“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. There is nothing that we ask of the Father in this way, that He does not respond to by answering us. We test it with what is written and by praying in our prayer language to the Father, for the clarification of what we have received by the spirit. This means that it is our responsibility as Christians to be testing whatever we are hearing or seeing in the spirit, as Holy Ghost filled believers in Christ Jesus.

And even when you are being attentive to what is written in the scriptures, Satan will still try to deceive you from accepting it as the truth. The word to “masquerade” suggests that he is capable of disguising himself with the intent of deceiving those, who are not paying careful attention to what is written in the holy scriptures. “And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” In fact, the scripture warned us about this: The issue here is that the realm of the spirit is very prone to being manipulated by the devil because he is a spirit being also, who has the ability to falsify spiritual truth, in order to deceive the people of God. In the same manner for us as Christians, what is written is much more reliable to hold on to, than what we are seeing in the spirit. The ears can pick up sounds from afar, but an eagle relies more on its eyes than its ears, so as to get a precise analogy of what is going on around it.Īn eagle’s eyes can see further away than the ears can hear. The eyes of an eagle are more reliable to it in analyzing what is seen. But a listening ear of the spirit (the heart) helps us in knowing the mind of the Father. In other words, we need our spiritual eyes of understanding to be able to see through the scriptures.

Praying in tongues helps us in searching out spiritual truth, but the written word of God establishes us in such truth. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.”

“But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. This is important as spiritual truth can only become tangible to us, as we are allowing it into our prayer lives. The believer in Christ Jesus who is not training and discipling the spirit man constantly in the holy scriptures, will struggle in analyzing and interpreting the things of the spirit.Ī Christian prays daily for the understanding of spiritual truth. The comprehension of the things of the spirit requires a very accurate understanding of the scriptures. This is very dangerous, because oftentimes what is being revealed to them in the spirit, is meant for them to exercise spiritual authority over, and may not necessarily represent spiritual reality. There are Christians who are relying more on the realm of the spirit, rather than on what is written in the word of God, concerning their daily decisions in the Christian life. It goes for the eagle in the same way for us, as we are to be paying more attention to what we are seeing and reading in the written word of God. However, it’s ears are not as powerful as the eyes, even though it is more powerful than what most humans are capable of listening to with their ears. It has a 20/5 vision which is stronger than the 20/20 vision in humans. In most cases an eagle relies more on its ability to see in analyzing what it is hearing more accurately. There is a very strong connection between the ability of an eagle to see and to hear. Be attentive with your eyes and ears like the eagle

Eyes of the eagle