be careful of people who claim to be your brother/sister but do not have this kind of love. Watch out for the synagogue of Satan. Watch out for Cain.

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